Officials in far-south Shibushi, Japan pulled their advert but insisted they had only wanted to draw attention to locally-farmed eels (AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno) (AFP/File) Tokyo (AFP) - An online ad featuring a swimsuit-clad teenage girl who turns into an eel was pulled Monday after Japanese internet users complained it was sexist. Officials in far-south Shibushi yanked the commercial but insiste
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