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Nazi fancy dress costume withdrawn by Japanese store
A Nazi fancy dress costume has been pulled by a Japanese discount chain after the group received a complaint from an American Jewish organisation.
The costume on sale at retailer Don Quijote Co. includes a black jacket with a red swastika armband in a package adorned with a sketch resembling Adolf Hitler and the phrase "Heil Hitler" in Japanese characters.
The outfit was on sale for about 5,000 yen (£38) in at least two Don Quijote shops in Tokyo, including one in the upscale Ginza shopping district.
Aico, a Japanese party goods maker, has made the costume for seven years and never had a complaint, said spokesman Nobuyoshi Nasuzawa.
"This was meant purely as a joke, as something that would easily be recognisable. If we have complaints we will certainly stop sales," he said.
It was not clear if Aico would now stop making the costume.
Don Quijote said it would pull the product after receiving a letter from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish rights organisation based in Los Angeles. The letter requested that sales at the store cease immediately, saying the swastika is a "symbol of hatred" and reminding the retailer that millions of Jews and other innocents were killed by the Nazis during World War II.
"We want to fully respond to this letter from the centre and are currently working within the company to do so," said company spokesman Kana Kasai in Tokyo.
In one store, the Nazi costume was on display alongside dozens of others, including one that resembled pop star Michael Jackson, as well as nurse and ninja outfits.