POP/ROCK - Feb. 27, 1993

Material Girl Fine: Not everyone wants to see Madonna’s naked body. Customs officials in Tokyo have fined a printing company that produced the Japanese version of “Sex,” Madonna’s explicit photographic tribute to her libido. Madonna’s book has been ruled obscene in Tokyo, and custom officials there have been seizing copies brought in by travelers at airports. They said Friday that Toppan Printing Co. got the book’s imported photographic plates past inspectors by filing a false report stating the plates were of written text. The printing company said the misstated report was unintentional.