[swipe 👈🏻] Taiki Masuda is a 29-year-old Osaka-based tattoo artist who is fighting what is expected to become a drawn-out court battle over the legality of what he does for a living. Tattoo artists are lobbying for better legal protection of a profession that has long been associated with organized crime, seeking to end a decades-old prejudice as the nation braces for an influx of tourists and athletes sporting body art ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Tomohiro Osaki portrait / Taiki Masuda photos)
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