Young graduates in Japan forced to remove tattoos to find work after body-art ban

Young graduates in Japan's second-largest city are getting their tattoos removed so they can get work after the body-art was banned.
The mayor of Osaka, Toru Hashimoto, banned local government employees from having tattoos and even imposed forced body inspections to enforce the new law.
Job prospects for young people in Japan is already difficult following the global economic downturn and the Fukushima nuclear disaster. 
And now cosmetic surgeons are reporting a rise in tattoo removal procedures so their body-art doesn't prevent them from getting work, The Times newspaper reports.