[/floatr]ZakZak reports (Japanese) that sex, sports and entertainment paper Naitai Sports (known as Naispo) has suspended publication. The Naitai Group, which also publishes a line of specialist hostess and host club magazines under the Naitai name (NSFW), has missed tax payments worth several hundred million yen and the Tax Agency has seized the company's trademarks with the intention of offering them for sale in the near future. The Naitai Group has claimed annual revenue of 3.6 billion yen but sources close to the company say that it has been operating in the red since last year. As well as tax bills, the company has failed to pay social insurance and also owes money to its printers. Two leading printing companies last year decided to suspend their business with the firm because of payment concerns. The Tax Agency had already taken steps to recover money owed to them by seizing the group's advertising revenue which is mostly derived from mizu shobai club operators. [floatl]
[/floatl]This only amounted to around 50-60 million yen and so the Agency decided to go after the company's mains assets in the form of their registered trademarks.