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U.S. military needs to hand over suspects before indictment: DPJ

The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan on Wednesday adopted a draft revision to the bilateral Status of Forces Agreement that features requiring the United States to hand over U.S. soldiers and civilians in all criminal cases to Japanese police... ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Thu, Mar 13 2008

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