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Tokyo cinema decides against screening 'Yasukuni' documentary

A Tokyo cinema decided against showing a controversial documentary film by a Chinese director on the war-related Yasukuni Shrine, citing the potential "inconvenience" it may cause to other tenants in the same building, an official of movie theater... ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Tue, Mar 18 2008

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