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Diet library hid file on crimes by U.S. military

At the Justice Ministry's request, the National Diet Library sometime between late May and early June deleted the listing for a document about a 1953 order immunizing U.S. military personnel from Japanese justice regarding minor crimes, the library and... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Mon, Aug 11 2008

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