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Bullets are fired in the Asahi Shimbun's office in Kobe (1987)

Copyright Masaru HASHIMOTO

THE CHRYSANTHEMUM AND THE PENCIL This attack on a journalist on Constitution Memorial Day demonstrated paradoxically what is important in Japan. The Constitution, which renounces war and guarantees the freedom of expression, are two wheels which will be necessary if Japan is to remain at peace.

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