Abe apologizes for LDP lawmakers' anti-media remarks

Abe apologizes for LDP lawmakers' anti-media remarks

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe raises his hand to answer a question at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on July 3, 2015. Abe apologized for remarks made the previous week by some lawmakers of his Liberal Democratic Party calling for pressure to be applied to media critical of the government. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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