Rejection of scholars to Japan gov't advisory body

Takaaki Kajita, president of the Science Council of Japan, speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2020. The council has demanded Suga disclose the reasons for his decision to block six scholars, who have been critical of security and anti-conspiracy legislation enacted under Suga's predecessor Shinzo Abe, from joining the advisory body to the government.

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