Japanese parliament probes secret pacts

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Togo, a former chief of the old Treaties Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks about secret pacts reached by Japan and the United States as an unsworn witness during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. Togo said some documents on the accords may have been discarded. (Kyodo)

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