Monk fined for distributing communist party fliers

Monk fined for distributing communist party fliers

TOKYO, Japan - Buddhist monk Yosei Arakawa weeps after the Tokyo High Court fined him 50,000 yen on Dec. 11, overturning a lower court decision that had cleared him of a charge of trespassing at a Tokyo condominium to distribute Japanese Communist Party leaflets. (Kyodo)

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