Diet enacts wiretapping legislation

Diet enacts wiretapping legislation

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors passes into law Aug. 12 a set of bills that will allow law enforcement authorities to wiretap in investigations into organized crime. Opposition members throw their fists in protest while ruling coalition members clap hands in celebration.

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