Journalist, critic, ward chief protest nat'l registry network

Journalist, critic, ward chief protest nat'l registry network

TOKYO - Prominent journalist Yoshiko Sakurai speaks to passers-by outside a department store in the Sukiyabashi area in central Tokyo on Aug. 4 during a campaign against a government plan to launch a nationwide resident registry network.

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