Retrial for wartime speech crackdown case ends with no verdict

Retrial for wartime speech crackdown case ends with no verdict

TOKYO, Japan - Supporters express dissatisfaction in front of the Supreme Court building in Tokyo on March 14 after the top court rejects an appeal against a lower court decision to terminate the retrial of five men convicted in the ''Yokohama Incident,'' a case involving wartime repression of free speech.

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