LDP's Ishiba

LDP's Ishiba

NANTO, Japan - Shigeru Ishiba, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, answers reporters' questions in Nanto, Toyama Prefecture, on Dec. 1, 2013. Ishiba branded rallies by civic groups and others against a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets as tantamount to "acts of terrorism" on his blog on Nov. 29.

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