Ishiba on demonstrations

Ishiba on demonstrations

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Ishiba, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, answers a reporter's question on his latest blog post titled "apology and correction" at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2013. In the post, Ishiba apologized for calling demonstrations against a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets "acts of terrorism," but maintained that provoking fear among ordinary people by speaking out loud is different from what democracy is meant to be.

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