Japan Diet enacts controversial secrecy law

Japan Diet enacts controversial secrecy law

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the House of Councillors on the night of Dec. 6, 2013, after the upper house of the Japanese parliament enacted a controversial law to prevent leaks of state secrets. The ruling coalition forced it through the upper house without bridging a gap with the opposition camp over an independent oversight system to ensure the public's right to know.

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