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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, a former Japanese vice foreign minister, speaks at his home in Yokohama on April 9, 2010, after a court ordered the state to disclose documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa. Yoshino said he ''spoke the whole truth'' when he appeared in the courtroom as a witness regarding a Japan-U.S. secret pact.

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, is photographed before a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa.

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa.

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa.

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Ex-diplomat recognizes existence of secret pact on Okinawa's return

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, who negotiated with the U.S. government for Okinawa's return to Japan as director general of the ministry's American Bureau, speaks during an interview at his home in Yokohama on FEb. 8. Yoshino, 87, acknowledged that Japan had secretly shouldered $4 million in costs for Okinawa's reversion to Japan from U.S. occupation in 1972.

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Ex-diplomat recognizes existence of secret pact on Okinawa's ret

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, who negotiated with the U.S. government for Okinawa's return to Japan as director general of the ministry's American Bureau, speaks during an interview at his home in Yokohama on FEb. 8. Yoshino, 87, acknowledged that Japan had secretly shouldered $4 million in costs for Okinawa's reversion to Japan from U.S. occupation in 1972. (Kyodo)

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Ex-diplomat who testified in court about U.S.-Japan secret pact dies

Undated photo shows Bunroku Yoshino, who became the first among current and former government officials to testify in court about the existence of a secret pact between Japan and the United States over the 1972 Okinawa reversion. He died of pneumonia on March 29, 2015, at the age of 96. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, a former Japanese vice foreign minister, speaks at his home in Yokohama on April 9, 2010, after a court ordered the state to disclose documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa. Yoshino said he ''spoke the whole truth'' when he appeared in the courtroom as a witness regarding a Japan-U.S. secret pact. (Kyodo)

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, is photographed before a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa. (Kyodo)