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Although the government claims the bill would have nothing to do with ordinary citizens, it looks similar to the now-defunct public peace preservation law that allowed authorities to arrest critics of the government during World War II..

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Soichiro Tahara, one of 14 journalists issuing a statement opposing the legislation the government claims is necessary to deal with organized crime. They say the law could suppress freedom of thought.

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Suppressing freedom of thought is physically impossible from where humanity stands now in its advancement. While such bills might do some decent work hindering criminals, it can easily be misused by those in power as they did throughout the previous century. The question is what political elite wants to do with it, which can not be answered by anyone but them.

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