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New Weapon Wielded in Old Tomb Debate: Information disclosure law reveals uncertainty over emperor's graves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Yoshida Reiji
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A law enacted six years ago has given historians a new powerful weapon to challenge a long-held taboo preserved by the Imperial Household Agency: investigating the secrets of ancient emperors’ tombs. The weapon is the public information disclosure law, which has allowed Noboru Toike, assistant professor at Den-en Chofu University and an expert on Imperial tombs, to access and obtain copies of internal agency documents.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 6 , June 2005 , e6
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