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Using a Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut: Japanese Police Crush Peace Protestors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

David McNeill
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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 9 , September 2005 , e17
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