TOKYO: Japan’s cabinet on Friday approved a secrecy bill that would stiffen punishments for people who give away state secrets, ignoring claims it will curtail freedom of the press.
The legislation is aimed at plugging Japan’s notoriously leaky bureaucracy after years of complaints from chief ally the United States, which has been reluctant to pool information.
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