police — a benign shadow of law?

The national public safety commission of Japan has only five members along with a chairperson. ... Furthermore, Japan is divided into 47 prefectures. Each prefecture has its own independent public safety commission to provide citizen oversight for police activities. ..

war: ruinations and ruminations

Zinn's research along with many others historical accounts of WWII provide clear-cut evidence that FDR provoked Japan into attacking and knew the attack would prompt Germany into immediately declaring war on U.S.. ... s atomic bombing of two populous cities Japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ..

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