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Japan’s PM revives push to criminalise defacing national flagIt is already a crime to damage a foreign flag in Japan. Now, emboldened by a massive election win, the PM wants to protect her own.

· By Julian Ryall
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It is already a crime to damage a foreign flag in Japan. Now, emboldened by a massive election win, the PM wants to protect her own

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