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Subject: Right wing Japan
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urvoice1 21.02.14 - 08:43pm
Pages have been torn from copies of Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl kept in libraries across Tokyo. The act of vandalism also included other books which mentioned the German Jewish girl, who documented her family's life hiding in concealed rooms during the occupation of The Netherlands. Toshihiro Obayashi, deputy director of the central library in the Suginami area, said 119 books had been damaged at 11 of its 13 public libraries. * +
urvoice1 21.02.14 - 08:44pm
We are calling on Japanese authorities to step up efforts to identify and deal with the perpetrators of this hate campaign. Police are investigating the damage but the motive for the attacks is unclear. The vandalism comes amid criticism of a rightwards shift in Japanese politics under nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. * +
urvoice1 21.02.14 - 08:45pm
Hopefully those responsible are caught and dealt with severely. * +
bozzalad 21.02.14 - 10:24pm
they should have to buy new copies. * +
tinynews 22.02.14 - 01:26am
Poor Anne's obviously not kawaii enough 
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prismf 22.02.14 - 05:58am
was watching it on the news earlier.....they should be ashamed of themselves. * +
ogdenz 22.02.14 - 07:36am
They should have to write out Anne's diary by hand 20 times. * +
vivek3 22.02.14 - 10:29am
i dont think its anti semitic...i hope its not...nothing conclusive have came out yet...mayb its just sum mischief...never heard of anti semitism in japan... * +
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