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Japan Court Rejects Suit Against Oe
Mar 28 2008, AP

Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe won a major court battle Friday over a book he wrote more than 30 years ago detailing how Japanese soldiers persuaded and sometimes forced Okinawan civilians to commit suicide rather than give themselves up in the closing days...

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Japanese Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburo Oe speaks at a press conference following a court decision in Osaka, western Japan Friday, March 28, 2008 . The Osaka District Court rejected Friday two Japanese war veterans’ demands that Oe and his...

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