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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plagiarizes himself: If you can recycle nuclear fuel, why not speeches?

This year's Hiroshima bombing commemoration speech bears a uncanny resemblance to last year's.

NHK apologizes for asking tough questions

Allegations that NHK apologized to the government for an televised interview that went off script shows just how much pressure Abe puts on Japan's biggest broadcaster.