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Citizenship at Stake. U.S. Records Prove Paternity; Japanese Ministry Denies Access to Records

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

T. Yasuda  and
Lawrence Repeta
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The recent Yomiuri report on the treatment of valuable fifty-year old records “kept in the basement of the ministry” highlights the careless attitude of the Japanese government toward preservation of historical records. Will this ever change? If Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda follows through on his earlier efforts, there is hope that records like these will be moved from ministry basements to a modern national archive.

When Fukuda served as Chief Cabinet Secretary in the spring of 2003, he formed a panel of experts to advise the government on policies concerning the proper “management, preservation and use” of public documents. This committee has produced a pair of lengthy reports that present recommendations for a new national system of record preservation.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 11 , November 2007 , e2
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