By NAOTAKA FUJITA/ Senior Staff Writer
May 19, 2024 at 19:01 JST
A U.S. document says Japan informed the United States that Foreign Minister Aiichiro Fujiyama was considering the possibility of creating a record about “classified interpretive understanding.” Takashi Shinobu, a professor emeritus at Nihon University, obtained a copy from the National Security Archive. (The Asahi Shimbun)
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