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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Arthur Stockwin, in launching the fourth edition of his
'Governing Japan' last week, singled out imperfections in the rule of law as one
of the major challenges to Japanese democracy, as does Asahi.com in the
editorial that John Junkerman's post links to. What is noteworthy is that,
to illustrate this, at both the launch and in the book, Professor Stockwin
singled out Suo masayuki's film <SPAN
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size=3><EM>Soredemo bokuwa yattenai </EM>to make his
point.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
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size=3>It's not every day that</FONT> <FONT size=3>an august text book leaves a
feature fiction film to make an argument and it is surely a compliment to a
gripping film which tackles the impact of the administration of justice -
the first thing that gets jettisoned in most court-room
dramas.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
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