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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Execution chamber opened to reporters
  By MINORU MATSUTANI, Staff writer
  The Tokyo Detention House execution chamber is shown to the media, giving the public its first peek at the place where death-row inmates are hanged.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Battle heats up between rival Kan, Ozawa camps
  Kyodo News
  Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers intensify their efforts to whip up support for the two contenders in the ruling party's presidential election, Prime Minister Naoto Kan and longtime kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Q&A
  Shedding light on death penalty
  Japan part of a shrinking roster of nations with capital punishment
  By MINORU MATSUTANI, Staff writer
  Justice Minister Keiko Chiba, who will probably be replaced next month because she lost her Diet seat in the July 11 Upper House election, allowed journalists for the first time Friday to enter the Tokyo Detention House's execution chamber.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Relax arms export ban so firms can profit: panel
  By MASAMI ITO, Staff writer
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• [JT EDITORIAL]
  Mr. Ozawa back in the race
  Former secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, Mr. Ichiro Ozawa, announced Thursday that he will run in the Sept. 14 election for the next DPJ chief against Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who had expressed his intention to run. The two must do their utmost to prevent their duel from becoming an internecine power struggle.
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