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Summary:A fierce debate in the Japanese parliament is no place for the faint-hearted. On May 19 1960, the parliament in Tokyo was debating a revised security treaty with the United States. Passions ran so high that the police intervened and order was imposed only by dragging the Speaker to his chair to declare the treaty officially approved.
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Location:JAPAN TOKYO
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