Documents: Abe aide bullied ministry like a 'loony yakuza' |

A Cabinet official in the Abe administration expressed alarm that the telecommunications ministry was being strong-armed by a senior adviser to the prime minister into policy changes that could stifle press freedom, documents show.

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