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newspaper offered a different view of the events. It claimed that Nagai had entered the country using a tourist visa instead of proper journalist visa and faulted the cameraman for failing to get a permit to cover the news inside
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Nagai's father, Hideo, told the media: "I don't want
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offered his prayers and condolences. Machimura said: "We strongly protest the
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