The Mainichi poll said that 42% of respondents were in favor of a change to Article 96, while 46% were opposed.

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Takichi Nishiyama, the Mainichi Daily reporter who uncovered one secret pact in 1972, remembers the day he obtained a Foreign Ministry document that proved the existence of a clandestine deal.

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