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Hello and welcome to the history of Japan podcast.

Episode 272, I am the law.

First, I just want to let you all know that thanks to a little bit of an issue on my end,

we're going to be rescheduling a little bit.

This week, we will not be talking about Japan's involvement in the Vietnam War.

Instead, we're going to focus on a different topic, and we will get to that next week,

or potentially at a later date. I'll let you know. Now, I remember a few years ago,

there was one of those viral Facebook posts, you know, one of those ones where you post a thing and tag a friend, and so they do it too. Oh, and for the record, for those of you

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