A protester holding a placard demonstrates against a state-secrets law during a rally in Tokyo
A protester holding a placard demonstrates against a state-secrets law during a rally in Tokyo December 9, 2014. A strict new Japanese state-secrets law took effect on Wednesday amid fears it will help conceal government misdeeds and limit press freedom in what critics say is an uncomfortable echo of Japan's harsh regime before and during World War Two. Placard reads in Japanese "Protest against state secrets law. SASPL (Students Against the Secret Protection Law) ". REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)