Japan enacted a new law on Friday banning desecration of the national flag, a measure pushed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that critics say threatens free speech.

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In the night of July 13 to 14, the tricolor flag on the Porte Vauban in Le Palais was torn down and replaced by a banner with a message hostile to France.

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