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Prince Hisahito of Japan accused of plagiarism in award-winning essay

Prince Hisahito of Japan has been accused of plagiarism in an essay that had made headlines because of the award it brought to its author. On 15 February, the Imperial Household was approached by The Asahi Shimbun, a magazine devoted to Asian and Japanese topics, concerning the fact that certain parts of the essay “ very closely resembled a source that was not mentioned,” according to…
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