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Proof: Host of contentious bills await Takaichi in autumn session of parliament

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-04T01:12:40Z","headline":"Host of contentious bills await Takaichi in autumn session of parliament","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"japantimes","url":"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/04/japan/politics/autumn-parliament-sessions-preview/","v":1}

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e5d4bb1f3a9a499de692b11b0ea59c74186a09251c4e6d174e3be3b36606fe8c

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969787, mined 2026-10-04 02:17 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-04 01:18 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-04 01:18 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-e5d4bb1f3a9a.json prints e5d4bb1f3a9a499de692b11b0ea59c74186a09251c4e6d174e3be3b36606fe8c. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-e5d4bb1f3a9a.json and headline-e5d4bb1f3a9a.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-e5d4bb1f3a9a.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.