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Proof: Japan's extra Diet session to begin with consumption tax cut bills in focus

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-05T01:22:00Z","headline":"Japan's extra Diet session to begin with consumption tax cut bills in focus","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"kyodo","url":"https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/87170","v":1}

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3f598af4652a115b62756cf372070eeea831cf71d58b6a00e9d2e407bf5193b6

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969939, mined 2026-10-05 02:04 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-05 01:27 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-05 01:27 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-3f598af4652a.json prints 3f598af4652a115b62756cf372070eeea831cf71d58b6a00e9d2e407bf5193b6. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-3f598af4652a.json and headline-3f598af4652a.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-3f598af4652a.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, 5 min after it was first seen.