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Nature 434, 6 (3 March 2005) | doi:10.1038/434006a; Published online 2 March 2005

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Japanese call for more bite in animal rules

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Activists battle researchers over upcoming animal-welfare law.

Animal-welfare activists are locking horns with researchers in Japan over how strictly the use of animals in the country's labs should be controlled.Friction has built up because the Japanese parliament is preparing an updated version of the 1973 animal-welfare law, which is expected to pass by June (see Nature 430, 714; 200410.1038/430714a