PEACE PROTEST
Female civic group members hold placards and chant anti-government slogans outside the National Diet in Tokyo on July 15, 2015 to protest against the controversial security bills which would expand the remit of the country’s armed forces, approved by the ruling lawmakers at the parliamentary committee discussion. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made another pitch on July 15 for security bills which would beef up Japan’s military, as he pushed legislation through a key panel despite surging public and parliamentary opposition.
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Female civic group members hold placards and chant anti-government slogans outside the National Diet in Tokyo on July 15, 2015 to protest against the controversial security bills which would expand the remit of the country’s armed forces, approved by the ruling lawmakers at the parliamentary committee discussion. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made another pitch on July 15 for security bills which would beef up Japan’s military, as he pushed legislation through a key panel despite surging public and parliamentary opposition.
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TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made another pitch Wednesday for security bills which would beef up Japan’s military, as he pushed legislation through a key panel despite surging public and par-liamentary opposition.