Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered outside
Japan’s Parliament on Sunday August 30,2015 to oppose security legislation in one of this
summer’s biggest rallies ahead of its anticipated passage next month.
They chanted, “No to war legislation!” “Scrap the bills now!” and “Abe, quit!” during Sunday’s rally.
The demonstrators oppose the legislation that would expand Japan’s military role.
Based
on a Cabinet decision last year reinterpreting Japan’s war-renouncing
constitution, the legislation would allow the Self Defence Force to
engage in combat for the first time since World War II when allies come
under attack even when Japan itself is not.
Japan’s Parliament is expected to make a decision on the matter by late September 2015
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