100,000 Protest Push to Rewrite Pacifist Constitution in Japan

Edited by Ivan Martínez
2015-07-18 12:47:11

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Tokyo, July 18 (RHC)-- Japan’s lower house of parliament has approved legislation to allow Japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War II. The vote came one day after as many as 100,000 people gathered near the parliament to protest the move.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pushed for the nation’s pacifist constitution to be rewritten.



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