Tens of thousands of Japanese protest controversial security bills

‘Tens of thousands of Japanese have held a protest rally in the capital, Tokyo, to oppose controversial security bills that could allow the country’s army to engage in overseas combat for the first time since World War II.

Some 120,000 people participated in the demonstration outside Japan’s parliament on Sunday, chanting slogans like “No to war legislation,” and “Scrap the bills now.”

The contentious bills, approved by the lower house of the Japanese parliament on July 16, will broaden the mandate of Japan’s military forces, allowing them to participate in foreign operations in order to protect allies such as the United States even if there was no direct threat to Japan or its people.’

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