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September 15, 2015

Japan: Tens of Thousands Protest Rewriting of Pacifist Constitution 
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Tens of thousands of people gathered in Tokyo Monday to protest the
government's plan to rewrite Japan's pacifist constitution to allow
Japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War II.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration is aiming to enact the
legislation this month.

 

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