YOKOHAMA, Japan: Crowds took to Japan’s streets Wednesday to protest legislation expected to be passed this week that could see troops fight overseas for the first time in 70 years, despite mass public opposition.
Hundreds of people holding placards saying “No war” and “Don’t ram through the legislation” faced a line of police outside a hotel in Yokohama, a city south of Tokyo, where lawmakers gathered for a public hearing on the bills.
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