02:10Japan: Anti-militarisation protesters rally outside parliament
Members of the student group ‘Teens Stand Up to Oppose War Law’ (T-ns SOWL) staged a demonstration in front of the Japanese National Parliament, in Tokyo, on Friday.
Protesters called on the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to step down and to put a stop to the perceived militarisation of Japan. Some students encouraged young voters "not to vote" for the current Prime Minister in the forthcoming Japanese elections, which are set to take place on July 10.
Shinzo Abe's plan to mobilise the domestic troops for the first time since the World War Two have caused sustained protests across Japan. The plan would require Japan to drastically change its post-war constitution, which currently limits the participation of the nation's troops exclusively to self-defence.
On a visit to the US in April, Abe promised the US President Barack Obama to push the changes through by mid-August, when Japan is due to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific war.
02:10Members of the student group ‘Teens Stand Up to Oppose War Law’ (T-ns SOWL) staged a demonstration in front of the Japanese National Parliament, in Tokyo, on Friday.
Protesters called on the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to step down and to put a stop to the perceived militarisation of Japan. Some students encouraged young voters "not to vote" for the current Prime Minister in the forthcoming Japanese elections, which are set to take place on July 10.
Shinzo Abe's plan to mobilise the domestic troops for the first time since the World War Two have caused sustained protests across Japan. The plan would require Japan to drastically change its post-war constitution, which currently limits the participation of the nation's troops exclusively to self-defence.
On a visit to the US in April, Abe promised the US President Barack Obama to push the changes through by mid-August, when Japan is due to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific war.