Japan’s opposition parties hinder the upper house’s effort to approve security bills

(VOVworld) - Japan's ruling and opposition parties continued to battle it out on Friday as controversial bills that would mark a major shift in the country's postwar security policy are set to be enacted despite strong protests from opposition lawmakers and voters.

Japan’s opposition parties hinder the upper house’s effort to approve security bills  - ảnh 1
Security personnel have a meeting as they inspect the assembly hall before the plenary session of the Upper House of the parliament in Tokyo on September 18. (Photo: Reuters)

Political wrangling spilled over on Friday morning, as the ruling camp rejected a no-confidence motion against the House of Councillors President Masaaki Yamazaki and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who heads the Liberal Democratic Party.  But the no-confidence vote proposals were vetoed on Friday morning. The bills were rammed through the lower house in July amid an opposition walkout.  Designed to expand the scope of Self-Defense Forces operations overseas and for a more robust alliance with the United States, the legislation would enable Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense, or coming to the aid of the United States and other friendly nations under armed attack, even if Japan itself was not being attacked.

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