ILEA000001359: Professors protest against U.S.-Japan defense guidelines

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Rallies held to protest defense guidelines bills

Protesters march down the street April 27 in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki area, where many government offices are located, calling for abolition of the new Japan-U.S. defense cooperation guidelines bills the lower house passed on the day. Many other citizens' groups held protest meetings and rallies near the Diet. ==Kyodo

Lower house OK's Japan-U.S. defense cooperation bills

The House of Representatives on April 27 approves a set of three bills aimed at facilitating defense cooperation between Japan and the United States in emergencies in unspecified ''areas surrounding Japan.'' The bills cleared the lower house two days before Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi leaves Tokyo for the U.S. to meet President Bill Clinton in Washington on May 3. ==Kyodo

China concerned about Japan-U.S. security guidelines

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi criticizes the passing through Japan's lower house April 27 of three bills implementing the 1997 Japan-U.S. defense guidelines. The passing of the bills, aimed at facilitating Japan-U.S. cooperation during emergencies in unspecified ''areas surrounding Japan'' could ''adversely affect regional security,'' Sun told a regular news conference. ==Kyodo

Diet panel adopts Japan-U.S. defense bills

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) and other cabinet ministers express thanks April 26 after a key panel of the House of Representatives approves a set of bills aimed at facilitating defense cooperation with the United States in the event of crises near Japan. The bills are certain to be approved by the full lower house April 27 -- ahead of Obuchi's summit meeting with U.S. President Bill Clinton in Washington on May 3. ==Kyodo

Women protest U.S.-Japan defense guidelines

Holding placards and banners, members of women's groups stage a sit-in near the Diet building in Tokyo on April 15, calling for abolition of the new Japan-U.S. defense cooperation guidelines bills that are currently being discussed in the lower house. ==Kyodo

Professors protest against U.S.-Japan defense guidelines

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