Wiretap bills rammed through upper house panel

TOKYO, Japan - The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), its junior coalition partner the Liberal Party (LP) and the New Komeito party on Aug. 9 railroad a set of bills paving the way for using wiretaps to investigate organized crimes through the House of Councillors committee on judicial affairs. The photo shows opposition party members of the committee rushing toward committee Chairman Kiyohiro Araki (C) after the forced passage.

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