(2)Lower house passes supplementary war contingency bills

(2)Lower house passes supplementary war contingency bills

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Members of the Japan Council against A & H Bombs of Hiroshima stage a sit-in in front of the atomic-bomb museum in Hiroshima, opposing bills to supplement Japan's first war contingency legislation. The House of Representatives the same day passed the bills, including ones closely related to the operation of U.S. forces in Japan in the event of an attack on the country. (Kyodo)

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