Japan bar association head opposes security bills

Japan bar association head opposes security bills

Susumu Murakoshi (C), president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, slams the government's package of national security bills as going against the war-renouncing Constitution at a rally staged by some 300 lawyers and academics at the Tokyo Bar Association building on Aug. 26, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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