FEATURE: 60-year-old Sunagawa Case casts spotlight on security laws

FEATURE: 60-year-old Sunagawa Case casts spotlight on security laws

Photo taken June 28, 2016, in the central Japan city of Shizuoka shows Gentaro Tsuchiya talking about his experience of joining a 1957 anti-U.S. military base campaign in Tokyo, known as the "Sunagawa Case." Tsuchiya, who was fined for unlawful entry into the base, is seeking a retrial. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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