5 Japan opposition party chiefs agree to resist security bills

The leaders of five Japanese opposition parties hold talks in Tokyo on July 10, 2015: (from L to R sitting) Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Katsuya Okada of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yorihisa Matsuno of the Japan Innovation Party and Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party. They agreed to oppose a vote on security bills submitted by the government that would expand the overseas role of Japan's Self-Defense Forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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