Protests continue across Japan as security bills pass lower house panel

People protest outside the parliament building in Tokyo on July 15, 2015, against a controversial government-proposed package of national security bills that passed a House of Representatives panel earlier in the day. The passage sets the stage for the bills to clear the lower house controlled by the ruling camp. (Photo taken with fish-eye lens) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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