Writer Setouchi, singer Miwa talk in Nagasaki

Writer Jakucho Setouchi (L) and Singer Akihiro Miwa talk at a gathering in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on July 25, 2015, on the theme of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. They appealed for opposing Japan's security bills. (Kyoto) ==Kyodo

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