Youth movement spawns groups among other generations to protest security bills

Youth movement spawns groups among other generations to protest security bills

A member of TOLDs, or Tokyo's liberal and democratic teachers, protests against government legislation that would mark a major shift in Japan's post-World War II exclusively defense-oriented security policy, near the Diet in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2015. TOLDs is one of the groups that formed after being inspired by the activities of Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy-s, or SEALDs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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