Ruling bloc aims to gain Diet approval for security bills

Ruling bloc aims to gain Diet approval for security bills

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters his office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2016. The ruling coalition of Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito party aims to gain the Diet approval for controversial security bills by Sept. 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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