5 opposition parties submit bills aimed at scrapping security laws

The heads of the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan and four other opposition parties hold talks at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2016. Later that day, the five parties submitted two bills aimed at scrapping controversial security laws enacted in 2015 in a challenge to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bid to expand the role of Japan's armed forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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