Japan's new security laws take effect in major defense policy shift

Japan's new security laws take effect in major defense policy shift

People gather in front of the parliament building in Tokyo on March 29, 2016, to protest against Japan's new security laws that took effect the same day, enabling Japanese troops to fight overseas for the first time since World War II in a landmark defense policy shift in a country with a war-renouncing Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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