Suit against security legislation filed

Suit against security legislation filed

Tetsuji Fukata, who heads a group of 23 residents in Japan's western prefecture of Tottori, attends a press conference in the city of Tottori on June 16, 2016, after filing a lawsuit arguing a decision of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet to allow Japan to exercise the right of collective self-defense is against the pacifist Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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