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Lower house panel votes down bill to scrap pension laws

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives Welfare and Labor Committee votes down an opposition bill to scrap recently enacted pension reform laws during a session on Aug. 4.

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Lower house panel votes down bill to scrap pension laws

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives Welfare and Labor Committee votes down an opposition bill to scrap recently enacted pension reform laws during a session on Aug. 4. (Kyodo)

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Ex-official argues security laws unconstitutional

Tokinao Chindo, a former local government official, attends a press conference in the central Japan city of Tsu on Nov. 16, 2015, after filing a lawsuit seeking the nullification of recently enacted security laws, which will expand the Self-Defense Forces' overseas activities. Chindo, 76, argues the laws are against Japan's pacifist Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Expert says security legislation beneficial for Japan

Tang Siew Mun, a senior fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore, says on Sept. 25, 2015, Japan's recently enacted security legislation would work in favor of Japan and the surrounding region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Centenarian doctor opposes new Japan security legislation

Shigeaki Hinohara, a renowned Japanese doctor, holds a press conference at Tokyo's St. Luke's International Hospital where he serves as honorary president, on Sept. 25, 2015, ahead of his 104th birthday on Oct. 4. Hinohara said he is "absolutely opposed" to controversial security legislation enacted recently to expand the role of the Self-Defense Forces overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Centenarian doctor opposes new Japan security legislation

Shigeaki Hinohara, a renowned Japanese doctor, holds a press conference at Tokyo's St. Luke's International Hospital where he serves as honorary president, on Sept. 25, 2015, ahead of his 104th birthday on Oct. 4. Hinohara said he is "absolutely opposed" to controversial security legislation enacted recently to expand the role of the Self-Defense Forces overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Centenarian doctor opposes new Japan security legislation

Shigeaki Hinohara, a renowned Japanese doctor, gestures during a press conference at Tokyo's St. Luke's International Hospital where he serves as honorary president, on Sept. 25, 2015, ahead of his 104th birthday on Oct. 4. Hinohara said he is "absolutely opposed" to controversial security legislation enacted recently to expand the role of the Self-Defense Forces overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ, JCP leaders to meet over electoral cooperation

Katsuya Okada, leader of the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan, addresses a meeting with labor leaders in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2015. Okada will meet with Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii on Sept. 25 to discuss cooperation among opposition parties in efforts to repeal recently enacted controversial security laws. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school students march in Tokyo to protest security laws

High school students march in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Nov. 8, 2015, to protest against a recently enacted package of new security laws giving Japan a greater role in international military activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security law opponents gather in front of Diet in Tokyo

People hold a rally in front of the National Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2015, to protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government over the recently enacted security laws that allow Japan to play a greater role in international military activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security law opponents vow to continue campaign

Minoru Koyama, a member of a group of young people opposing the recently enacted security laws, speaks at a meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2015. Participants said they will continue trying to have the laws scrapped. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opponents slam security laws as unconstitutional

Participants listen to a speaker at a meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2015, organized by a group of young people to discuss the recently enacted security laws, which they criticize as violating the pacifist Constitution by giving Japan a greater role in international military activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security law opponents vow to continue campaign at Tokyo meeting

Hitotsubashi University professor emeritus Osamu Watanabe speaks at a meeting organized by a group of young people opposing the recently enacted security laws in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2015. Participants said they will continue trying to have the laws scrapped. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security law opponents gather in front of Diet in Tokyo

Author Keiko Ochiai (L) speaks at a rally in front of the National Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2015, to protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government over the recently enacted security laws giving Japan a greater role in international military activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halloween costume-clad people demand abrogation of security laws

People clad in Halloween costumes put up placards calling for the abrogation of recently enacted national security laws in front of East Japan Railway's Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2015. The protest rally sponsored by civic groups opposing the laws was timed to coincide with Halloween. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halloween costume-clad people call for abrogation of security laws

People clad in various Halloween costumes show placards calling for the abrogation of recently enacted national security laws in front of East Japan Railway's Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2015. The protest rally sponsored by civic groups opposing the laws was timed to coincide with Halloween. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP leader Shii speaks at Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2015. He said the JCP can set aside its policy seeking the abolishment of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty if a coalition government with other opposition parties is formed to scrap the recently enacted security laws. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo