
Lower House Dissolved For General Election
Local Japanese News In English
The Lower House of the Japanese Diet has been dissolved for a snap election next month. (NHK)
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Japanese parliament descends into violence over bill to allow troops to fight abroad:
The bill in question proposes that the military, or self-defence forces as they are known in the country, have the option to fight abroad to defend the interests of its allies even if there is no direct threat to Japan. Ref. Source 2h