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Hundreds of people in Japan gather in front of the prime minister’s office on May 14, 2015 to protest against bills that would give Japanese military forces greater power. (Xinhua news agency) ^[1]

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2015.05.14. https://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2015/05/352460.html Japan Cabinet approves bills for greater SDF role. 16:55 14 May 2015. The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday approved security bills that would significantly expand the scope of overseas operations by the Self-Defense Forces in what would represent a major change to Japan's post-World War II exclusively defense-oriented security policy. Following Cabinet approval, the government is expected to submit the bills to the Diet on Friday. If passed, the legislation would remove geographical restrictions on where the SDF can operate, and under certain conditions allow it to defend its security ally the United States and other friendly countries for the first time since the war.

2015.05.14. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/14/us-japan-security-idUSKBN0NZ02W20150514 LINDA SIEG AND KIYOSHI TAKENAKA. Abe's cabinet approves Japan security bills; voters wary, confused. Thu May 14, 2015 6:23am EDT Related: WORLD, JAPAN.

2015.05.14. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/11605312/Japan-military-expansion-bills-passed-by-cabinet.html Danielle Demetriou. Japan military expansion bills passed by cabinet. 1:02PM BST 14 May 2015. Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe has taken a significant step towards securing permission for country's military to fight abroad for the first time since the Second World War following the cabinet approval of new security bills. The legislation, which marks a clear shift in Japan’s postwar security policies, will remove geographic restrictions on where the nation’s self-defence forces can operate.