Upper Chamber Debate at the Japan National Diet

Diet in Tokyo on Wednesday, June 11, 2014
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Tokyo, Japan – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is applauded upon his arrival at the upper chamber of the Diet for a a debate between party leaders in Tokyo on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Diet in Tokyo on Wednesday, June 11, 2014
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Tokyo, Japan – Banri Kaieda, standing at right, leader of the coalition Liberal Democratic Party, throws questions at Prime Minister Shintaro Abe on the nation’s right to exercise collective self-defense during a debate between party leaders in the upper chamber of the Diet in Tokyo on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Hoping his Cabinet can approve the use of collective self-defense during the current Diet session which ends on June 22, Abe pressured Kaieda to reach an agreement with the ruling coalition. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

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