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Urgent: Japan's ruling bloc rams through controversial war bills in lower house

Xinhua, July 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

Japan's ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rammed through a series of controversial security bills in the all-powerful lower house Thursday amid strong public opposition, marking the most significant overturn of the nation's "purely defensive" defense posture.

Major opposition parties skipped the vote. Endi