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Urgent: Japan's upper house committee passes controversial security bills amid chaos

Xinhua, September 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

A special committee under the upper house of the Japanese national Diet passed controversial government-backed security-related bills amid chaos in the chamber.

The passage came without a final debate on the bills, paving way for the chamber's plenary session to vote on the bills. Endi