The BBC's Yalda Hakim: "Scenes like these are unprecedented in Japan" Thousands of people have protested outside of Japan's parliament against new legislation that would allow the military to deploy overseas.
Japanese troops set to fight overseas for first time since World War Two Japan's military looks set to expand its remit, after new security laws were approved by a parliamentary committee. Since the end of World War Two the country's constitution has only allowed the military to use force for self defence, so this could be a significant change of policy. There has been vocal resistance to the legi
China says up to 300,000 died in Nanjing at the hands of Japan's military A governor of Japan's public broadcaster, NHK, has denied that the Nanjing massacre took place, days after a row over Tokyo's use of war-time sex slaves engulfed the new NHK chief. Naoki Hyakuta made his comments as he campaigned for a right-wing candidate in the Tokyo gubernatorial election.
Whatever Shinzo Abe says, any visit to the Yasakuni shrine by a Japanese prime minister is deeply political and sure to cause offence. In the 1960s and 70s, the spirits of scores of convicted Japanese war criminals were "enshrined" there. The most controversial were the 14 "Class A" war criminals, including wartime leader Hideki Tojo, who were "enshrined" in the late 1970s.
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