LDP MPs clap after the upper house of Japan’s parliament approved security bills clearing the way for a policy shift that could allow troops to fight overseas for the first time since 1945. Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters LDP MPs clap after the upper house of Japan’s parliament approved security bills clearing the way for a policy shift that could allow troops to fight overseas for the first time s
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