Opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Hiroyuki Konishi (top) climbs over other lawmakers who are guarding Yoshitada Konoike, chairman of the upper house special committee on security, before a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Reuters)
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