JAPAN-POLITICS-DEFENCE-PROTEST(01 of09)
Open Image ModalProtestor hold placards and shout anti Abe government slogans during a rally in front of the prime minister\'s official residence in Tokyo on June 30, 2014. The Japanese government will press ahead with divisive plans to loosen restrictions on its military despite widespread public anger. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
JAPAN-POLITICS-DEFENCE-PROTEST(02 of09)
Open Image ModalProtestor hold placards and shout anti Abe government slogans during a rally in front of the prime minister\'s official residence in Tokyo on June 30, 2014. The Japanese government will press ahead with divisive plans to loosen restrictions on its military despite widespread public anger. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
JAPAN-POLITICS-DEFENCE-PROTEST(03 of09)
Open Image ModalProtestor hold placards and shout anti Abe government slogans during a rally in front of the prime minister\'s official residence in Tokyo on June 30, 2014. The Japanese government will press ahead with divisive plans to loosen restrictions on its military despite widespread public anger. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
JAPAN-POLITICS-DEFENCE-PROTEST(04 of09)
Open Image ModalProtestor hold placards and shout anti Abe government slogans during a rally in front of the prime minister\'s official residence in Tokyo on June 30, 2014. The Japanese government will press ahead with divisive plans to loosen restrictions on its military despite widespread public anger. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
JAPAN-POLITICS-DEFENCE-PROTEST(05 of09)
Open Image ModalProtestor hold placards and shout anti Abe government slogans during a rally in front of the prime minister\'s official residence in Tokyo on June 30, 2014. The Japanese government will press ahead with divisive plans to loosen restrictions on its military despite widespread public anger. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
JAPAN-POLITICS-DEFENCE-PROTEST(06 of09)
Open Image ModalProtestor hold placards and shout anti Abe government slogans during a rally in front of the prime minister\'s official residence in Tokyo on June 30, 2014. The Japanese government will press ahead with divisive plans to loosen restrictions on its military despite widespread public anger. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
JAPAN-POLITICS-DEFENCE-PROTEST(07 of09)
Open Image ModalProtestor hold placards and shout anti Abe government slogans during a rally in front of the prime minister\'s official residence in Tokyo on June 30, 2014. The Japanese government will press ahead with divisive plans to loosen restrictions on its military despite widespread public anger. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
JAPAN-POLITICS-DEFENCE-PROTEST(08 of09)
Open Image ModalProtestor hold placards and shout anti Abe government slogans during a rally in front of the prime minister\'s official residence in Tokyo on June 30, 2014. The Japanese government will press ahead with divisive plans to loosen restrictions on its military despite widespread public anger. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
JAPAN-POLITICS-DEFENCE-PROTEST(09 of09)
Open Image ModalProtestor hold placards and shout anti Abe government slogans during a rally in front of the prime minister\'s official residence in Tokyo on June 30, 2014. The Japanese government will press ahead with divisive plans to loosen restrictions on its military despite widespread public anger. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)