Japan's ruling bloc rams through controversial war bills in lower house

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the lower house plenary session at the parliament in Tokyo July 16, 2015. Abe's coalition was set on Thursday to approve legislation in the lower house of parliament that could see troops sent to fight abroad for the first time since World War II, despite thousands of protesters overnight chanting and holding up placards reading "No War, No Killing". [Photo/Agencies]