Australian man #1: What are all these people (in front of the Diet) protesting about?

Australian man #2: (Prime Minister Shinzo) Abe thinks Japan needs to be able to go to war to prevent a war.

— Sakuradamon Station, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Overheard by The Japan Times On Sunday

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