Controversial security bills passed in Japanese parliamentAn opposition lawmaker Taro Yamamoto shows his strong protest on the podium as he votes for controversial security bills during an Upper House plenary session at parliament in Tokyo , Japan , in the early morning of 19 September 2015 . Japan ' s parliament enacted legislation in the early morning to expand possible Japanese troops overseas operations while opposition lawmakers show strong protest in a vote bringing a major shift in Japan ' s postwar security policy . The bills , that would for the first time since World War II allow Japanese troops to fight overseas , was passed at an Upper House plenary session after opposition parties delayed the final vote . EPA / KIMIMASA MAYAMA ▶ [ 현장 영상 ] ' 아이 들 을 던진 이유 '… 중국 유치원 화재 ▶ [ 오늘 의 핫 화보 ] ' 전쟁 가능 法 ' 日 안보 법안 강행 … 아베 정권 ' 비판 고조 ' < 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 , 무단 전재 - 재 배포 금지 >