Controversial security bills passed in Japanese parliamentKatsuya Okada ( C ) , President of biggest opposition Democratic Party of Japan , leaves an Upper House plenary session with his colleague lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto ( L ) after controversial security bills passed by majority 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 >