Posted on 06/29/2014 3:51:31 PM PDT by kingattax
A man set himself on fire in central Tokyo in protest at a proposed law which could allow Japan to deploy its military overseas.
The man was taken to hospital after being hosed down but his condition was not immediately known, officials said.
Japan's government could make the change to its pacifist constitution as early as next Tuesday.
The US-drafted constitution bans war and "the threat or use of force" to settle international disputes.
Witnesses said the middle-aged man, wearing a suit and tie, climbed onto a pedestrian bridge at Tokyo's Shinjuku station.
"He was sitting cross-legged and was just talking, so I thought it would end without incident," one eyewitness told Reuters. "Then all of a sudden his body was enveloped in fire."
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I think their main motivation was a desire to be a major world power.
Exactly!
Now, they should be a main point of interest for men looking for semi-traditional wives.
¡¡¡GIGITTY!!!
PING to 22.
Yep and that worked out well..
That too, for sure. I think, though, they took a long, hard look at China, and saw how that country was carved up and divided by the Europeans, and said “No effing way are we letting that happen to us...”
So they set about the task of building a massive Navy and Army to prevent even the remotest chance of that happening.
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