Japan’s first gun-toting troops since WWII have deployed — to South Sudan

Last year, in the middle of the night, tens of thousands of Japanese protesters gathered outside their country's parliament. Inside, legislators were engaged in a melee, as members of Japan's biggest opposition party tried to grab a microphone from the chairman of a special parliamentary committee. The dissenters had the support of the protesters outside. With […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/11/21/japans-first-gun-toting-troops-since-wwii-have-deployed-to-south-sudan/