Public support and civilian over sight and the safety of personnel must be guaranteed. Leaders of both parties want the sdf to provide Logistical Support for foreign troops if it agreed to peace and stability. They agreed to lift limits on geographical limits. Under the Current System the government must get approval from the diet each time they are sent abroad. There have been fierce debates among lawmakers. They hope a new package of legislation will remove that hurdle. More than 100 protesters rallied near the diet building in tokyo responding to a call by pop position parties. They say they are concerned by the way the legislation is being drawn up and its potential impact. Translator i want my children as well as other children to grow up in a peaceful society. That is why im here. Translator top government leaders and members of the ruling parties are pushing through the legislation on their own. They should hold open discussions to seek public approval. Opposition Democratic Par
And tuneishen authorities have arrested several suspects after a deadly museum attack and theyre pledging to tighten the nations security. Many people in japan paused on march 20th to reflect on what was a scary and painful time in their history. 20 years ago today members of a religious cult released sarin gas on the tokyo subway system during the morning rush hour. 13 people died and 6300 others were hurt. People held a Memorial Ceremony at one of the subway stations targeted in the attack. They held a moment of silence at 8 00 a. M. Around the time members of Aum Shinri Kyo released the nerve gas. Families of the victims and others laid flowers and offered prayers. Translator ive always thought i could have been one of the victims. That thought brought me here today. Translator as a bereaved Family Member i want to keep on telling the next generation about this tragedy. But theres a limit to what i can do. I want young people to become interested in knowing what happened in the Aum
Afghanistan is on his first visit to the United States since taking office. A trip aimed at repairing and rebooting relations. Japans defense minister is Standing Firm on moving a u. S. Air base in okinawa. Jen nakatani says in order to suspend relocation work wont change anything. Translator i was not aware of any problems in the procedures leading up to the survey. So the governor will continue with the plan. Nakatani says he wants people in okinawa to understand that its important to move the futenma air station from a heavily populated area. He says its necessary for National Security and to reduce the burden on the prefecture. Okinawa governor takashi onaga says the survey work has probably damaged coral reefs. He told the Regional Bureau of the Defense Ministry on monday to suspend survey work. Onaga says if Ministry Officials dont cooperate, he will revoke a marine drilling permit the previous governor issued. About 80 people protested next to the site of the planned base. Trans
Gains for the countrys Infrastructure Companies by joining aiib a chinabacked International Development bank. The tunisian government has released a video showing the recent storming of a museum by police to free hostages held. In the assault last week the terrorists killed 21 people including three tourists from japan. The video begins with members of a special police unit getting ready for the mission as they approach the museum in the capital tunis. The antiterror unit then enters the building. The members are carrying automatic rifles and shields. The video shows the Police Officers gathering the hostages in a room before leading them safely out of the building. Government officials believe the group Ansar Al Sharia in tunisia may have been behind the attack. Members reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group last september. Tunisian interior minister says authorities have arrested 23 people in connection with the assault. He says theyre still searching for an algeria
Well, it just keeps changing here in washington. Now the house of representatives just went out of session, so we will be bringing you the president on cspan as well as cspan2. So you can watch the president on the networks as well. Jeff is in dallas, georgia, on our independent line. Hi, jeff, youre on cspan. Caller yeah. I would just like to say that checks and balances is right and the power of the purse lies in the house. The president seems to want to negotiate after he gets what he wants. The republicans should be doing the same thing. I fear for the future of our country and just hope that it all works out for the best. Thank you. Host thank you. And were going to show you the inside of the Briefing Room again at the white house as we await the president coming out. Hell be out here shortly. You can see the network, the Network Correspondents are still lined up in the front, so it looks like hell be out here in just a minute, and well try to get this call in from gregory in new