The majority of Japanese people oppose the government's security bills.

Reuters reported that Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper published a poll on September 14th showing that more than 50% of Japanese voters oppose the government's plans to enact a law this month allowing Japanese soldiers to participate in overseas combat for the first time since World War II.

Protests against the new security bill in Japan. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

The newspaper noted that 54% of respondents opposed the law while only 29% supported it; 68% believed that passing security bills in the current parliamentary session was unnecessary.

Despite widespread public opposition, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition still wants the security bills passed before parliament concludes its session on September 27.

The Japanese Senate is expected to vote on the security bill this week.

Although the ruling coalition controls a majority of seats in the Senate, opposition parties have vowed to use all possible means to prevent the vote.

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