Currently members of the Japanese Diet (Parliament) are debating legislation that would allow the military in the country to take a more active role through the world. The Prime Minister of Japan is worried that his military is too small to fight off a real threat from China or North Korea. Many in Japan disagree and want Japan to remain peaceful, so much so that they fought on the floor of the Diet trying to prevent a vote from occurring. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.

Do you think Japan should forgo his pacifist stance and start taking more charge in its defense? Is it ironic that pacifists are the ones who started the fight? Let us know in the comments below.

Read more here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wor…

“A brawl broke out in Japan’s usually sedate parliament – during a heated debate about ending the country’s pacifist security policy.

In footage shot by Agence France Presse, members of Japan’s opposition and ruling coalition are seen tussling over the bill papers and pushing and shoving each other around the committee chairman’s desk.

The row was over a proposed security bill that would see Japanese soldiers deployed overseas for the first time since the end of the Second World War.”