Japanese lawmakers scuffled Thursday as they tried and failed to stop the security bill that could see the military fight abroad for the first time in decades, AFP reports.
Opposition lawmakers climbed on top of one another as they tried to grab the committee chairman's microphone to prevent him calling a vote on the controversial bills.
In scenes uncommon for Japan's normally sedate parliament, the suited committee members lashed out at each other, pushing and shoving in a huge scrum in the second melee of the day.