Erstellt am: 16. 7. 2015 - 15:35 Uhr

The People Are Angry

Reality Check: Street violence erupted in Athens as Greek politicians voted on reforms demanded by European partners and tens of thousands take to the streets of Tokyo as Japanese politicians vote to permit troops to fight overseas.

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Greek policemen try to avoid petrol bombs thrown by protesters during a demonstration against planned austerity measures, Athens, Greece, 15 July 2015.

Greek Bailout

The past 24 hours have been quite dramatic when it comes to the Greek financial crisis. As Brussels prepares to release an emergency loan to get Greece through July, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has suffered a major political blow - 32 of his party's own MPs voted 'No', as the rest of the Greek parliament voted in favour of new austerity measures.

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Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos in the Greek parliaments plenum, in Athens, Greece, 15 July 2015.

The bitter consent for harsh austerity measures within the parliament was met with visible and palpable anger on the streets of Athens. Now, negotiations on a THIRD bailout are on the horizon... but does the fact that many of the MPs in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ own party voted against the deal spell trouble ahead?

Helena Smith reports from Athens…

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Japanese policemen force to remove a Buddhist demonstrator protesting against security bills outside Japan's parliament in Tokyo, Japan, 16 July 2015

Meanwhile, in Tokyo...

The opposition walked out before the vote, and thousands of protesters took to the streets last night, but none of that stopped Japan's lower house of parliament from approving a controversial set of bills today to allow a greater role for the country's military.

To be more precise, the legislation would allow the Japanese army to fight abroad - the first time it will be allowed to do so since World War II. In the wake of the Second World War, Japan enacted a new constitution, which is sometimes referred to as the "Peace Constitution" and is famous for its renunciation of the right to wage war.

Martin Fritz, a journalist based in Tokyo, gave us the low-down on these new Japanese security laws.