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Tokyo man sets self afire in apparent protest

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Posted on 01 July 2014. Tags: afire, apparent, Protest, self, sets, Tokyo

Tokyo man sets self afire in apparent protest A man has set himself on fire at a busy intersection in Tokyo in an apparent protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plan to ease limits of the country’s pacifist consitution, police and witnesses said. The incident at a busy intersection on …

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