Sitting upright across from the Diet building, the protesters say they know their fight against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe¡¯s government is going to take a heavy toll on them. But they say they have to do it nonetheless.
Determined to foil an attempt to bulldoze key security legislation through the Diet, four university students began a hunger strike on Thursday afternoon. They say they are determined to ¡°risk their lives¡± to succeed.
¡°We¡¯re aware that going on a hunger strike in the summer heat risks putting our lives in danger. But we¡¯re doing this nonetheless ¡ª that¡¯s how determined we are,¡± said Daisuke Motoki, a 22-year-old law student at Senshu University in Tokyo.
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