1.   On Tuesday, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto tried to push his way into the committee room, but protesting lawmakers shoved him back.

2.   On Tuesday, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto tried to push his way into the committee room, but protesting lawmakers shoved him away.

3.   The protesting lawmakers said that allowing Lukashenko to speak could be seen as support for his referendum.

4.   The protesting lawmakers wore black clothes and white chrysanthemums, traditional Chinese funeral flowers, to mourn what they called the death of justice.