In scenes uncommon for Japan’s normally sedate parliament, the left-wing lawmakers engaged in a brawl with other parliamentarians in an attempt to block a controversial immigration bill, the New York Post reported.

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Watch | Lawmakers spar and scuffle in Japanese parliament over controversial refugee bill

Trump attacks media for downplaying Islamist terror threat