EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT<br/> <br />ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />A man in Japan set himself on fire at a busy intersection in Tokyo on Sunday (June 29) in an apparent protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plans to ease limits of the country's pacifist constitution, police and witnesses said.<br/> <br />Japan is poised for a historic shift in its defense policy by ending a ban that has kept the military from fighting abroad since World War Two.<br/> <br />Abe's cabinet is expected to adopt as early as Tuesday (July 1) a resolution revising a long-standing interpretation of the U.S.-drafted constitution to lift the ban after his ruling party finalises an agreement with its junior partner.<br/> <br />Japanese media have reported that the man has survived the ordeal and is conscious.<br/> <br />Witnesses said the man, seated on pedestrian bridge, used a megaphone to protest plans to end a ban on exercising "collective self-defense", or aiding a friendly country under
