Japan Anti-Terror Law

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>Japan's lawmakers have passed a controversial bill allowing authorities to target terror conspiracies.
>The government argues the law is needed to improve security ahead of the 2020 Olympics, and to comply with a UN agreement Japan has signed.
>The law, which criminalises the plotting and committing of 277 acts, amends an existing law against organised crime syndicates.
>It bans the procurement of funds or supplies and the surveying of a location in preparation of any of these offences.
>An entire group - defined as two or more people - can be charged if at least one member is found to have been plotting the crime.
>Also bans lesser offences such as: Copying music, sit-ins protesting the construction of apartment buildings, mushroom picking in conservation forests
>The law has sparked protests, including one on Wednesday night outside the parliament building which was attended by thousands of demonstrators.

What's your take on this, /pol/? Is this law really warranted, or is it just a cover to pass all of these smaller laws?