Showing posts with label Koike Yuriko. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Koike Yuriko. Show all posts

Thursday, September 21, 2017

94th Anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake – Remember the massacre of Koreans



 
 We never forget that Koreans and Chinese were massacred after the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 without any reason. We remember that what is unthinkable during peacetime can happen in a time of emergency. Fires of trouble are smoldering during peacetime. Therefore, we swear that we keep sowing seeds of appreciating being “different”. On September 2, 2017, a memorial service held at a bank of the Awakawa River in Sumida Ward, Tokyo for the Korean victims who were massacred after the quake. The event attracted more participants than usual presumably due to news reports that Tokyo Governor KOIKE Yuriko and Sumida Ward Mayor YAMAMOTO Toru refused to send eulogies for the Korean and Chinese victims. The venue of the event is one of places where many Koreans and Chinese were shot and killed by the Japanese Army. (KASAHARA Mayumi)



関東大震災94周年 朝鮮人虐殺を忘れない!~秋空の下300人が集う

私たちは忘れない。朝鮮人・中国人がいわれなく虐殺されたこの事実を。平時には考
えられないことが非常時には起きることを。それは、平時に種がまかれていること
! だからこそ“違う”ことをよいこととする種を播き続けなければならないこと
を! そんな思いを新たにした集いだった。92日、「グループほうせんか・関東大
震災時に虐殺された朝鮮人の遺骨を発掘し慰霊する会」の主催で関東大震災の追悼式
が、台風の心配も去り青空のもと荒川河川敷で行われた。今年は、小池都知事や山本
墨田区長の追悼文を出さないというニュースが駆け回ったからか、例年より多く300
人近くの人が集まった。ここ墨田区の旧四つ木橋の河川敷は、軍隊が出動して機関銃
で殺害した現場の一つでもある。(笠原眞弓) 

Sunday, September 4, 2016

Dancing rally to stop the relocation of Tsukiji Fish Market




On August 20th, a dancing rally was held in the busy streets of Shinjuku, Tokyo. 
There were only seventy participants, but the rally caught the attention of the passers-by. The action called for the stop of the relocation of the Tsukiji Fish Market, which is scheduled for November 7th. The new Tokyo Governor, KOIKE Yuriko, was in the process of re-examining the relocation of the Market. (She announced the postponement of the relocation on August 31st ) Japan Communist Party Diet Member, KIRA Yoshiko, made a speech at the rally, “I have a baby under the age of one. I cannot give the baby a fish served from a market contaminated with benzene. Many sales brokers in the market are against the relocation. I hope the new Governor keeps her campaign pledge to stop the relocation.” NAKAZAWA Makoto, the president of the Tsukiji Market Workers’ Union, said, “The problem is not only the contamination. The plan was questionable from the beginning and now it’s clear to everyone.” The participants were resolute to protect the Tsukiji Fish Market, which is a cultural asset of Japan. (M)


築地でええじゃないか!新宿港町行進~11月豊洲移転の中止もとめ

820日、「築地でええじゃないか!ええじゃないか!」の囃子言
葉を連呼し、踊りながらのデモが新宿の街を練り歩いた。約70人ほ
どだが迫力は満点で、通行人の注目を浴びた。築地市場の豊洲移転
117日に迫るなか、土壌汚染をはじめ様々な問題が噴出し、小
池新知事も「いったん立ち止まって考える」と再検討に入ってい
る。集会では、吉良よし子議員が「ゼロ歳児を育てているが、ベン
ゼンが出るところの魚を子どもに食べさせるわけにはいかない。仲
卸業者の多くも反対している。小池知事には公約を守ってほしい」
と発言。また築地市場労組委員長の中澤誠さんも「汚染問題だけで
なく全部がおかしい。最初から無茶な計画でそのインチキがバレ
た」と、豊洲移転中止を強く求めていた。「世界に誇る日本の文
化」である築地を守りたい。参加者の意気は高かった。(M
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