The
annual rally and march against Yasukuni, the shrine that commemorates those who
had died in service of the emperor of Japan including a number of Class A war
criminals from the WWII, was held in Tokyo on August 15, the day Imperial Japan
surrendered to the allied powers in 1945. In the call for action this year, the
organizers denounced the delusive “remembrance of the war victims and prayer
for peace” by the Abe administration that approved the use of right to
collective self-defense by re-interpreting the constitution in July. The venue
of the rally was packed with more participants, including a greater number of
youths, than last year. KITAMURA Sayo, a retired teacher, spoke of her own
experience during the war. “Everyone could be labeled a spy any time. Trust
among people was lost completely.
We must not return to those days without humanity,” she stressed. The right-wingers attacked the protesters
during the march to the shrine more violently this year. From time to time, they broke through the
mass of riot police walking alongside the marchers and took away banners, tore
them and threw plastic bottles of drinks while swearing at the marchers with
loud speakers all the time. However, the
march was completed in about an hour with no casualty among the participants.
(By M)
*Photo: at a junction near the shrine
*Photo: at a junction near the shrine
8 月15日、「安倍戦争国家の『追悼』を許さない！ 8.15反『靖国』行動」が行われた。会場の東京・全水道会館には、時代の危機 を反映してか、昨年を上回る人たちでぎっしり。若者の姿も増えた。戦争体験 のある元教員・北村小夜さんが講演し、「人をみたらスパイ、人を信じられなくなるのが戦争社会。絶対繰り返してはならない」と訴えた。デモでは、例年以上 に右翼の攻撃的姿勢が目立った。警察も大量の機動隊員を動員して、デモ隊を二重にも三重にもブロックして併走した。右翼グループ はハンドマイクでがなりた てながら、デモ隊に突っ込んできたり、横断幕を奪ったり、ペットボトルを投げつけたりとやりたい放題。しかし、デモ隊は「戦争反対、靖国反対」のコールを しながら整然と進み、けが人も逮捕者も出さすに無事約1時間のデモを貫徹 した。（M）
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