On August 15th, the day Imperial
Japan surrendered to the allied powers in 1945, riot police in full gear were
deployed in every corner in downtown Tokyo. There was a small scale rally and
march against Yasukuni, the shrine that commemorates those who died in service
of the emperor of Japan including a number of Class A war criminals from WWII.
The number of riot police was nearly ten times that of the protesters. Protest
action against Yasukuni Shrine and the Emperor system cannot be held without
the protection of the police force due to the fierce obstruction from rightist
groups. This is the reality of Japan. The number of participants was 280,
outnumbering last year’s figure. There
were some students in the rally and we could feel that not a small number of
people were opposing the road to war. At the street corner near the Shrine, rightists threw pet-bottles were thrown at the
demonstrators. (M)
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8.15 反「靖国」デモ～妨害に負けず「靖国いらない、戦争反対」
の声上げる
やけに機動隊が多かった。8月15日、東京・神田一帯の道路のあち
こちに、完全武装の小隊が配置されている。カマボコ車は数十台以
上。反靖国の小さなデモ隊に、その数倍あるいは10倍近くの警察官
が動員されていた。右翼の激しい妨害の中で、警察のガードなしに
反靖国・反天皇制のデモをすることができない。これが今の日本
だ。しかしこの日の反「靖国」デモの参加者は280人で、去年より
増えた。学生の姿も多くみられた。安倍政権のもと右翼も勢いづい
ているが、戦争の道を許さない人々の力もけして小さいものではな
い。靖国神社手前の九段下交差点では、右翼がデモ隊に向かって
ペットボトルなどを投げつけるシーンもあった。市民らは妨害に負
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