Japanese against governmental militarism


petrel41's avatarDear Kitty. Some blog

This video, about World War II Japanese war criminals on trial, says about itself:

Clips from the Tokyo Trial (1946-49), at which the principal defendant was Hideki Tojo. For further information, see http://www.roberthjackson.org.

From daily The Morning Star in Britain:

Japan: Peace activists rally to halt war charter changes

Sunday 4th May 2014

HUNDREDS of peace activists gathered at a Tokyo rally on Japan’s Constitution Day on Saturday to oppose militarist changes to its post-WWII charter.

The demonstration took place amid a growing debate over whether to revise the anti-war constitution as US strategy in the region increasingly targets China.

But protest organiser Ken Takada explained: “We citizens must stand up, take action and raise our voice.

“Or this country could return to a Japan that wages war with Asia as it has done before.”

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing for an expanded military role…

View original post 234 more words

Unknown's avatar

About agogo22

Director of Manchester School of Samba at http://www.sambaman.org.uk
This entry was posted in General. Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.