A woman whose son is serving with the Self-Defense Forces is a tireless campaigner against recently enacted security legislation, and she is no less vocal now that an Upper House election is approaching.

The resident of the Hokkaido city of Chitose is in her 50s and goes by the pseudonym "Kazuko Taira" ("Peace Child").

She has severed communication with her trooper son, a 20-something father of two, after he urged her to cease her activism. She said she does not want to cause him trouble.