Rallies against the U.S.-led war on Iraq continued Thursday in front of U.S. diplomatic offices in Japan, with hunger strikes continuing as U.S. bombs started falling on Baghdad.

About 80 people gathered at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo's Minato Ward by 10 a.m., chanting, "No war!"

Police, on high alert, began expelling them from the area -- some by force -- after 11:30 a.m.