National May 11, 2018
Protesters begin a three-day march against the relocation plan for a contentious U.S. Marine Corps base ahead of the 46th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to Japanese control.
National / Social Issues May 22, 2017
A year after enactment of hate speech law, xenophobic rallies down by nearly half
A tally of xenophobic rallies in Japan shows that a new law against hate speech is having a positive impact in stemming public attacks against minority groups.
National / Social Issues May 5, 2017
Parental abduction victims hold rally to push for joint custody rights
by Daisuke Kikuchi
Parents deprived of their children held a rally Friday to push for introducing joint custody to the Japanese legal system and to raise awareness of the plight faced by their offspring when marriages fall apart. Marching through the Asakusa district in Tokyo's Taito Ward, about ...
National / Politics Jun 15, 2016
LDP and Komeito to boycott massive anti-U.S. rally Sunday in Okinawa
by Eric Johnston
Despite protesting the murder of a local woman and calling for revisions in the U.S. Status of Forces Agreement, local Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito officials will not take part in what may be the biggest Okinawan anti-base rally in nearly two decades. Organizers hope ...
National / Politics Feb 21, 2016
Diet surrounded by 28,000 as synchronized protests in Japan rip Futenma base move in Okinawa
Thousands of protesters surround the Diet to oppose the long-fought plan to move U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma as simultaneous rallies take place nationwide.
National Nov 12, 2015
Filipino 'comfort women' survivors call for justice at Manila rally
Six Filipino victims of alleged Japanese military sexual abuse during World War II staged a rally Thursday in front of the Japanese Embassy over what they say is the continuing disregard by the leaders of the Philippines and Japan of their plight and cries ...
National / Politics Nov 10, 2015
Thousands rally in Nippon Budokan Hall for constitutional change
by Reiji Yoshida
Thousands of people packed Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Tuesday in support of revising the pacifist Constitution while pledging to collect 10 million signatures favoring their cause. The organizing group claimed 11,321 people attended the political rally at one of Japan's most prestigious halls, ...
National / Crime & Legal Sep 25, 2015
Supporters demand security bill protesters be released following 'unjust arrests'
by Tomohiro Osaki
Supporters of protesters who were arrested for obstruction of justice during a rally against the government's security legislation demanded Friday that they be released immediately and decried their "unjust arrest." As of Friday afternoon, five protesters who took part in the Sept. 16 rally, organized ...
National / Politics Sep 18, 2015
Tens of thousands of citizens opposed to the Abe administration’s security bills protested at the Diet on Friday as opposition lawmakers made a failed last-minute bid to prevent the enactment of laws that would allow Japanese troops to fight overseas for the first time ...
National Aug 10, 2015
Cyclists pedal anti-nuclear message in Washington on Nagasaki A-bomb day
More than 250 protesters rode their bicycles on an 11-km loop of Washington on Sunday, the 70th anniversary of the Nagasaki A-bomb attack, to call for the global abolition of nuclear weapons. The event was organized by anti-nuclear advocate group Global Zero. Similar events were ...
World / Social Issues Jul 1, 2015
Ku Klux Klan gets OK to stage pro-Confederate flag rally at South Carolina Capitol
The Ku Klux Klan plans to hold a pro-Confederate flag rally at the South Carolina Capitol, where a man was arrested on Monday night in a confrontation with anti-flag protesters over a symbol associated with slavery. The Civil War-era flag has emerged as a flashpoint ...
