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Japan workers protest military marchers
Published Nov 1, 2007 10:41 PM
Workers gathered in downtown Sasebo in Japan’s Nagasaki Prefecture
on Oct. 20 to protest an appearance by the Japanese armed forces—called
the Self-Defense Force of Japan—who were marching down the streets
carrying machine guns.
This was the second time the SDFJ marched in downtown Sasebo, the first
occurring two years ago. It was a sign of the increasingly aggressive posture
of the SDFJ, signaled by the Japanese government’s decision to revise the
Japanese Constitution and formally hold armed forces marches. The SDFJ is
currently taking part in the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq, making it a party to
an aggressive war.
Workers in Sasebo expressed their anger at the SDFJ’s new openly
aggressive stance by staging a sit-in and chanting, “Stop your armed
march! End the occupation of Iraq!”
—Secretary Kikuchi Takao of the
Anti-war Joint Action Committee
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