Down with Israel! ― The atmosphere of our Palestine solidarity rally at Hachiko Square in Tokyo became even more heated thanks to the large number of foreign tourists who took part.
I live in Japan. I posted this video to let the world know that 🇵🇸 pro-Palestinian protests are taking place across my country 🇯🇵, even in a small town like this.
Japanese director Neo Sora appears at 2024 Venice International Film Festival, wearing the keffiyeh and a Palestinian flag patch. Credit:
@asahi_cinema
#Nagasaki
mayor Shiro Suzuki defended today his decision to invite Palestine instead of Israel to the peace ceremony.
The threats from U.S. and its vassals to boycott the annual event to commemorate the hibakusha could not work on the mayor, whose parents were a-bomb survivors.
Young Japanese novelist and influencer Ota Stephanie Kanto appeared at a prestigious award ceremony, wearing a keffiyeh. She said she participates in the protests against the genocide in Gaza because she just really wants to.
My thoughts are with the people of Japan following the devastating earthquake. To Japan, our partner and friend: Canada is standing with you, ready to extend a helping hand.
Miyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer, a daughter of the internationally-acclaimed musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, is reading out a message sent from a Gaza-based reporter at a Nakba Day rally held outside Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on May 15, 2024.
"Israel is not welcome here in
#Hiroshima
. We will fight till the end." ― Militant
@Zengakuren
students show up in front of Atomic Bomb Dome, express their solidarity with the people of Palestine.
I'm so pround of Yusuke. He stands tall against a bunch of Zionist thugs. I heard him clearly saying "My friends ― the Palestinian peole" and "Palestine will be free." Awesome guy.
#Nagasaki
mayor Shiro Suzuki defended today his decision to invite Palestine instead of Israel to the peace ceremony.
The threats from U.S. and its vassals to boycott the annual event to commemorate the hibakusha could not work on the mayor, whose parents were a-bomb survivors.
🇰🇷 Hundreds of South Korean activists march in Seoul calling out 🇮🇱 Israel for committing a genocide in 🇵🇸 Gaza. The placard the protest leader is holding says: 'Stop Attacking Rafah! (라파 공격 중단 하라!)" via
@pps_kr
🇯🇵 Generation Z in Japan stands with 🇵🇸 Palestine. This rave event took place on Sunday evening at Shibuya Station in Tokyo ― do not confuse with a rally at Hachiko Square on Friday, whose videos are being circulated on X.
@honninman
🇯🇵 Generation Z in Japan stands with 🇵🇸 Palestine. This rave event took place on Sunday evening at Shibuya Station in Tokyo ― do not confuse with a rally at Hachiko Square on Friday, whose videos are being circulated on X.
@honninman
Nigata 🇯🇵, Japan. Why did you decide to join this pro-Palestinian protest? A student answers: "20,000+ civilians have been killed in Gaza 🇵🇸 for no reason. In my country most people don't like to talk about politics. But this is about humanity, not politics. That's why I'm here."
A group of 🇯🇵 Japanese artists disrupted a press conference at the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo and took over the premises to protest the ongoing genocide in Gaza 🇵🇸. Police were called in, but no arrests were made.
This year’s Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony.
Countries disinvited:
Russia, Belarus, Israel
Country newly invited:
Palestine
Countries that boycott:
United States, Britain, France, Italy, Australia
🇯🇵 Japanese woman, alongside a 🇵🇸 Palestinian activist, clapping traditional Kabuki clappers outside an office of Nippon Aircraft Supply in Tokyo. As soon as she started to recite, a miracle happend. NAS announced it will end its partnership with 🇮🇱 the Israeli arms giant Elbit.
This year’s 🇯🇵Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony:
Mayor Shiro Suzuki disinvited 🇮🇱Israel and invited 🇵🇸Palestine, instead.
🇺🇸United States, 🇬🇧Britain, 🇫🇷France, 🇮🇹Italy, 🇦🇺Australia boycotted the ceremony.
The mayor is based.
A scene from a protest at U.S. embassy in Tokyo today. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel will skip tomorrow's atomic bombing memorial service in Nagasaki because Israel was not invited. His boycott may inflame anti-American sentiment among the Japanese and make them more pro-Palestinian.
🇯🇵 Japanese Palestine supporters appear in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, urge PM Kishida to stop using taxpayers' money for the 🇵🇸 Gaza genocide. Credit:
@kojiskojis
🇯🇵 A protest erupted during a ceremony in the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo. Japanese pro-Palestinian 🇵🇸 protesters accuse the museum of being complicit in the
#GazaGenocide
by accepting sponsorship from Kawasaki Heavy, a company planning to import drones from Israel 🇮🇱
The Student Intifada movement reached Japan. Scores of students at Sophia University in Tokyo show their solidarity with the Palestinian people, press their school to cut ties with Tel Aviv University.
Ph.D. Minako Saigo, a Kyoto University alumna, holds up a key, symbol of the Palestinian right to return, after attending a special lecture at her alma mater given by the Palestinian ambassador to Japan Waleed Siam (
@ambsiam
).
🇯🇵 Japanese musician was arrested for spray-painting graffiti reading FREE GAZA FU*K ZIONISTS on Ministry of Education & several other government buildings in Tokyo. Suspect told police: "I don't want my tax money to be used to abuse the people of Gaza" 🇵🇸
Tsukuba city, approximately 50 kilometres north of central Tokyo. Not a massive protest, but every action counts. Big respect to every single participant.