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Kunitachi city adopts statement to outlaw ‘hate speech’
An anti-Korea demonstration in Osaka in March 2013 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
In a first by a local government, the Kunitachi city assembly in western Tokyo adopted a statement demanding the central government take legislative action to ban “hate...
Anti-nuclear protesters fear that restrictions on hate speech will ...
Protesters opposed to the restart of idled nuclear reactors gather in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 30. (Wataru Sekita)
As anti-nuclear demonstrators rallied in front of the Diet building on Aug. 30, many were troubled by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s discussions on restricting hate...
INTERVIEW/ Shin Sugok: Countering hatemongers aims at protecting...
Fed up with hate-filled racist demonstrations and speeches against ethnic Korean residents in Japan, a group of citizens is now planning to go "toe to toe" with the hatemongers,...
INTERVIEW: Foreigners' rights activist says new secrecy law may...
Activist Shin Sugok speaks in an interview with The Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo on Dec. 9. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nagashima)
When the new state secrets protection law takes effect within a year, it will impose severe punishments on public servants and other people who leak information concerning...
INTERVIEW/ Shin Sugok: Countering hatemongers aims at protecting...
Fed up with hate-filled racist demonstrations and speeches against ethnic Korean residents in Japan, a group of citizens is now planning to go "toe to toe" with the hatemongers,...
INTERVIEW/ Shin Sugok: Countering hatemongers aims at protecting...
Fed up with hate-filled racist demonstrations and speeches against ethnic Korean residents in Japan, a group of citizens is now planning to go "toe to toe" with the hatemongers,...
INTERVIEW/ Shin Sugok: Countering hatemongers aims at protecting...
Shin Sugok (Photo by Izumi Sakurai)
Fed up with hate-filled racist demonstrations and speeches against ethnic Korean residents in Japan, a group of citizens is now planning to go "toe to toe" with the hatemongers,...
INTERVIEW/ Yasumichi Noma: Giving hatemongers a taste of their own ...
Yasumichi Noma, the leader of Reishisuto wo Shibakitai, in the Shin-Okubo "Korea town" district in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward (Toshiyuki Matsumoto)
While hate-filled racist demonstrations against ethnic Korean residents in Japan continue unabated, a movement to counter them is gaining momentum.
Don't confuse hate speech with freedom of speech
Two years ago, a rally that turned ugly was held in Tokyo. It was the harbinger of demonstrations that have recently been generating headlines for inciting hatred against...
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