Monthly Archives: Oct 2018

Ittoku 2018 protest music festival makes noise on the streets around the National Diet

Posted on Oct 13, 2018 by William Andrews

Ascending from the barren bowels of Kokkai-gijidomae Station in the early afternoon of Sunday 7 October to an Indian summer bout of unexpected sunshine, the empty streets of Japan’s parliament district were disturbed by throbbing. As I skirted around the … Continue reading →

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Changing of the guard for Zengakuren as University of Tokyo student activist becomes chair

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 by William Andrews

It was the end of an era and the beginning of a new one, as Ikuma Saitō handed over the reigns of the left-wing student activist group Zengakuren to Kyōhei Takahara in early September at the 79th Zengakuren National Congress. … Continue reading →

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