Tag Archives: Kakuhido

Agnes Chow and the idolisation of female activists in Japan

Posted on Sep 21, 2020 by William Andrews

Following the civil unrest over the subsequently withdrawn extradition bill, the latest chapter in the protracted saga in Hong Kong was the passing of a new national security law. The pro-democracy, anti-Beijing protests in the former British colony have rightly … Continue reading →

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Kakuhidō declares war on Valentine’s Day in Japan (again)

Posted on Feb 12, 2018 by William Andrews

As reliable as the queues eagerly lining up to buy chocolates in Tokyo’s department stores, so it comes every year: the protest march by Kakumeiteki Himote Dōmei (Revolutionary League of Men Unpopular with Women), shortened to Kakuhidō, against the tyranny … Continue reading →

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Kakuhidō: Self-proclaimed “unpopular” Japanese men perform New Left activism as pastiche

Posted on Feb 14, 2015 by William Andrews

Two prominent English-language blogs about Japan recently picked up on an unusual activist group called Kakuhidō. Despite ostensibly focusing on, respectively, design and Japanese tabloids, both Spoon Tamago and Tokyo Reporter ran near identical stories about Kakumeiteki Himote Dōmei, shortened … Continue reading →

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