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Zengakuren wins lawsuit against Tokyo Metropolitan Police for assaulting activists

Posted on Jun 6, 2021 by William Andrews

Zengakuren, the network of student groups affiliated with the far-left Chūkaku-ha (Central Core Faction), has won its long-running lawsuit against the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Metropolitan Police after members of the public security bureau assaulted activists arriving for a … Continue reading →

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How has the coronavirus pandemic affected the civil society in Japan?

Posted on Dec 30, 2020 by William Andrews

The biggest non-news story of the year in Japan was surely the announcement of the “word of the year” as san mitsu, or the “three Cs” (confined and enclosed spaces, crowded places and close-contact settings). The civil society is fragile … Continue reading →

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Zengakuren creates parody TV news report in response to excessive police tactics

Posted on Mar 11, 2019 by William Andrews

On 5 March, police in Hiroshima arrested a 36-year-old male activist linked to the Chūkaku-ha-affiliated Zengakuren student group on suspicion of registering a false address on his driver’s licence. Police allege that the suspect applied to update his licence in … Continue reading →

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Politics and dōjinshi: Zengakuren booth at Comiket sells revolution to otaku

Posted on Jan 7, 2019 by William Andrews

On 31 December, 2018, while much of Japanese society was getting ready to crowd around the TV to watch Kōhaku Uta Gassen that evening on NHK or helping out in the kitchen, the scene was quite different in Odaiba, where … Continue reading →

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Police arrest two Zengakuren activists for entering university campus in Tokyo to distribute political materials

Posted on Nov 6, 2018 by William Andrews

Tokyo Metropolitan Police officers arrested two activists from the left-wing student group Zengakuren on 4 November on suspicion of entering a university campus to distribute political publications without permission. The activists were nabbed in central Tokyo as they made their … Continue reading →

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