****************************************************************** * ANARCHY IN JAPAN * * June - July 1993 * ***** 9th June / Tokyo, Kyoto **************************************** The wedding ceremony of "Prince Naruhito". The Japanese state made a campaign to force people to celebrate this wedding and the imperial family. Many actions were undertaken by anarchists, communists and citizen groups. There was a demo in metropole Tokyo. In Kyoto, radical students occupied University campuses, held self-lectures, and took direct action to hinder the institutional hoisting of the so called "National Flag" (Hino-Maru). That afternoon, anarchists and radicals joined a meeting organized by a women's group and held a rally. The march went through the main streets of town. "BETTER DEAD THAN WED!!!" ***** 6-15th June / Kyoto ******************************************** Demonstrations against "U.S.-Japan Security Treaty". Radical students (including anarchist students) held a 10km rally. They met another demo and meeting organized by citizen groups. Riot police reacted violently, but people linked arms giving no opportunity for cops to make arrests. ***** 4-11th July /Tokyo, Kyoto, etc. ********************************* Actions against the G-7 Tokyo summit at many places: -Tokyo; Radical students and anarchist student groups hold rally at the city which was under heavy police guard. -Kyoto; A rally organized by citizen and leftist groups. -Osaka; Activists held the "People's Counter-Summit." ***** 11th July / Tokyo *********************************************** Protest rally and meeting against racism. The Tokyo city government and the police closed Totoki Park which many foreigners, mainly Iranians were using and arrested them for "illegal staying." Most of them were deported. The demo started from Shibuya. Punk music was heard from the megaphone protected by the anarco-punks' "hard-core bloc." Although cops tried to prevent people from joining they could do nothing against the hundreds of foreigners who gathered and filled up the square in front of Harajuka station where the march reached. People chanted "Police Go Home! Smash Fascism!" By-passing foreigners made speech and condemned the racist policy of the Japanese state. ****** 17 -18th July / Kyoto ******************************************* Regional activists from the anti-Emperor movement gathered to discuss the further direction of struggle. ANARCHY GOES ON !!! Taken from "WARRIOR, Newsletter from Revolutionary Anarchists" No. 4, Aug. 12, 1993. Slightly edited for grammar. * All articles may be reprinted among comrades. A.R.P. P.O. Box 57 Sakyo, Kyoto 606, JAPAN Tel/Fax: +81/75-781-1253