A group protesting against Russia's attack on Ukraine marches through Roppongi in Tokyo on Monday.
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A group protesting against Russia's attack on Ukraine marches through Roppongi in Tokyo on Monday.
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Sanjinosebleed
All seven of them....
dan
Is this even worth reporting?
Laughable tbh!
TokyoLiving
ok...
Eastman
what a "march"...why is this newsworthy?
just because ukraine placards?
Sven Asai
Well, you laugh about it and indeed it’s completely useless and laughable and won’t even be registered by any Russian or Ukrainian or other involved party, but anyway, try to name any other attempts to get immediate and countrywide media attentiveness and becoming famous for one day for normal average people. A crime, YouTube channel or TikTok dance video would cost those nerds more time and efforts. lol
Addfwyn
Maybe it's just an unflattering picture and the photographer only caught the tail end, but that...is not much of a march.
Richard Gallagher
Noam Chomsky, protested the Vietnam War. He stood on a corner in Boston/Cambridge with half-a dozen others. Pete Seeger did a similar protest every week against the War in Iraq, with a small number of folks.
Though they were few, many passed by and noticed.
The Vietnam War, of course, brought millions to protest.
In Nara, a group stands on the corner downtown, while thousands walk or drive past. What is noticeable, primarily they are elderly. Their message is a little different. They are opposed to War. And ask for peace between the belligerents. It is an important distinction.
kaimycahl
Sad that people think this is laughable. Even if one person marched its worth the cause and at least that one voice is being noticed. The Laughter is nothing but the echos of the voice of those innocent dying for no reason at all.
William Bjornson
Quite a contrast to the mass mindless hysteria the media would prefer to arouse in all of us..."...you can fool SOME of the People all of the time..." Or, perhaps, it's the swastikas on the helmets of the Ukrainian soldiers which has discouraged such hysteria...but it is good to see that political 'marketing' has a less susceptible audience in Nihon than in the U.S.
Addfwyn
@William Bjornson
There seems to be, in general, a lot more of a hands off approach from the rest of the world outside of Europe and America. Humanitarian relief and lip service but no real rush to get involved directly either if they don't have to.
Like China supplying non-military humanitarian aid to Ukraine (and getting complaints from Ukraine that it isn't weapons, which says a lot about priorities). They are helping the people who really need it, the citizens, without making any kind of military commitment.
Fighto!
You really need to let this nonsense go and come up with some arguments with evidence.
Ukraine is not a "nazi country" no matter how many times you type it. No one out there believes you.
The people in this march - and the overwhelming majority of Japanese who support the sanctions against invading fascist Russia (76% at last count) are on the right side of history.
Addfwyn
What's the metric for that? Neo-nazis being directly involved in the armed forces, over 30 streets named after a prominent nazi figure who has sometimes 30-40% popular support in certain regions. Banning communism, and now banning any left-leaning party?
I don't think anyone is going to say Ukraine is entirely a "nazi country" but to say they don't have significant nazi elements is just being disingenuous. Heck, you can even still support Ukraine in the conflict while also being aware that they really need to fix that problem.
Trying to paint either side of this conflict as some kind of pure good bastion of democracy is just ridiculous because neither side is remotely close.