There have been protest here and there these days in Japan.
They go against to the security bills.
[120,000 protest against security bills outside Diet]
http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/120000-protest-against-security-bills-outside-diet
[Japan: 120,000 Protest Push to Rewrite Peace Constitution]
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/8/31/headlines/japan_120_000_protest_push_to_rewrite_peace_constitution
[‘Never again!’ Japanese hold massive rally to protest Abe’s foreign wars bill (PHOTO, VIDEO)]
https://www.rt.com/news/313856-japan-rally-parliament-war-bill/
Unfortunately, these articles are different from what actually it was.
1. They were NOT Japanese people.
In those article, they say who went against to the security bills, were "Japanese," but they were actually Chinese and Korean people who live in Japan.
As you can see in the demo picture, there were many banners.
Those banners were written not only in Japanese and English, but also in Chinese and Korean languages.
One of them was interesting; it says
"Down with ABE. Live together with Korean & Chinese people."
The demo was for going against the security bills, and nothing to do with living together with Korean & Chinese people.
Why there was such banners in there?
It's because once the security bill passes, China and Korea have to stop or reduce the "harassment" they are doing right now. China wants Japanese Senkaku Islands and Korea wants Japanese Takeshima Island as their properties. Their ships are coming to the border line between China/Korea and Japan on the ocean going back and forth to harass Japan every single day; Therefore, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force has to attend to the border 24/7 right now.
2. There was no Japanese national flags in the demo at all.
This is short video clip from the demo, but how many Japanese national flag you could find in this? It's ZERO. So, if this demo is for Japanese people, then why there were NO Japanese national flags at all? Were they really doing this for Japan? I do not think so. They were doing this for their countries, China and Korea.
There are actually the demos that AGREE to the security bills.
As you can see, almost all of them has the Japanese national flags.
So, which demo people look like Japanese people, the one agrees to the security bills or the one disagrees? This also prove those who going against to the security bills are not Japanese.
3. It was about 32,000 people at the demo, not 120,000.
Many English media says there were 120,000 people at the demo, but that's not true.
This is the picture from the top during the demo
Ref: http://saigaijyouhou.com/blog-entry-7821.html
In the white filled square, under the red arrow, there were 15 policemen lined up in front of the police vehicle. That's how police estimated the number of the people there. So, that's 225 people (15 x 15) in the white filled square. And one big white framed square is 16 times bigger than the white filled square, so that's 3,600 people in one white framed square. There are 9 white framed squares, so 3,600 times 9 is 32,400.
Unfortunately, many major Japanese medias do not get along with Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, especially not with prime minister Abe. Then, they publish many propaganda such as this. Plus, many English media just trust whatever the major Japanese media says, and just translate whatever they say.
So, this is why Japanese politic is almost impossible for the foreigner to understand because they only watch/read those propaganda in English.
They go against to the security bills.
[120,000 protest against security bills outside Diet]
http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/120000-protest-against-security-bills-outside-diet
[Japan: 120,000 Protest Push to Rewrite Peace Constitution]
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/8/31/headlines/japan_120_000_protest_push_to_rewrite_peace_constitution
[‘Never again!’ Japanese hold massive rally to protest Abe’s foreign wars bill (PHOTO, VIDEO)]
https://www.rt.com/news/313856-japan-rally-parliament-war-bill/
Unfortunately, these articles are different from what actually it was.
1. They were NOT Japanese people.
In those article, they say who went against to the security bills, were "Japanese," but they were actually Chinese and Korean people who live in Japan.
As you can see in the demo picture, there were many banners.
Those banners were written not only in Japanese and English, but also in Chinese and Korean languages.
One of them was interesting; it says
"Down with ABE. Live together with Korean & Chinese people."
The demo was for going against the security bills, and nothing to do with living together with Korean & Chinese people.
Why there was such banners in there?
It's because once the security bill passes, China and Korea have to stop or reduce the "harassment" they are doing right now. China wants Japanese Senkaku Islands and Korea wants Japanese Takeshima Island as their properties. Their ships are coming to the border line between China/Korea and Japan on the ocean going back and forth to harass Japan every single day; Therefore, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force has to attend to the border 24/7 right now.
2. There was no Japanese national flags in the demo at all.
This is short video clip from the demo, but how many Japanese national flag you could find in this? It's ZERO. So, if this demo is for Japanese people, then why there were NO Japanese national flags at all? Were they really doing this for Japan? I do not think so. They were doing this for their countries, China and Korea.
There are actually the demos that AGREE to the security bills.
As you can see, almost all of them has the Japanese national flags.
So, which demo people look like Japanese people, the one agrees to the security bills or the one disagrees? This also prove those who going against to the security bills are not Japanese.
3. It was about 32,000 people at the demo, not 120,000.
Many English media says there were 120,000 people at the demo, but that's not true.
This is the picture from the top during the demo
Ref: http://saigaijyouhou.com/blog-entry-7821.html
In the white filled square, under the red arrow, there were 15 policemen lined up in front of the police vehicle. That's how police estimated the number of the people there. So, that's 225 people (15 x 15) in the white filled square. And one big white framed square is 16 times bigger than the white filled square, so that's 3,600 people in one white framed square. There are 9 white framed squares, so 3,600 times 9 is 32,400.
Unfortunately, many major Japanese medias do not get along with Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, especially not with prime minister Abe. Then, they publish many propaganda such as this. Plus, many English media just trust whatever the major Japanese media says, and just translate whatever they say.
So, this is why Japanese politic is almost impossible for the foreigner to understand because they only watch/read those propaganda in English.