{"id":12794,"date":"2014-11-15T04:12:23","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T14:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=12794"},"modified":"2014-11-15T04:12:23","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T14:12:23","slug":"mainichi-thousands-of-anti-hate-speech-demonstrators-take-to-tokyo-streets-nov-2-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=12794","title":{"rendered":"Mainichi: Thousands of anti-hate speech demonstrators take to Tokyo streets Nov 2, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HI Blog. \u00a0Good news. \u00a0With the upswell in hate speech in Japan<\/a>, particularly against Zainichi Koreans, we have social antibodies kicking in, with public counterdemonstrations on Nov. 2 to say that this behavior is unacceptable. \u00a0Very good indeed.<\/p>\n

Of course, this is only the second time<\/a> that the anti-racists have demonstrated, as opposed to the many<\/a>, many<\/a>, many<\/a> times the pro-racism forces have turned out on the streets. \u00a0But it\u00a0is a positive step that Debito.org salutes, and I hope that they will take a more proactive (as opposed to reactive) approach to\u00a0set the\u00a0public\u00a0agenda. \u00a0That agenda should be: \u00a0punitive criminal laws against hate speech and racial discrimination in Japan. \u00a0For the lack of legislation in Japan means that the xenophobic elements can essentially do as they please (short of breaking already-established laws involving more generic violence towards others) to normalize hatred in Japan. \u00a0And they will probably succeed in doing so unless it is illegal. \u00a0My fear is that opponents of public hatred\u00a0might think that just counter-demonstrating is sufficient, and if hate speech ever dies down, they’ll think problem solved. \u00a0As the United Nations<\/a> agrees,\u00a0it won’t be<\/a>. \u00a0Dr. ARUDOU, Debito<\/p>\n

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Thousands of anti-hate speech demonstrators take to Tokyo streets<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mainichi Shinbun, November 3, 2014<\/p>\n

http:\/\/mainichi.jp\/english\/english\/newsselect\/news\/20141103p2a00m0na008000c.html<\/a><\/strong>
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\n Participants in the anti-hate speech rally “Tokyo No Hate 2014” call for the elimination of discrimination, in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 2, 2014. (Mainichi)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thousands of people took to the streets near Tokyo’s Shinjuku Central Park on Nov. 2 to protest against hate speech campaigns.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Participants in the “Tokyo No Hate 2014” rally called for an end to racial discrimination and hate speech demonstrations as they marched some 4 kilometers, accompanied by Korean pop and marching band music. Some 2,800 people joined the protest, according to the organizers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rally participant Aki Okuda, a 22-year-old third-year student at a Tokyo university, said, “It’s important to raise our voices to show there are people who are against hate speech demonstrations, instead of just turning a blind eye to them.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The organizing citizens groups and other entities first mounted an anti-hate speech rally in September last year. The Nov. 2 protest was the organizers’ second such protest.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Story in Japanese here: http:\/\/mainichi.jp\/select\/news\/20141103k0000m040027000c.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Good news. With the upswell in hate speech in Japan, particularly against Zainichi Koreans, we have social antibodies kicking in, with public counterdemonstrations on Nov. 2 to say that this behavior is unacceptable. Of course, this is only the second time that the anti-racists have demonstrated, as opposed to the many, many, many times the pro-racism forces have turned out on the streets. But it is a positive step that Debito.org salutes, and I hope that they will take a more proactive (as opposed to reactive) approach to set the public agenda. That agenda should be: punitive criminal laws against hate speech and racial discrimination in Japan. For the lack of legislation in Japan means that the xenophobic elements can essentially do as they please (short of breaking already-established laws involving more generic violence towards others) to normalize hatred in Japan. And they will probably succeed in doing so unless it is illegal. My fear is that opponents of public hatred might think that just counter-demonstrating is sufficient, and if hate speech ever dies down, they’ll think problem solved. As the United Nations agrees, it won’t be. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,34,35,52,5,7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-discrimination-templates","category-exclusionism","category-good-news","category-hate-speech","category-human-rights","category-united-nations","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}