Human Rights in Unity

共生・人権は、すべての人が尊重され、共に生きる社会を目指すための指標です。人権問題や差別撤廃、平等な社会の実現をテーマに、他者の多様性を尊重し、みんなが自分らしく共に生きるための視点を考察します。

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Not-guilty verdict for innocent death row inmate Iwao Hakamada
: Fabrication of evidence acknowledged

2024.09.27

Today (2024.09.26), the Shizuoka District Court handed down a historic not-guilty verdict in the retrial of Hakamada Iwao. Hakamada, who had been on death row for a 1966 murder case, was acquitted after it was acknowledged that the evidence had been fabricated. Coerced Confession and Fabricated Evidence Acknowledged This verdict is of great significance for...

Announcement：Emergency meeting to discuss the issue of hate speech against Kurds

2024.08.18

Recently, hate speech against Turkish Kurds residing in Japan has spread via the internet and other media, becoming a cause for concern. This urgent meeting is being held to immediately curb the spread of such hate speech. Hate speech is a severe violation of human rights, trampling on the dignity of those targeted and stripping...

An unexpected lesson learned on the train: What one word to a foreign woman changed the attitude of the passengers around her?

2024.04.11

I’m Souka. After a long break, I’m resuming my posts as if nothing happened. I’ve been wanting to share a small experience that happened years ago on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo after work.

Commemoration of the Utoro Peace Memorial on its first anniversary: hope for coexistence overcoming hate.

2023.05.05

(Submitted by: Tsukasa Kyuji) During the Second World War in the Utoro area of Kyoto, Korean laborers were gathered and mobilized for the construction of a Japanese military base. After the war, they were abandoned and lived in poverty amid discrimination. Eventually, they were asked to evacuate by a Japanese company that had purchased the...

2022.05 Trailer ‘My Small Land’ – Coming of age of a Kurdish girl in Japan. A story that is right there.

2023.04.30

■ Back to anti-war video collection Official film website：https://mysmallland.jp/ 　The film’s fresh appeal despite being a social drama is due to the fact that it depicts the universal emotions that many people experience when they are young, such as 17-year-old Sarya’s struggle with her own identity and the gradual coming together of feelings with her...

2022.08 movie “WATASHITACHIHA NINGENDA!(We are human beings!) ” trailer

2023.04.16

■ Anti-War Videos Official film website Documentary film that approaches the reality of discrimination against foreigners, including official hatred against foreign schools, technical trainees, refugees and the Immigration Bureau. There are 210,000 foreigners living in Japan (as of June 2021). Over time, many Japanese people have now lived together with them in various parts of...

Feb 2022 “If You Can’t Be Strong, Be a Hero: The Yajima Kajiko Story” Trailer

2022.08.10

■ Anti-War Videos Official website：https://gendaipro.jp/yajimakajiko/ Women of the future should live with a mission.Mission is to use your life.Use your life by yourself.-Yajima Kajiko(矢島楫子) note:In this Japanese name, the surname is Yajima. In 1833, at the end of the samurai period, Yajima Kajiko was born in Kumamoto Prefecture Japan. The status of women at that time was so low...

Full Movie “Amateur Riot 2007” with English subtitles

2019.05.22

□ Anti-War Videos The “Amateur Riot” arose spontaneously from a group of young people with their own stores in the shopping district of Tokyo Koenji. Led by Hajime Matsumoto, an owner of a used electronics store, they have built a unique culture rooted in their sphere of life through Internet radio distribution and community activities....

Counter-Protests　¡No pasarán!　　差別　ヘイトスピーチ

Reflecting on ‘Counter-Protests’: Cooperation with the Right Wing?

2014.10.21

(This is an excerpt from an email I sent to someone, with privacy-conscious modifications.) 　Thank you, ○○, for sharing your thoughts.However, I can’t help but feel that this is yet another instance of “stubborn leftists complaining about the right-wing.” Such a stereotypical view strikes me as being more rigid and closed-minded. I am not opposed...

Let me say it again: Discrimination is not “freedom of speech.”

2013.07.09

I wrote at the end of the previous entry that I would “think about it a bit more,” so I tried hard to think it over in my own way afterward. However, with my limited ability, I couldn’t reach any particularly new insights. I did feel, though, that there are still many people who mistakenly...

30 Jun 2013, Shin-Okubo (Shinjuku,Tokyo) protest against racist ‘hate demonstration’ [video]

2013.07.01

□ Anti-War Videos Racists & Anti-Racists in Shinjuku,Tokyo 　A racist group called Zaitokukai paraded through the Shinjuku,Shin-Okubo shopping arcade, which is home to many foreign residents, holding up the Hinomaru flag. They shouted “Kill the Koreans!” and other abusive language to residents and shoppers, lying that “this is a legitimate demonstration and speech” and “I am...

Brilliant Japan-Korea racist confrontation

2013.06.24

先の暴行事件で現行犯逮捕されていた「在特会」の桜井会長が、取調べに素直に応じて（マスコミ報道）無事に短期釈放されました。それを記念して（笑）、本日はイギリスのネット記事より「韓国版の桜井」の画像を掲載してみます。以下、左が韓国バージョンで、右が本家日本の画像で日韓レイシスト対決の図であります。

How long will it continue? The Japan-Korea conflict surrounding Kim Yuna

2010.04.01

To a third party, it would probably seem like nothing but a ridiculous story. No, it’s just embarrassing. I wish both sides would stop it already. How long will it last? Japan and South Korea’s offensive over Kim Yona intensifies.-Chinese media reports Quoted from Nifty News According to an article from the Tai Tan Weekly...

2008–09 A Record of Japan Tent City for Jobless (with English Subtitles)

2009.03.02

Tent City for Jobless over the New Year’s Period was opened at Hibiya Park in Tokyo. Many temp workers who were laid off gathered. Produced by Video Press. Subtitled by the International Division of Labor Net Japan. This is a record of the “New Year’s Temporary Workers Village” held at Hibiya Park in Tokyo from...

ある、うつ病ガン患者の一生 The Life of a Depressed Cancer Patient

Discriminators Using the Word ‘Crazy’: The Life of a Depressed Cancer Patient

2006.05.30

Yesterday, I read the story of a certain woman in a serialized article from the Kyoto Shimbun, and it made me think deeply. The article was written based on an interview at Iwakura Hospital in Kyoto. This Iwakura Hospital is what is commonly referred to as a psychiatric hospital. The Life of a Depressed Patient...

Defying Forced Evictions: The Fight for Homeless Workers’ Rights in Osaka’s Utsubo Park (Jan 30, 2006)

2006.02.22

On January 30, I uploaded footage capturing the entire forced eviction of day laborers and homeless workers carried out by the Osaka City government and have also embedded it here. This outrageous act was committed by Osaka City in preparation for the “World Rose Convention,” which was being held to welcome members of the imperial...

Check Out This Amazing Yomiuri Newspaper!?
: Reflections on Criticism of the Asahi Shimbun

2004.06.23

Recently, while browsing various bulletin boards, I’ve noticed an increase in criticism of the Asahi Shimbun again. Most of it comes from petty right-wingers engaging in “slander and defamation,” but there are some individuals who passionately criticize the Asahi, having established their own websites and openly providing their email addresses to accept opinions and counterarguments....