Writer, peace activist Sawachi leads blitz against Abe gov't

Writer, peace activist Sawachi leads blitz against Abe gov't

File photo shows Hisae Sawachi, a Japanese writer and peace activist. She called on the public to gather and hang posters and banners in a concerted action set for Nov. 3, 2015, to protest against security policies of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government giving the Self-Defense Forces a greater role in international activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000049600
  • Registered date
  • 2015/11/04 13:53:42
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 563 × 758 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 54.91(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    New photo of ex-PM Yamagata in Meiji era discovered

    New photo of ex-PM Yamagata in Meiji era discovered

    File photo shows former Japanese Prime Minister Aritomo Yamagata (1838-1922) who played a leading role in the Meiji government that ended the Tokugawa shogunate and restored the emperor to the supreme position. A new photo of his was recently discovered in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
      Former Japanese army member criticizes security bills

      Former Japanese army member criticizes security bills

      Retired Ground Self-Defense Force member Takanari Suenobu says he is against a government-sponsored package of national security bills in an interview in Otofuke, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 17, 2015. He said "there is no 'rear' or 'front' in the battlefield," warning against the legislation that would give the Self-Defense Forces a greater role in overseas activities at the risk of its logistics support being endangered by enemy attacks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
        FT's Tokyo correspondent interviewed on Abe's security bills

        FT's Tokyo correspondent interviewed on Abe's security bills

        Leo Lewis, a Tokyo correspondent at The Financial Times of London, says in an interview in Tokyo on July 20, 2015, that Japanese voters earlier had a chance to choose other political parties if they oppose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's package of national security bills aimed at expanding the Self-Defense Forces' role abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
          Famed novelist-cum-nun raps PM Abe's security policy

          Famed novelist-cum-nun raps PM Abe's security policy

          Jakucho Setouchi, a famed Japanese novelist and Buddhist nun, speaks during her regular sermon at her hermitage in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 19, 2015. She criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for having led the House of Representatives to railroad his government's controversial package of national security bills aimed at expanding the Self-Defense Forces' role abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
            Japan literary group leader Asada speaks out against security bills

            Japan literary group leader Asada speaks out against security bills

            Novelist Jiro Asada, president of the Japan P.E.N. Club, speaks at a symposium hosted by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations in Tokyo on July 15, 2015, expressing his opposition against the government's controversial national security bills that would expand overseas activities of the Self-Defense Forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo