Thousands appeal to keep Article 9 of Japan's Constitution

Thousands appeal to keep Article 9 of Japan's Constitution

TOKYO, Japan - Thousands gathered July 30 at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum to voice opposition to revising the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution. A group of prominent intellectuals, including Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe, organized the meeting.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001110291
  • Registered date
  • 2005/7/30 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2005 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1154 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.07(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Rally against constitutional amendment

    Rally against constitutional amendment

    Members of citizen groups rally in front of JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on April 16, 2026, in protest over the proposed revision to Article 9 of the Constitution, which renounces war and prohibits Japan from possessing military forces.
      Rally against constitutional amendment

      Rally against constitutional amendment

      Members of citizen groups rally in front of JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on April 16, 2026, in protest over the proposed revision to Article 9 of the Constitution, which renounces war and prohibits Japan from possessing military forces.
        Nobel committee chair in Japan

        Nobel committee chair in Japan

        Jorgen Watne Frydnes (R), chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, shakes hands with Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, following a press conference at Sophia University in Tokyo on July 27, 2025.
          NPT preparatory committee in New York

          NPT preparatory committee in New York

          Hiroshi Kanamoto (front row, R), a representative director of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, addresses the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 30, 2025.
            NPT preparatory committee in New York

            NPT preparatory committee in New York

            Hiroshi Kanamoto (front row, R), a representative director of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, addresses the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 30, 2025.
              A-bomb survivor on Japan's absence from nuke ban meeting

              A-bomb survivor on Japan's absence from nuke ban meeting

              Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2025, as he visits the Japanese Foreign Ministry to lodge a protest over the government's decision not to attend the following month's meeting of signatories of the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as an observer.
                A-bomb survivor on Japan's absence from nuke ban meeting

                A-bomb survivor on Japan's absence from nuke ban meeting

                Terumi Tanaka (L), co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, hands a protest statement to Kimitake Nakamura, head of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, at the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2025, following the government's decision not to attend the following month's meeting of signatories of the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as an observer.
                  Nobel-winning Nihon Hidankyo co-chair in parliament

                  Nobel-winning Nihon Hidankyo co-chair in parliament

                  Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, speaks at a hearing held by the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025.
                    Nobel-winning Nihon Hidankyo co-chair in parliament

                    Nobel-winning Nihon Hidankyo co-chair in parliament

                    Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, speaks at a hearing held by the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025.
                      Nobel-winning Nihon Hidankyo co-chair in parliament

                      Nobel-winning Nihon Hidankyo co-chair in parliament

                      Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, speaks at a hearing held by the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025.