800 people offer condolences for late peace activist Oda

800 people offer condolences for late peace activist Oda

TOKYO, Japan - Mourners who attended a memorial service Aug. 4 for Makoto Oda, a writer and peace activist, march after the service near the site of the funeral in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Oda succumbed to stomach cancer July 30 at the age of 75.

800 people offer condolences for late peace activist Oda

800 people offer condolences for late peace activist Oda

TOKYO, Japan - Mourners attend a memorial service for Makoto Oda, a writer and peace activist who succumbed to stomach cancer July 30 at the age of 75, at Tokyo's Aoyama funeral hall on Aug. 4. Oda led the anti-Vietnam War campaign in Japan.

800 people offer condolences for late peace activist Oda

800 people offer condolences for late peace activist Oda

TOKYO, Japan - Kenzaburo Oe, the 1994 winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, attends the memorial service for Makoto Oda, a writer and peace activist who succumbed to stomach cancer July 30 at the age of 75, at Tokyo's Aoyama funeral hall on Aug. 4. Oda led the anti-Vietnam War campaign in Japan.

Writer, antiwar activist Makoto Oda dies at 75

Writer, antiwar activist Makoto Oda dies at 75

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Oda (file photo taken in December, 2004), a Japanese writer who led the antiwar movements against the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, died on July 30 at a Tokyo hospital. He was 75. He had revealed in April he was battling a terminal phase of cancer.

Another lawsuit filed against SDF dispatch to Iraq

Another lawsuit filed against SDF dispatch to Iraq

OSAKA, Japan - Writer Makoto Oda (R) and 19 others meet reporters after filing a suit with the Osaka District Court on April 30 claiming Japan's dispatch of its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops to Iraq is unconstitutional. Similar lawsuits have already been filed with the Sapporo, Tokyo and Nagoya district courts.

800 people offer condolences for late peace activist Oda

800 people offer condolences for late peace activist Oda

TOKYO, Japan - Kenzaburo Oe, the 1994 winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, attends the memorial service for Makoto Oda, a writer and peace activist who succumbed to stomach cancer July 30 at the age of 75, at Tokyo's Aoyama funeral hall on Aug. 4. Oda led the anti-Vietnam War campaign in Japan. (Kyodo)

800 people offer condolences for late peace activist Oda

800 people offer condolences for late peace activist Oda

TOKYO, Japan - Mourners attend a memorial service for Makoto Oda, a writer and peace activist who succumbed to stomach cancer July 30 at the age of 75, at Tokyo's Aoyama funeral hall on Aug. 4. Oda led the anti-Vietnam War campaign in Japan. (Kyodo)

800 people offer condolences for late peace activist Oda

800 people offer condolences for late peace activist Oda

TOKYO, Japan - Mourners who attended a memorial service Aug. 4 for Makoto Oda, a writer and peace activist, march after the service near the site of the funeral in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Oda succumbed to stomach cancer July 30 at the age of 75. (Kyodo)

Writer, antiwar activist Makoto Oda dies at 75

Writer, antiwar activist Makoto Oda dies at 75

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Oda (file photo taken in December, 2004), a Japanese writer who led the antiwar movements against the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, died on July 30 at a Tokyo hospital. He was 75. He had revealed in April he was battling a terminal phase of cancer. (Kyodo)

Another lawsuit filed against SDF dispatch to Iraq

Another lawsuit filed against SDF dispatch to Iraq

OSAKA, Japan - Writer Makoto Oda (R) and 19 others meet reporters after filing a suit with the Osaka District Court on April 30 claiming Japan's dispatch of its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops to Iraq is unconstitutional. Similar lawsuits have already been filed with the Sapporo, Tokyo and Nagoya district courts. (Kyodo)