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Young Japanese demonstrate against security bills

TOKYO, Aug. 7 Kyodo - Members of SEALDs, a group of young people against government legislation allowing Japan's Self-Defense Forces a greater role internationally, hold a rally in front of the Diet in Tokyo on the night of Aug. 7, 2015. SEALDs stand for Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy.

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Young Japanese rally against security legislation

Members of SEALDs, a group of young people against legislation allowing Japan's Self-Defense Forces a greater role overseas, stage a rally in front of the parliamentary building in Tokyo on March 28, 2016, just hours before the legislation takes effect. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-security legislation group vows to turn things around in future

Members of SEALDs, a group of young people against legislation allowing Japan's Self-Defense Forces a greater role overseas, attend a press conference in Tokyo on March 28, 2016, the day before the legislation takes effect. The Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy-s vowed to continue protest activities to keep alive hopes the legislation might be scrapped in the future. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young Japanese rally against security legislation

Members of SEALDs, a group of young people against legislation allowing Japan's Self-Defense Forces a greater role overseas, stage a rally in front of the parliamentary building in Tokyo on March 28, 2016, the day before the legislation takes effect. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Students stage rally against base relocation in Okinawa

A group of students from or living in Okinawa, "SEALDs RYUKYU," stage a rally on Nov. 14, 2015, in the coastal area of Nago, Okinawa, against a planned relocation of a key U.S. military base there from another city in the southernmost prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Public hearing on security bills held

Six people, including Aki Okuda (far R), a central member of a group called Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy, or SEALD, attend a public hearing on controversial security bills on Sept. 15, 2015, at an upper house special panel in Tokyo. SEALDs opposing the bills have captured public attention with a new, hip style of protest, featuring rap slogans and flashy pamphlets to get their message across. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youth movement spawns groups among other generations to protest security bills

A member of TOLDs, or Tokyo's liberal and democratic teachers, protests against government legislation that would mark a major shift in Japan's post-World War II exclusively defense-oriented security policy, near the Diet in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2015. TOLDs is one of the groups that formed after being inspired by the activities of Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy-s, or SEALDs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youth movement spawns groups among other generations to protest security bills

MIDDLEs, a group of middle-aged people, holds a rally in front of the Diet in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2015, to protest against government legislation that would mark a major shift in Japan's post-World War II exclusively defense-oriented security policy. MIDDLEs is one of the groups that formed after being inspired by the activities of Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy-s, or SEALDs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youth movement spawns groups among other generations to protest security bills

Members of OLDs, or Otoshiyori (elderly people) for Liberal Democracy, demonstrate in Tokyo's Sugamo area on Aug. 22, 2015, to protest against government legislation that would mark a major shift in Japan's post-World War II exclusively defense-oriented security policy. OLDs is one of the groups that formed after being inspired by the activities of Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy-s, or SEALDs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young Japanese demonstrate against security bills

Members of SEALDs, a group of young people against government legislation allowing Japan's Self-Defense Forces a greater role internationally, march in Tokyo's fashionable Omotesando district on Aug. 23, 2015. SEALDs stand for Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese rally in front of Diet against security bills

People stage a rally against the government-proposed security bills, which would broaden conditions applying to sending the Self-Defense Forces on overseas missions, in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2015. The rally was organized by "SEALDs," a group consisting mainly of college students. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese rally in front of Diet against security bills

People stage a rally against the government-proposed security bills, which would broaden conditions applying to sending the Self-Defense Forces on overseas missions, in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2015. The rally was organized by "SEALDs," a group consisting mainly of college students. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese rally in front of Diet against security bills

People stage a rally against the government-proposed security bills, which would broaden conditions applying to sending the Self-Defense Forces on overseas missions, in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2015. The rally was organized by "SEALDs," a group consisting mainly of college students. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young Japanese demonstrate against security bills

Members of SEALDs, a group of young people against government legislation allowing Japan's Self-Defense Forces a greater role internationally, hold a rally in front of the Diet in Tokyo on the night of Aug. 7, 2015. SEALDs stand for Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young Japanese demonstrate against security bills

Members of SEALDs, a group of young people against government legislation allowing Japan's Self-Defense Forces a greater role internationally, hold a rally in front of the Diet in Tokyo on the night of Aug. 7, 2015. SEALDs stand for Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young people demonstrate against security bills

Members of SEALDs, a group of young people against a government plan to give Japan's Self-Defense Forces a greater role in overseas operations, hold a rally in front of the Diet in Tokyo on the night of July 17, 2015. SEALDs stand for Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Student activist aspires to take up antinuke fight in future

Protestors stage an antiwar rally in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2015. The event was organized by student group SEALDs and scholars opposed to security laws. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Student activist aspires to take up antinuke fight in future

Mitsuhiro Hayashida, one of the university students who founded SEALDs, a group protesting against security laws, speaks at an event to discuss peace issues in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2015. The 23-year-old descendant of an atomic bomb survivor has also engaged in efforts to abolish nuclear weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's college student learns from S. Korean lessons

Shinta Yabe (far R), a 24-year-old college student of Japan involved in a now-defunct antiwar group the Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy-s, or SEALDs, talks with South Korean youths in Seoul on Nov. 26, 2016, to know what has driven them to rally demonstrations against President Park Geun Hye, who eventually expressed her willingness to resign. The youths told Yabe they have taken to streets as their activities would change the nation's politics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's college student learns from S. Korean lessons

Shinta Yabe (L), a 24-year-old college student of Japan involved in a now-defunct antiwar group the Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy-s, or SEALDs, talks with South Korean youths in Seoul on Nov. 26, 2016, to know what has driven them to rally demonstrations against President Park Geun Hye, who eventually expressed her willingness to resign. The youths told Yabe they have taken to streets as their activities would change the nation's politics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Members of disbanded student group SEALDs give press conference

Members of Student Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy-s or SEALDs, including leading figure Aki Okuda (2nd from L on front row), attend a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2016, a day after the group disbanded. They said they will continue their involvement in politics as individuals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Members of disbanded student group SEALDs give press conference

Members of Student Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy-s or SEALDs, including leading figure Aki Okuda (far L), attend a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2016, a day after the group disbanded. They said they will continue their involvement in politics as individuals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Members of disbanded student group SEALDs give press conference

Members of Student Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy-s or SEALDs, including leading figure Aki Okuda (far L), attend a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2016, a day after the group disbanded. They said they will continue their involvement in politics as individuals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo