Aki no Arashi explained

Country:Japan
Anti-Imperial System National Individuals' Joint Struggle Committee
Native Name:Han Tennosei Zenkoku Kojin Kyōtō - Aki no Arashi
反天皇制全国個人共闘・秋の嵐
Foundation:1987
Ideology:Republicanism
Communism
Position:Far-left
Headquarters:Tokyo, Japan

was a Japanese organization advocating the abolition of the Imperial system and the establishment of a republican form. The full name is (Han Tennosei Zenkoku Kojin Kyōtō - Aki no Arashi) meaning Anti-Imperial System National Individuals' Joint Struggle Committee. The group was started in 1987 by a radical group of students at Waseda University in Tokyo and street punk rockers. They often used street performances to spread their message.[1] [2]

In 1996 members of Aki no Arashi won a lawsuit against the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for unlawful arrests and battery by Tokyo police. The events took place during a series of rallies organized by the group in 1989, after the death of Emperor Showa.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Kohso, Sabu. Japan after Japan: social and cultural life from the recessionary 1990s to the present. Tomiko Yoda . Harry D. Harootunian. Duke University Press. 2006. Asia-Pacific: culture, politics, and society. 430–431. Angelus Novus in Millennial Japan. 0-8223-3813-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=X3AUhtsF-UoC&pg=PA430. 2009-12-19.
  2. Book: Steinhoff, Patricia G.. New perspectives in political ethnography. Lauren Joseph . Matthew Mahler . Javier Auyero. Springer. 2007. 78–80. Radical Outcasts Versus Three Kinds of Police: Constructing Limits in Japanese Anti-Emperor Protests. 978-0-387-72593-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=wpAJjp9PkNwC&pg=PT78. 2009-12-19. Also in Qualitative Sociology:
  3. News: Anti-Imperial Activists Win Lawsuit Against Police. 17 October 1996. The Japan Times. 19 December 2009.