Nikkei Decolonization Tour

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NDT 2023

In just two short weeks, we did all of the following:

We learned about the Kanto Massacre 100 years prior, which the Japanese government refuses to claim accountability for.

We visited the Kawasaki Multicultural center and attended a solidarity symposium at a local Korean church.

We both protested at and toured the Japanese Diet, getting a chance to speak with members of the Reiwa Shinsengumi minority party.

We connected with members of the international "comfort women" activist network in Tokyo and attended a monthly Wednesday Rally in Osaka.

We toured the Kamagasaki Day Laborer community.

We learned about Kyushu's history of forced labor and visited the Nagasaki Museum for Human Rights and Peace. Read More...

Mirk speaks at a Kanto Massacre commemoration event in Tokyo

We join a vigil/protest at the Japanese Diet in Tokyo because Governor Koike refused to acknowledge the anniversary of the Massacre

Momii speaks at the Solidarity Symposium in Kawasaki

Honored to visit the Women's Active Museum on War and Peace in Tokyo

Honored to visit & patronize Loneliness Bookstore, Japan's first LGBTQ bookstore, where we were lucky enough to meet activist and artist Akira the Hustler!

Privileged to be given a tour of the Japanese Diet and meet with members of the Reiwa Shinsengumi minority party

NDT joins Osaka's Wednesday Demonstration for "Comfort Women" justice

Honored to visit the Kamagasaki University of the Arts, AKA Cocoroom

Our group on the official tour of Gunkanjima (Battleship) island, a forced labor site — official tour had no mention of forced labor

We tour the abandoned entrance to a dangerous coal mine in Fukuoka, a site of forced labor

An exhibit at the Nagasaki Museum for Human Rights and Peace

We ate a lot of sushi

After our 2023 trip was done, we returned home to the States, Canada, & Fukuoka. We organized a report-back event in Oakland, CA, to inform our community about what we had learned. We also participated in a teach-back during the anti-APEC protests in San Francisco, CA, and many of our members have held individual teach-backs in their own communities.

We also celebrated a milestone with our partner organization, the Comfort Women Justice Coalition. Watch our short video below:

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