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Anti-Abe rally

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A girl playing a video game on her tablet speaks to her mother during a rally against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Saturday. Hundreds of people joined the demonstration. The placard at the center reads: "Protect the constitution."

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Abe really has to go before he does any irreversible damage.

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Ha! What a dedicated group of protestors who all seem pretty invested in what they're doing... or this was the only thing going on that day and it's cheaper than a movie.

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I wished we supported them around the world.:/ japan has to change their government. they have to bring anybody else. but that military needs to go down

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For the average person all the now common "war mongering" is not a good deal and a waste of tax-payer dollars. Nationalism is good but any war build-up is not productive, plus Japan already has a significant military and is an island nation.

The big Chinese military fear is really a false one when most of the military ships are recycled Russian hulls etc. => They are a big joke in reliability, but do look good to media that want to promote Chinese military fear.

http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2014/10/22/chinas_aircraft_carrier_trouble_spewing_steam_and_losing_power_1075

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How many of these anti-Abe protests are largely unseen in other medias around the world? It's happening almost every week now (weekends?).

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They should have protested with their vote. Thats assuming this represents the majority of the Japanese view.

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This almost looks like a picture from the 1960s. History repeats itself.

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Interesting in all my years in Japan I have never seen so much protesting against PM as I have with Abe

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Maybe the people have finally realized that Abe is no good and should leave!

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You can't take your eyes off Abe for a moment; he's a slippery devil and always seems to have some kind of blinkered revisionist scheme up his sleeve.

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Protest because it's the right thing to do, don't worry about seeking validation from the fickle and controlled media. They're not worth it.

But to be effective it's got to be on a weekday and traffic causing, not a weekend and a picnic. The constitution is worth fighting for, not having a sandwich

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@sandhonourJUN. 28, 2015 - 09:22AM JST

They should have protested with their vote. Thats assuming this represents the majority of the Japanese view.

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There is no voting yet. That is why they are demonstrating to let voters it is OK to vote against changing constitution.

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Very nice to see.

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sf2kJUN. 28, 2015 - 10:24AM JST Protest because it's the right thing to do, don't worry about seeking validation from the fickle and controlled media. They're not worth it.

But to be effective it's got to be on a weekday and traffic causing, not a weekend and a picnic. The constitution is worth fighting for, not having a sandwich.

< While I agree that weekday protest could be more effective, ALL protest makes a difference! Many citizens don't have the time or money to protest on weekdays. Will your Implorer be sympathetic or understand, if you want to take week days off of work? >

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PEACE can be maintained in an aggressive environment only when nation is strong.

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Some people may have jobs on weekdays.

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What's she playing? Nintendo Advance Wars! Muahaha.

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One guy on his cell, gripping his message so you cant see it clearly, a grandmother and a mother gabbing, a little girl on her DS, and a younger woman who looks tired, and all of them in front of a mob of people who don't seem in unison at all. This is your rally?

And where were you people this whole time? Abe has never changed his tune since his first run as prime minister, he's always clearly stated his desires and his plans and the masses just lapped up Abenomics and couldn't get enough of his three arrow plan and his revitalizing Japan Pride. They gave he and his party landslide victories in all elections. It wasn't even close, not a hint of hesitation amongst the voting public.

And now, shortly after the most previous election you feel hoodwinked? Get real.

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Harvey peckar

And where were you people this whole time? Abe has never changed his tune since his first run as prime minister, he's always clearly stated his desires and his plans and the masses just lapped up Abenomics and couldn't get enough of his three arrow plan and his revitalizing Japan Pride. They gave he and his party landslide victories in all elections. It wasn't even close, not a hint of hesitation amongst the voting public.

And now, shortly after the most previous election you feel hoodwinked? Get real.

< You seem pretty sure of yourself that these protesters voted for Abe, please show us your proof? >

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While these protesters are good, they're going to need a lot more than the few hundreds who regularly protest. A turning point in opinion will be achieved if they can rally 100,000 or so I think

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Many citizens don't have the time or money to protest on weekdays. Will your Implorer be sympathetic or understand, if you want to take week days off of work?

@Stuart hayward

If their country is worth saving then yes they should take time off work. That would be significant action. That's what a real strike is. It's not a picnic jamboree. That's kinda the point. Otherwise a country isn't worth saving if its citizens are afraid to give it value and protect it

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they should take time off work

And then people sneer that they should get proper jobs instead of protesting.

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