Japan General Thread - Japan-related news, happenings and thoughts

[Kitty Cat Man]

Okinawa was where the Western barbarians were first allowed to start spreading their fell influence into Japan.

Don't confuse US military niggers with westerners. They're honorary africans.

 

[Steve Pinto]

https://www.sankei.com/article/20260516-SC7YT7BOGVAYFPSYXEWWBPLB5M/

University of Tokyo's may festival cancelled due to bomb threats being called because Sohei Kamiya, leader of the right wing sanseito party would be holding a lecture in one of the halls.

Suspicious people, presumed to be communist protestors unrelated to the university, are blocking hallways and evacuation routes.

demonstration of 20 people is able to shut down a very large non-political community event at the largest university in the country.

At the "May Festival" school festival that began on the 16th at the University of Tokyo's Hongo and Yayoi campuses, a bomb threat was sent to the organizers of a lecture by Sohei Kamiya, leader of the Sansei Party, leading the May Festival Standing Committee to cancel the event. Other May Festival activities were also affected.

This year's May Festival is held from the 16th to the 17th. Mr. Kamiya's lecture was organized by the conservative student circle "Ugo no Shu" and was scheduled to begin at noon on the 16th in Room 25 of the Law and Letters Building 1 on the Hongo Campus, with Mr. Kamiya, fellow party member and House of Councillors member Sayaka Shioiri, and Ugo no Shu representative Tai Yamada scheduled to take the stage.

According to those involved, an email containing a bomb threat reached Ugo no Shu on the morning of the same day. They abandoned plans to start registration at 11:30 AM and responded by searching for suspicious objects. Due in part to Mr. Kamiya's schedule, the cancellation was finalized shortly after 1:00 PM. From around 2:00 PM, entry to other events was also suspended "for safety confirmation."

Mr. Yamada said, "It is frustrating and unforgivable to be forced into cancellation by such a 'despicable act'."

Mr. Kamiya posted on X (formerly Twitter): "It seems the audience was prevented from entering the venue for today's lecture, so it has been cancelled. I was on standby, but it couldn't be helped. I will work on alternative plans going forward. The Sansei Party will not stop."

https://www.sankei.com/article/20260516-SC7YT7BOGVAYFPSYXEWWBPLB5M/photo/QURVJMRLLBL6ZCJSPQWLU53CLM/
Women holding placards criticizing the Sansei Party in front of the University of Tokyo where the "May Festival" is being held - May 16, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo (Photographed by Hiroshi Watanabe)
Meanwhile, in front of the main gate of the University of Tokyo, starting around 11:00 AM that day, about 20 people held a standing protest criticizing Mr. Kamiya's past remarks as discriminatory.

https://x.com/tanakama_san/status/2055527802397663336/video/1

video of demonstrators cheering after the festival is shut down

demonstrators have been seen wearing insignia for radical left wing terrorism groups

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%BE%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E8%A1%8C%E5%8B%95%E9%9B%86%E5%9B%A3