Aki no Arashi (秋の嵐, meaning Autumn Storm) was a Japanese organization advocating the abolition of the Imperial system and the establishment of a republican form. The full name is 反天皇制全国個人共闘・秋の嵐 (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]
Anti-Imperial System National Individuals' Joint Struggle Committee Han Tennosei Zenkoku Kojin Kyōtō - Aki no Arashi 反天皇制全国個人共闘・秋の嵐 | |
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| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Ideology | Republicanism Communism |
| Political position | Far-left |
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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- ^ Kohso, Sabu (2006). "Angelus Novus in Millennial Japan". In Tomiko Yoda; Harry D. Harootunian (eds.). Japan after Japan: social and cultural life from the recessionary 1990s to the present. Asia-Pacific: culture, politics, and society. Duke University Press. pp. 430–431. ISBN 0-8223-3813-0. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ Steinhoff, Patricia G. (2007). "Radical Outcasts Versus Three Kinds of Police: Constructing Limits in Japanese Anti-Emperor Protests". In Lauren Joseph; Matthew Mahler; Javier Auyero (eds.). New perspectives in political ethnography. Springer. pp. 78–80. ISBN 978-0-387-72593-2. Retrieved 19 December 2009. Also in Qualitative Sociology: doi:10.1007/s11133-006-9030-0
- ^ "Anti-Imperial Activists Win Lawsuit Against Police". The Japan Times. 17 October 1996. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
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