“Expression inconvenience” Kanagawa Prefecture Governor Remarks Lawyer group protest statement September 3 16:54
Governor Kuroiwa, Kanagawa Prefecture, “The exhibition was a political message and would not be allowed to be held in the prefecture” was a problem that was canceled at the International Art Festival in Aichi. As a result, a group of lawyers issued a protest statement calling for the withdrawal of the statement.
At the Aichi Triennale held in Aichi Prefecture, a girl image that symbolizes the comfort women issue was exhibited under the theme of “freedom of expression”, but there were a series of terrorist notices and telephones that could be threatened, Canceled in 3 days.
In response to this problem, Governor Kuroiwa of Kanagawa said at a conference last week that "the exhibition deviates from freedom of expression with a political message. If there is the same thing in the prefecture, we will never allow it to be held." Did.
On the other hand, Kanagawa Branch, a free legal bureau made by a lawyer in the prefecture, issued a statement saying, “If you can restrict it as a political message, the power will be“ political ”for speech and expressions that are inconvenient to you. "It will be possible to suppress the label."
In addition, the governor stated that “the girl image is a bad fact” and that it was “transmitted with nuances that were forcibly taken.” Regarding the recruitment of women, etc., he insisted that the historical perception was inappropriate, as it was “generally done against the will of the people”.
On top of that, he protests severely and demands the withdrawal of his remarks as a statement that violates freedom of expression.