On the day the war ended, gatherings were held to mourn the dead and think about peace.

On the 15th, the day the war ended, gatherings and events were held in various places to mourn those who died in the war and think about peace.

Among them, at Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, a group held a rally asking the Prime Minister and ministers to visit.

Taizo Terashima, a former high-ranking member of the Self-Defense Forces and chairman of the Society for Responding to Heroic Spirits, said, ``Now is the perfect time to revise the constitution, as awareness of constitutional revision is growing among the people. , We should try to break out of the skin into a new Japan."

In addition, Nazarenko Andry, a critic from Ukraine, said, based on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, "This invasion is not a mere matter. I am aware that if Ukraine loses, there is a possibility that a crisis will spread to Japan. I want you to be prepared to think about amending the constitution."

At the Chidorigafuchi War Cemetery in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, groups opposed to the Yasukuni Shrine enshrining war criminals held a rally.

Kazuhiro Katsushima, co-representative of the Forum for Peace, Human Rights, and the Environment, which is made up of peace organizations across the country, touched on Russia's invasion of Ukraine and said, ``It tells the story of how humans can commit unimaginable cruelty in the extreme conditions of war. No matter what the reason is, we must not allow acts of war, let alone nation-building that leads to war.”

Masatoshi Uchida, secretary-general of the 1,000 People's Committee for Preventing War, said, "We are determined to firmly grasp the baton of peace that has been entrusted to our generation and pass it on to the next generation." said.