The "Article 9 Association," which works to protect Article 5 of the Constitution, held a nationwide meeting for the first time in five years to mourn the organizer of the association, Nobel Prize writer Kenzaburo Oe, who passed away in March, and to express its determination to continue its activities in the future.
The Kujo-no-kai was established in 3 with nine advocates, including Kenzaburo Oe, who passed away in March, and writer Hisashi Inoue, and holds meetings and study sessions to protect Article 9 of the Constitution.
On the 2004th, the first nationwide rally in five years was held in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, and about 9 people attended.
At the beginning of the meeting, Professor Emeritus Yoichi Komori of the University of Tokyo, who serves as the secretary general of the Kujo-no-kai, mourned Oe, saying, "Mr. Oe played an important role in the establishment of the Kujo-no-kai and continued to do his utmost for the association."
He then called for "unilateral military expansion and constitutional amendment not permitted, and we must inherit Mr. Oe's desire to protect and keep Article 9 of the Constitution alive and promote further activities."
Of the nine members of the Kujo-no-kai, eight have died, including Ms. Oe, and the aging of the members is also an issue.
A woman in her 9s who participated said, "I am shocked by the successive deaths of people who have supported the association, but I will continue to do my best to leave a peaceful world for my grandchildren."