The executive committee of the Aichi Triennale, which was suspended due to threats from right-wing forces against the display of the Comfort Women's Prize for Peace, has officially requested the Governor of Aichi, who oversees the entire Triennial, to discuss the resumption of the exhibition.

The executive committee sent a letter to Governor Hideaki Amura, the head of the Triennale Executive Committee, asking for a resumption of the exhibition yesterday.

Prior to this, the committee held an open inquiry to Governor Omura on the 6th of the reason why the exhibition was suspended.

Governor Omura said in a response to the last 10 days, "many offices have received calls for foreclosure and threatening terrorism."

The Committee on Planning Exhibition discussed in the request for reopening the exhibition to Governor Omura that the existing response did not include the plan for reopening the exhibition, and asked for a discussion.

The executive committee also called for safeguards to restart the exhibition and asked for a written response to the request by the 16th.

Aichi Triennale 2019, Japan's largest international art festival, opened in Nagoya, Aichi on the 1st.

This is because more than 20 works were demolished in controversy in other art exhibitions, including the Girl of Peace Prize, which depicts the comfort women victims, and the burning video of the Showa King portrait.

However, the organizers stopped the exhibition three days after the opening of the exhibition, as the right-wing forces violated the terrorist threat.

(Photo = Yonhap News)