While many casualties including citizens were caused by Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, a protest rally was held in Shibuya, Tokyo, in which people from Ukraine and Russia living in Japan participated, saying "against the war". I did.
Ukrainians and Russians living in Japan who responded to calls on SNS participated in the protest rally held in front of JR Shibuya Station on the 27th.
According to the organizer, about 1000 people participated, and the gathered people put up a placard written in Japanese and English saying "Stop Putin" and a banner saying "Peace in Ukraine". While doing so, he said, "I'm against the war."
A Ukrainian woman who participated said, "In a situation I had never imagined until three days ago, all my family and friends in Ukraine are worried. I want Japanese people to do what they can to stop the war. That's it. "
A man who was born and raised in Russia and acquired Japanese nationality said, "I cannot forgive the pain and suffering caused by the country in which I was born."
Many Japanese also participated in the rally, and a 42-year-old woman who participated with her husband and children wondered how uneasy the local people with small children were. I think it is important to keep communicating that people all over the world are hoping for peace as soon as possible. "