"Rave Demo" 100 & 6,000 march against Iraq

[Taro Toporific]

The 5th Rave Demo in Tokyo: Too many riot policebakuto on Saturday January 24 2004 @ 05:51PM PST --Jan. 24, 2004, more than 100 people gathered and demonstrated with rave sound system in Shibuya, Tokyo, against deployment of Self Defense Force (a.k.a. Japanese Army) to Iraq.
It was the fifth time of the rave demonstration which has been organized by the Against Street Control. First two times were huge successes. Police were so screwed up that they had no clue where the demo was going and asked demonstrators where to go....At this time, too many riot police was arranged....

An estimated 6,000 protesters marched through central Tokyo
TOKYO, Jan. 25, Kyodo -
Thousands of protesters gathered in Tokyo on Sunday amid chilly temperatures to demonstrate against the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops to Iraq in a rally organized by World Peace Now, a network of 47 grassroots groups and nongovernmental organizations.