TL;DR Yusuke Furusawa, a 49-year-old Tokyo resident, has been protesting against the attacks on Gaza since October 2023. His daily demonstrations, often attracting foreigners who learned about him through social media, have garnered him 170,000 Instagram followers. Despite facing criticism and harassment, Furusawa believes in raising awareness about human rights violations, even if it’s in another country.
by SkyInJapan
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Have you seen or interacted with him?
More of this BS?
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Israel is the oppressors. Period
Wow, lots of shills downvoting and being downvoted
Take your politics out of Japan
>”I’m aware it’s noisy. If possible, I want to forcefully intrude into your silence and field of vision. I don’t think it will have an effect, nor do I believe I can change anything alone, nor do I intend to change the awareness of passersby,” Furusawa said.
>So why does he stand on the street every day? He commented, “I live with fundamental human rights guaranteed by the Constitution. If there are people whose rights are being violated, I believe I must raise my voice, even if it’s in another country. Whether it has meaning or not is irrelevant; it’s just the right thing to do, isn’t it?”
It’s odd that he chooses this topic to be an activist for, seemingly fully aware that screaming on the streets of Japan is guaranteed to do absolutely nothing (other than annoy people), instead of something without that guarantee, something more local and relevant, and that might do real good, like women’s rights in Japan, or animal welfare in Japan, or the work culture, etc.
I just find it illogical and… pretty dumb, if I’m being honest. But it’s his right to protest and I’d never say he’s wrong for exercising that right. Even if, in this case, I disagree with the content of his protest – protesting for aid to go through, for a ceasefire, or for Palestinian freedom makes sense to me, but as soon as you pretend it’s a genocide you start to look very unserious, uninformed, and ideologically driven IMO. But again, it’s his right, so that’s cool.
Also random note but why are the Japanese I/P activists seemingly all old people?
Hell yeah I saw graffiti and some street artwork while in shibuya advocating for the end of genocide by the Zionists
is this the guy who yells for a few sentences at the Israeli embassy everyday after work? he does have an impressively loud voice
He stopped screaming to bow to me when I said thank you to him several months ago. Love you Yusuke ✨