As the Israeli army intensified its attacks on the Gaza Strip, protests were held around the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, calling for an immediate end to the attacks by cultural figures.
The protest, called by report writer Satoshi Kamada and critic Shin Sataka, was held around the Israeli Embassy in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and about 1600,<> people participated, according to the organizers.
In this context, Mr. Kamada, one of the callers, said, "When we see the situation where so many people, including children, are dying, we cannot afford to do nothing. Let's act together."
In addition, one of the callers, writer Keiko Ochiai, read aloud, "No matter how hard we try to say or how hard we try, we will not be able to recover the lives that have been taken and the daily lives that have been destroyed.
The participants who gathered shouted "Ceasefire now" and "Freedom for Palestine" to the embassy, and then the callers moved to the front of the embassy and read out a request for a ceasefire as soon as possible.