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January 20, 2012

[SSJ: 7108] [Temple ICAS Event] 10 February 2012 Policing Protest: "Restrictions on Street Demonstrations in Japan"

From: Eriko Kawaguchi
Date: 2012/01/20

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*Policing Protest: "Restrictions on Street Demonstrations in Japan"*

*Date:* Friday, February 10, 2012 *Time:* 7:00p.m.
(Talk will start at
7:30p.m.) *Venue:*
Temple University, Japan Campus, Azabu Hall 212/213
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*Speakers: *
*Lawrence Repeta*, Professor, Meiji University Faculty of Law, Tokyo *Norikazu Kawagishi*, Professor of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Political Science & Economics, Law School, Waseda University
*Moderator:*
Kyle Cleveland, Associate Director of ICAS
*Admission:* Free (Open to general public) *RSVP:* icas@tuj.ac.jp **If you RSVP you are automatically registered. If possible, we ask you to RSVP but we always welcome participants even you do not RSVP.*


*Outline*

2011 was the year of the “Arab Spring,” “Occupy Wall Street” and other mass demonstrations and new protest movements that arose in various corners of the globe.
What about Japan? Victims of a weak economy, the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl and other woes, the Japanese people have good reason to protest against the political status quo. And they have. A mass anti-nuclear protest on September 11 (led by Nobel Prize winner Oe Kenzaburo and other well-known figures) was reported to draw 60,000 people and there have been numerous smaller street protests against nuclear power and other issues. But compared to demonstrations in the United States and Europe, Japanese protests have been tiny, quiet and short-lived. Why is this so? Are the Japanese people satisfied with conditions as they are?
Are they apathetic? Are street demonstrations limited by strict permitting systems and aggressive police tactics? Our speakers will discuss how law is applied to regulate street demonstrations in Japan and in the United States.


*Panelists *

*Lawrence Repeta: *Professor, Meiji University Faculty of Law, Tokyo* * Larry Repeta has served as a lawyer, business executive and law professor in Japan and the United States. He is best-known in Japan as the plaintiff in a landmark suit decided by the Supreme Court of Japan in 1989 that opened Japan`s courts to note-taking by courtroom spectators. Larry joined the faculty of Meiji University in 2010. He serves on the board of directors of Information Clearinghouse Japan
, an NGO devoted to
promoting open government in Japan, and the Japan Civil Liberties Union and is a member of the editorial board of freedominfo.org ?r=1013842329&msgid=1682816&act=3O1N&c=397830&destinati
on=http%3A%2F%2Ffreedominfo.org>,
a virtual global network of government transparency activists.

*Norikazu Kawagishi: *Professor of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Political Science & Economics Law School, Waseda University Norikazu Kawagishi (LL.M., J.S.D.
Yale University) is a constitutional law expert, whose research interests include Freedom of Expression and Constitutionalism. His publications include *"Constitutional Law,"
(co-author), 3rd ed*. Seirin Shoin 2011, and "*The Birth of Judicial Review in Japan, "International Journal of Constitutional Law,
vol.5* (April, 2007).


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*Robert Dujarric*
Director* *
*Kyle Cleveland*
Associate Director
*Eriko Kawaguchi*
Coordinator

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