- Signatures: 147
- Goal: 10,000
- Deadline: 12-31-2006
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In the early hours of January 30, 2004, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi rammed through the nation's parliament a special law on Iraq that would allow Japan's so-called "Self-Defense Forces" (Jiei-tai) to be dispatched to Iraq. Now an estimated 550 SDF troops are based in Iraq, presumably to shore up the United States' illegal occupation there. The SDF dispatch is unprecedented in Japan's post-World War II history and has been strongly opposed by the Japanese public. Under Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, the very existence of a military in Japan is prohibited, and the dispatch of those forces overseas is in further direct violation of Japan's "Peace Constitution" enacted in 1947. We call on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to immediately withdraw all Japanese SDF troops from Iraq, and demand that he adhere to and protect Article 9 of Japan's Constitution.
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | City | Country | Your comments to Prime Minister Koizumi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | 1:40 pm PDT, Jul 24 | Mr. | james macdonald | Halifax | Canada | PEACE |
| 158 | 9:00 am PST, Dec 5 | Mr. | Michael Trine | Sodus | United States | As a patriotic and loyal American, I greatly appreciate Japan's support in Iraq. However I feel that they should withdraw their forces to their own sovereign nation's territory. As we all know, North Korea, or the DPRK, is an extremely volatile and rebellious nation. They recently tried firing a missile over the islands of Japan, a Taepodong-2 ballistic missile. Had they had the audacity to launch this missile this way, it seems that Kim Jong-il would attempt to push his luck even further. I do not however support Japan's Article 9 of the Constitution as it limits Japan's own strength with which to protect themselves. Japan is a very close ally to the United States and the U.S. will continue to stand by in case Japan needs military support. However the SDF can only do so much, as can we. I support the full militarization of Japan so that Japan can better aid the United States in the protection of Japan should it ever come to war again. And again, the audacity of North Korea knows no bounds and I would not be taken aback should they attempt another stunt similar to the test firing of the Taepodong-2 ballistic missile. |
| 157 | 6:26 am PST, Nov 20 | Ken Okawa | Nagoya | Japan | Japan is a peaceful country that's army is not allowed to go invade any other countries but only defend their country in japanese waters and land. The United Nations required a force from Japan to secure Iraq. It is not Mr.Koizumi's fault that we have SDF Troops in Iraq. It is bush's fault because he started the war in the first place. | |
| 156 | 6:17 am PST, Feb 3 | Charles Ward | Nagano | Japan | Respect the Law! Respect language! Dont misuse words! | |
| 155 | 11:27 am PST, Jan 30 | Mr. | johnny appleseed | TAMPA | United States | YES MILITARY BUILDUP IS IMPORTANT FOR JAPANS SURVIVAL AGAINST THE CHINESE NORTH KOREANS AND OTHER HOSTILITIES |
| 153 | 5:40 pm PST, Mar 17 | William Lawson | calgary Ab | Canada | Konnichiwah, Prime Minister Koizumi, please remember that Japan is a nation of leadership and peacefulness, deeply respected by myself and world, be a leader who understands that wars and illegal occupations are not the way of this world any longer and to please join the peoples of earth in our quest for a peaceful and just home for all mankind and our children's children.. we must turn around this madness to destroy for profit and despotic corporate aspirations for dominance.Thank you. | |
| 152 | 6:29 pm PST, Mar 16 | Mrs. | Linda Toma | San Jose | United States | Prime Minister Koizumi, I have much respect for most Japanese people and Japan's culture,and it would deepen it you DO NOT SEND MILITARY TO IRAQ,and please keep the Japanese peacefulness which is so beloved of Japan! |
| 151 | 8:55 am PST, Mar 3 | Mr. | Inao Yamashita | Tokio | Japan | Any war includes some genocide of innocent people. A war is crime. |
| 150 | 10:34 am PST, Jan 10 | Dr. | Angelo Baracca | Florence | Italy | No war, no nukes |
| 149 | 2:43 am PST, Jan 6 | Mr. | Franco Marenco | Roma | Italy | NO to occupation of Iraq! |
| 148 | 9:19 pm PST, Nov 19 | Paul R.Nash | Warilla | Australia | G.W.Bush lied to his people just as he lied to you for his support in an invasion of a Sovereign Country under the guise of Terrorism | |
| 147 | 11:29 pm PDT, Sep 21 | Brett Willett | Hurst | United States | Peace is a Part of life, war is as well, but not for control and domination of peoples lives. The Creator of the universe, and all the people bound to it and each other, should not have to suffer this fate. | |
| 146 | 8:25 pm PDT, Sep 9 | Anonymous | Kurashiki | Japan | All Japanese should find "raison d'etre" within the article 9. I'd like to believe that, but...... | |
| 145 | 7:54 pm PDT, Sep 9 | Mirei Ishikawa | Kwanishi | Japan | NO WAR! | |
| 144 | 1:27 am PDT, Sep 3 | Anonymous | Tokyo | Japan | Don't follow Bush. | |
| 143 | 11:43 pm PDT, Sep 1 | Anonymous | Osaka | Japan | We should be proud of our Article 9 and protect it. War is murder. Murder is a crime. Even kids know that. | |
| 142 | 10:53 pm PDT, Aug 23 | Anonymous | Santa Cruz | United States | Honorable Prime Minister: Please do not be influenced by warmongering policies of the Bush administration, but rather please continue in your strong tradition of peace. Japan has set a tremendous example for the rest of the world. I strongly hope you continue to uphold it. With sincere appreciation. | |
| 141 | 9:44 am PDT, Aug 19 | David Krieger | Santa Barbara | United States | Japan should not be lending any support to this illegal, immoral and unnecessary war. | |
| 140 | 9:23 am PDT, Aug 19 | Dahlia Wasfi | Denver | United States | No blood for oil--not Iraqi, not Japanese, not anyone's, for God's sake. | |
| 139 | 6:48 pm PDT, Aug 16 | Gregory Kable | Sydney | Australia | Dear Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Please preserve at all peaceful means the two paragraphs of Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan, enacted in 1947 in the ashes of World War II, read in their entirety: As a social justice peace advocate at Justice Action here in Australia I bow my head to article 9 and say thank you to Japan. I also love the cherryblossom a Japanese girl sent me once from her homeland and that I want to preserve also. So in return for those great ideas my tribe would like to share the best idea that we can with you and Japan from our knowlege and understanding, just like Article 9. "Love, Peace and Kindness you cannot break it." (The Dali Lama). "Love your enemy" (Frederick Nietze) Because the stars are my brothers and sisters and the heart my friends is mercy. Mercy for them all! Every Best Wish | |
| 138 | 5:35 pm PDT, Aug 15 | Anonymous | Akashi | Japan | 平和はどこにあるのか、今一度よく考えてください。そして人々の声に耳を傾ける謙虚さをもちあわせてください。 | |
| 135 | 1:41 am PST, Nov 17 | Jennifer Fred | Rockford, Il | United States | I wish you would uphold Article 9 and the ideals of peace, rather than the short-term benefits of money and the madman who's in charge of the US at the moment. | |
| 129 | 4:44 am PDT, Oct 8 | Anonymous | odawara city | Japan | Stop the war of Bush's Oil and Koizumi's Money! | |
| 128 | 10:15 pm PDT, Oct 1 | Barb Allard | Edmonton | Canada | It's hard to justify Japan sending her Self-Defense Force to Iraq. I respectfully ask Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to remain steadfast in upholding the Japanese committment to Peace. | |
| 127 | 5:23 pm PDT, Sep 21 | Wendy F Campbell | Riverside | United States | Please help the cause of global justice by setting the example of withdrawing your troops from Iraq. | |
| 125 | 6:30 pm PDT, Sep 19 | janna lanceron | pelissanne | France | please release the army from their functions.what is the use especially now knowing very well the war in iraq is not based on evidence and justb a web of lies. enough innocents have suffered or died on all sides. | |
| 124 | 11:23 pm PDT, Sep 14 | yutaka kawahito | san francisco | United States | do not change the 9th. | |
| 123 | 9:10 am PDT, Sep 9 | Sebastiano Moron | Jesolo | Italy | You're like bush... the world don't like the american imperialism, do you know?!? Peace and Love | |
| 122 | 6:01 am PDT, Sep 2 | Brandon Franz | Olympia | United States | Don't be a moron like Bush | |
| 121 | 7:51 pm PDT, Aug 22 | Jon Sookocheff | Sakawa | Japan | Current pressures to revise Article 9 of the Japanese constitution are wrong-headed and misguided. Japan need not join the march to war in order to assert an international presence. Article 9 is a beacon of hope. Mr. Koizumi, withdraw your troops and maintain the no-war policy. | |
| 120 | 6:15 am PDT, Aug 19 | Peter Berquist | Tybee Island | United States | Please honor the constitution of Japan and recall the troops from Iraq. | |
| 119 | 4:11 am PDT, Aug 9 | Anonymous | Brasbane | Australia | Being involved in Iraq occupation, it is an agressive and ofended action against Iraqis and Japanies, moreover it is a cours of action mirrors a real terrorism and spread the disorder situaion over the glob. | |
| 118 | 10:43 pm PDT, Aug 8 | Melody Kemp | Brisbane | Australia | Mr. Koisumi san, I respectfully ask you to take the memories of the brave men and women who died for Japan, as well as the great tradition of Japanese warriors to heart. Your men and women are not in Iraq fighting for a glorious future, they are defending a lie by one of the nations who destroyed your great national treasures of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. I cannot believe the ancestors would approve. | |
| 117 | 6:46 pm PDT, Aug 1 | steve&barbara mitchell | st. augustine | United States | You are not helping our country or yours by helping america become the new Roman Empire. If we don't pay the price for our imperialist follies, as you did, we will never learn. Never help the school yard bully for you may be next on his list. | |
| 116 | 2:13 pm PDT, Aug 1 | Lloyd Hebert | Albany, NY | United States | Please defend your constitution by withdrawing yoy SDF troops from Iraq immediately | |
| 115 | 2:03 pm PDT, Jul 29 | Anonymous | Lexington, MA | United States | Please withdraw your SDF personnel from Iraq. | |
| 114 | 2:38 am PDT, Jul 29 | John Hockman | Riverwoods, IL | United States | You are reducing your country to nothing more than a feather in Bush's cap. Please assert some self respect. | |
| 113 | 11:10 pm PDT, Jul 28 | Izumi TERAMOTO | Takatsuki | Japan | Constitution of Japan Article 9 is a treasure in the world. Article 9 is hope to the future. It is your responsibility to observe Article 9 of the constitution. You must be conscious of your responsibility. You should declare the slaughter in Falluja is not supported. Withdraw the Self Defense Forces from Iraq right now. | |
| 112 | 10:22 pm PDT, Jul 28 | Robert Poteat | Onalaska | United States | Please disengage from this illegal war. | |
| 111 | 2:29 pm PDT, Jul 28 | robert mark weaver | 332 stony lonesome rd. | United States | listen to the voices of reason in your country-japan. the greatest threat to world peace is the current us administration. | |
| 110 | 2:22 pm PDT, Jul 28 | Thomas Urban | Santa Barbara | United States | All foreign occupation troops must leave Iraq immediately. Let the Iraqis govern Iraq. | |
| 109 | 12:34 pm PDT, Jul 28 | Mansoor Khan | Cumberland | United States | Please bring home Japanese troops from their positions in Iraq. | |
| 108 | 11:30 am PDT, Jul 28 | E Victor Mereski, USN Ret E9 | Savannah, GA | United States | Give Peace a chance. | |
| 107 | 10:47 am PDT, Jul 28 | Nancy Urban Ingalls | Parker, Colorado | United States | Shame on you! | |
| 106 | 8:51 am PDT, Jul 28 | Emily Taylor | st paul | United States | Japanese SDF Out of Iraq / Protect Article 9! | |
| 105 | 9:33 pm PDT, Jul 27 | Leuren Moret | Berkeley | United States | To Prime Minister Koizumi: You should inform the citizens of Japan that your real intent is to make Japan the prime Asian military partner of the US. You should tell your citizens that Japan has a secret nuclear weapons program, and is tied with Germany for second place in 4th Generation nuclear weapons development. And the citizens of Japan should fire you for not representing their best interests and what they want. War will never lead to prosperity. You are stealing the true wealth of Japan through militarism. | |
| 104 | 8:30 am PDT, Jul 23 | Anonymous | Milwaukee | United States | Japan should be proud to have Article 9! If all nations had this in their constitutions the world would be a much better place for all of us, and we would be able to move our Human Race forward, by making our looks on culture...reading...learning....understanding. If there was no more fighting in Iraq our economies would be able to improve. Prime Minister, please do not help Bush in this illegal war, as the UN...a body which may have prevented Wars, calls this illegal. Also to save Japanese life, please pull the SDF out of Iraq. Even though I am American, I disapprove of this war by the President of the US. | |
| 102 | 2:41 pm PDT, Jul 15 | KCTU/ETU-MB ... | Seoul | Korea, Republic Of | GET OUT NOW!!! | |
| 101 | 9:28 am PDT, Jul 4 | Foreign Press Foundation | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Many people will never understand - like with Israel too - who the earstwhile victims can turn into perpetrators... I've been to Japan a couple of times, and prefer to remember the nice side of all the people: not the warmongering of the present government, which is abominable. Henk Ruyssenaars DU-info: http://tinyurl.com/2o7jr |
Japanese SDF Out of Iraq / Protect Article 9!
Dear Prime Minister Koizumi:
We, the concerned citizens of the world, stand together in opposing Japan痴 dispatch of 鉄elf-Defense Forces to Iraq. We are united in urging you to immediately and unconditionally withdraw all SDF troops from Iraq and return them to Japan.
At the same time, we stand together for peace and in support of Japan痴 Constitution, which in itself prohibits Japan from even having military forces in the first place. The two paragraphs of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, adopted in 1947, read in whole:
鄭spiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
的n order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized!
What is recognized around the globe, however, is that Japan痴 撤eace Constitution is an international treasure and a model for all peace-loving nations to follow. We urge you to do everything you can to protect and honor the spirit and letter of Article 9 of Japan痴 Constitution.
And once more, Prime Minister Koizumi, we concerned citizens of the world demand that Japan withdraw all SDF troops from Iraq, immediately and unconditionally.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned,
We, the concerned citizens of the world, stand together in opposing Japan痴 dispatch of 鉄elf-Defense Forces to Iraq. We are united in urging you to immediately and unconditionally withdraw all SDF troops from Iraq and return them to Japan.
At the same time, we stand together for peace and in support of Japan痴 Constitution, which in itself prohibits Japan from even having military forces in the first place. The two paragraphs of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, adopted in 1947, read in whole:
鄭spiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
的n order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized!
What is recognized around the globe, however, is that Japan痴 撤eace Constitution is an international treasure and a model for all peace-loving nations to follow. We urge you to do everything you can to protect and honor the spirit and letter of Article 9 of Japan痴 Constitution.
And once more, Prime Minister Koizumi, we concerned citizens of the world demand that Japan withdraw all SDF troops from Iraq, immediately and unconditionally.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned,
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