Shukensha no ikari: Ampotoso no kiroku - Anger of the People: Document of the Campaign Against the Japan- U.S. Security Treaty

Title: Shukensha no ikari: Ampotoso no kiroku - Anger of the People: Document of the Campaign Against the Japan- U.S. Security Treaty

Photographer(s):  Hiroshi Hamaya, Ihei Kimura, Shomei Tomatsu, Shigeichi Nagano, Yukichi Watanabe, Hiroshi Kawashima 

Writer(s): Zenzo Matsuyama

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Publisher(s): Japan Journalist Conference, Tokyo, Japan

Year: 1960

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Language(s): Japanese

Pages: 48

Size: 18 x 26 cm

Binding: Softcover

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Print: Toppan, Itabashi, Japan

Nation(s) and year(s) of Protest: Japan,1958-1960

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The book refers to documentation of the massive 1960 protests against the revised security pact (Anpo). This movement, the largest in postwar Japan, involved widespread student, union, and citizen action, driven by anger over democratic suppression and fears of being drawn into U.S. conflicts.

Although the treaty was ratified, the massive protests forced Prime Minister Kishi to resign. The movement reflected deep public resentment against the perceived "unequal" nature of the alliance and US-backed conservative rule.