AN APPEAL FROM CONCERNED SCHOLARS IN JAPAN
AGAINST US ATTACK ON IRAQ
AND
AGAINST JAPAN'S SUPPORT OF THE WAR.
The United States is preparing to invade Iraq.
(1) If the people of the world cannot stop this attack, international order will decay into a state of lawlessness, where power dominates reason.
(2) Military action by the US and her allies will bring tragic deaths and injuries, famine, and environmental disaster to Iraq. Such American-led violence will only intensify hatred and inspire terror all over the world.
(3) Most Japanese people wish for a peaceful solution to this conflict.
As researchers in social sciences and humanities in Japan, we strongly urge the Government to respect the wishes of the Japanese people by not supporting military action in Iraq by the US and her allies.
This Ad appeared on THE ASAHI SHIMBUN, February 27, and the MAINICHI SHIMBUN, March 4.
INITIATORS:
* Chief
AKAMA Michio (Ehime Univ.) FUKAMACHI Ikuya (Kyushu Univ., em.) FUKUDOME Hisao (Kyushu Univ.) IIDA Hiroyasu (Teikyo Univ.) IMURA Kiyoko* (Keio Univ., em.) ISHII Kanji (Tokyo Keizai Univ.) ITOH Makoto ITOH Masanao (Univ. of Tokyo) KITAHARA Isamu (Keio Univ., em.) KOBAYASHI Noboru (Rikkyo Univ., em.) MIYAMOTO Ken-ichi (Osaka City Univ., em.) MIZUTA Hiroshi (Nagoya Univ., em.) MORI Hideki (Nagoya Univ.)
MORIOKA Koji (Kansai Univ.) NAKATANI Takeshi (Kobe Univ.) NISHIKAWA Masao (Senshu Univ.) OHUCHI Tsutomu (University of Tokyo, em.) OKADA Susumu (Tokyo Univ. of Foreign Studies, em.) OTANI Teinosuke (Hosei Univ.) SHIBAGAKI Kazuo (Musashi Univ.) TAIRAKO Tomonaga (Hitotsubashi Univ.) TASHIRO Yoichi (Yokohama National Univ.) TSURUTA Mitsuhiko (Chuo Univ.) UEHARA Nobuhiro (Shizuoka Univ., em.) YAGI Kiichiro (Kyoto Univ.) YOSHIHARA Taisuke (Fukushima Univ.)
SIGNERS:
1,486 signers and 51 anonymous donators.