``We can't protect peace with milit...

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``We can't protect peace with military force'' Proposal to deploy U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle units Citizens' group protests in front of Kagoshima Prefectural Office

Members chanting "Go back to the Ministry of Defense" = In front of the Kagoshima Prefectural Office on the 28th

Military power cannot protect peace Proposal to deploy U.S. military unmanned aerial vehicle unit Civilian groups protest in front of Kagoshima prefectural office

On the 28th, the citizens' groups "Kagoshima Prefectural Defense Peace Forum" and "Prefectural Citizens' Group Who Doesn't Need US Armed Forces in Kagoshima" will explain the plan for the temporary deployment of US military drones to the Maritime Self-Defense Force Kanoya Air Base (Kanoya City). Therefore, when the Kyushu Defense Bureau visited the Kagoshima Prefectural Office, a protest rally was held in front of the office. "We won't let the government do whatever it pleases," he said. [Photo] Members claiming that there is no US military in Kanoya

 The 68 people who gathered took turns holding microphones and insisting that "military power cannot protect peace". He held up a placard that read, "Don't turn Japan into a battlefield," and sloganed, "We won't allow the deployment of drones." Manabu Shimobaba, deputy head of the Prefectural Citizens' Association, said, "I feel angry at the same kind of forcible actions as on Mageshima. I want Governor Koichi Shioda to strongly protest against the Ministry of Defense for threatening the lives of prefectural residents." On the other hand, on the 28th, the Kagoshima Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party (Chairman Nomoto Nomoto) and the prefectural assembly group (Representative Yukio Taira) submitted a written request to Governor Koichi Shioda that the prefecture should express its opposition to the deployment of U.S. military drones. According to the written request, it was pointed out that they were proceeding without sufficient explanation over the heads of local governments and residents. "In order to protect the lives and livelihoods of the people of the prefecture, we absolutely cannot accept the deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles," he said.