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2013 June 26 - July 2 [CIVIL RIGHTS]

Anti-Korean demonstrators accused of committing violence

Two citizens who were attacked by participants of an anti-Korean demonstration in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on June 24 filed criminal complaints with the police department.

The two are a 60-year-old woman and a 28-year-old office worker.

In Shinjuku’s Okubo district, known as “Korean town”, hate speech groups every weekend organize a march against Korean and Chinese residents in Japan.

On June 16, when the two complainants took part in a protest against the march, they were physically assaulted by marchers. The 60-year-old complainant was kicked in her thigh while the 28-year-old suffered a blow.

The counsel for the complainants consists of 152 lawyers, including former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations Utsunomiya Kenji.