THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 21, 2019 at 18:00 JST
Takuro Kajiwara, an organizer of the demonstration held in Tokyo as part of the worldwide Global Climate Strike, rallies protesters in the capital’s Shibuya Ward on Sept. 20. (Kotaro Ebara)
In concert with the Global Climate Strike, a youth-led protest taking place in more than 160 countries ahead of the U.N. Climate Action Summit to be held in New York next week, young people in Japan held demonstrations across the country on Sept. 20. But some organizers expressed frustration with the low turnout and apathy of their peers. [Read More]
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