By Hisashi Maki, Epoch Times Nagoya Staff, Jun 21, 2007-

Japan's Global Service Center for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a rally and parade in Nagoya City, Aichi County on July 17 to support the 23 million people who have renounced their ties with the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

Participants gathered at Sakae Hiroba Park in downtown Nagoya around noon for a fifty-minute rally.

The rally hosts included Kunio Sato, the representative of the Japan branch of the Global Service Center for Quitting the CCP, Hiroyoshi Sawa, a reporter for the Japanese edition of The Epoch Times , and Osamu Kamiya, a former Nagoya University professor. The three indicated in their speeches that the CCP dictatorship has destroyed traditional Chinese culture and caused rapid degeneration of morality in society.

(Photo: People gathered in downtown Nagoya to support 23 million people quitting the Chinese Communist Party. / Cao Jingzhe/The Epoch Times)

The hosts also mentioned that in addition to playing a direct role in environmental pollution, the CCP is responsible for the spread of the abundance of sham medication and poisonous food in China. Furthermore, they have severely violated the human rights of the Chinese public, particularly practitioners of Falun Gong. Having committed countless atrocious acts, such as the brutal harvesting of organs from live bodies, the hosts asserted that the CCP is in the verge of disintegration.

During the rally, Dr. Yang Guiyuan, M.D., told the story of how he had been illegally sentenced to forced labor by the CCP for insisting on practicing Falun Gong. He mentioned the numerous torture methods he was subjected to while in the labor camp, and called for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Dr. Yang was granted Japanese visa through the assistance of his relatives in Japan.

After the rally, participants raised banners reading, "Spread the words of the Nine Commentaries to benefit our nation," "The root of the evil CCP has been revealed," "Support the 23 million people who have quit the CCP," and marched across downtown Nagoya for two hours. During the procession, a team of waist-drummers caught the attention of by-passers.

Upon seeing the parade, a sixty-year-old Japanese man remarked that he had not heard of people quitting the CCP before. However, he mentioned that while watching television he had recently become aware of the numerous problems caused by the CCP's rule, and that he believes that such a regime should dissolve as soon as possible.

A student at a private university in Kyoto said that people in Japan, especially students, are not fully aware of the human rights violations in China, and that such a parade is an effective means of transmitting information to the Japanese public.

He also mentioned that it is a shame that even though there are many students from China on campus, they rarely mention problems of human rights or environmental pollution in China. He wished luck to the participants in the parade and said that he hoped their message could be conveyed to more people in Japan.

- Source: The Epochtimes