Unfotunately, against will of many many people around the world, the US and UK troops started atacking Iraq...I was in front of the US embassy on Tokyo, with about 150 other people, calling to "Stop the war".

At the same time as the US launched the first bomb on Baghdad, the police started pushing us out of the street, saying that "we were blocking the sidewalk." However, people were walking through the crowd if necessary, if anybody was disturbed, it was probably those who work at the embassy...

Anyway, there was a big rally in Tokyo on the 21st, 56500 people all together on that day marched around the parliament house and the streets of Tokyo! The number might be not as big as other countries but still it is revolutional in Japan!!! Never heard of this many people coming out to the street before in my life! The march was peaceful but powerful! There have been more and more actions and evernts organized to stop this war! A day sooner, an hour sooner, a minute sooner to SAVE MORE LIVES!

SO blessed to be.... All love and unity! Peace

Atsuko, reporting