"'Yun Bong-gil Memorial Hall' Faces Right-Wing Opposition Movement"… Japan Sankei Front Page Report

About 70 Vehicles Drive Through the City with Loudspeakers
Fences Installed to Prevent Collisions, Causing Traffic Congestion
"Protests Demanding Suspension Intensify... Affecting Citizens' Daily Lives"

A Japanese newspaper reported on the opposition movement by right-wing forces surrounding the planned opening of a memorial hall for Yun Bong-gil in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.

The right-leaning Sankei Shimbun reported on the front page on the 31st that "the previous day, about 70 propaganda vehicles from right-wing groups opposing the establishment of the memorial hall drove through the center of Kanazawa City at high volume, and fences were installed to prevent collisions, causing traffic congestion."

An incident occurred in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, where a person presumed to be a member of a Japanese right-wing group rammed a vehicle into the wall of the local branch of the Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan), an organization of Korean residents in Japan. Photo by Yonhap News.

The newspaper added, "The protest activities demanding the suspension of the memorial hall's establishment have intensified, becoming a situation that affects citizens' daily lives." In particular, it stated, "The plan to establish a memorial hall for Yun Bong-gil, the perpetrator of a bomb terror incident, has caused a stir," defining Yun as a terrorist, just like the right-wing groups conducting the opposition movement.

The Kanazawa City Yun Bong-gil Memorial Hall is reportedly being promoted by Kim Kwang-man, a documentary PD and former KBS guest researcher.

Yun Bong-gil threw a bomb at Japanese military officers in Hongkou Park, Shanghai, China, in 1932, was captured, sentenced to death, imprisoned in a Japanese military facility in Kanazawa City, and then executed by firing squad. Upon news of the memorial hall's establishment, Japanese right-wing forces have been conducting opposition activities in Kanazawa City.

On the 2nd, a man in his 50s, presumed to be a member of a right-wing group, crashed a car into the wall of the Ishikawa Prefecture branch building of the Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan), an organization of Korean residents in Japan. Local right-wing forces are reportedly also protesting against Mindan and Kanazawa City, which are not involved in the establishment of the Yun Bong-gil memorial hall.

The Sankei Shimbun conveyed the response of a Kanazawa City official, saying, "We are not in a position to grant permission and currently cannot be involved." It added, "City officials are receiving emails opposing the establishment."

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