Protesting at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo

Just a diary entry, of sorts, about what a protest can be like in Japan

Negotiating with the Japanese police for how many people can be in front of the Russian embassy (Photo by David Mareuil)

A day or so after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, I was across the street from the Russian embassy in Tokyo, yelling “nyet voyny,” which I was told by a Russian woman there means “no war.” I wanted to yell a few more choice words along the lines of “fuck Putin,” but the…