ISBN:
978-3-86205-487-9
Language:
German
Pages:
28 Seiten
Titel der Quelle:
Japan 2016
Publ. der Quelle:
2016
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2016), Seite 41-68
Angaben zur Quelle:
year:2016
Angaben zur Quelle:
pages:41-68
DDC:
303
Keywords:
Narita Airport (Tokio)
;
Geschichte 1966-2016
;
Narita-Kūkō
;
Sanrizuka
;
Protestbewegung
Abstract:
50 years of Anti-airport-struggle in Sanrizuka: Rise, Failure, and Transformation of the Protest Movement In 1966, peasants in the rural area around the city of Narita were confronted by the declaration of public authorities that their land had been designated as a site of construction for the new international airport for Tokyo. The top-down decision-making process without any prior consultation with local farmers invited strong protest, and the formation of the »Sanrizuka-Shibayama Union to Oppose the Airport« in the same year. The resistance never has totally stopped. After 12 years of confrontation between the state and the local landowners, supported by organizations and individuals of the New Left, the new international airport was finally opened in 1978. However, the militant resistance continued for another 10 years. In 1993 the conflict parties settled on a coexistence agreement. In 1995, the then Prime Minister Murayama apologized for state failure in the violent confrontations with local farmers during the years of open conflict. Today, there are still some landowners filing suit against the state to prevent the construction of a third runway, supported by new and old groups of activists. This article analyzes 50 years of resistance in an attempt to answer the question as to how we can contextualize the protest movement within the emerging post-war state-citizen-relationship. By employing the protest cycle theory of Tilly (2011) as a structuring guide, the article will explore the rise, failure and transformation of the protest movement since 1966 taking, in particular, changes of framing, opportunity windows, and activism into consideration. The analysis will come to the conclusion that, due to frequent re-framing, the anti-airport movement has contributed to the nation-wide movement for supporting postwar democracy, offering new views on female participation in politics, organic farming, and supporting Article 9 of the constitution. The movement has successfully transformed into part of the current movement against atomic energy and for safe food. The mediation process between parts of the anti-airport movement and the Japanese state may serve as a model for conflict solving between the state and protest movements and makes the movement unique among the various democratic mass movements since the 1960s.
DOI:
10.48796/20230706-002
URN:
urn:nbn:de:0308-20230706-002-1
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