Japan’s High Schoolers Tackle Climate Crisis and Indifference at the Same Time
By Kohei Usuda At half-past 5pm on Friday earlier this month, thousands of young protestors took to the streets of Tokyo to demand the government and policymakers take more drastic action against climate change. The rally, held on September 20, was part of the global Fridays for Future climate strike aimed to coincide with the United Nations Climate Action Summit as world leaders convened in New York. Organizers estimate a total of four million youth worldwide took part in rallies across 163 countries, making the coordinated strike the largest ever single-day mass mobilization the world has seen in its fight against global warming. Raucous protestors – who marched through the …
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