Urasoe City

2025 Constitution Lecture “The Crisis of Peace and Freedom and Responsibility in Speech - Freedom of Expression” for People Who Take Peace Seriously

Speaker: Yoko Shida (constitutional law scholar, singer-songwriter)

  • Lecture / Seminar
  • Lectures
  • peaceful
  • constitutions
  • Real-life event
  • Event streaming

Schedule

2025.05.03(土)

Open:12:30 Start:13:30 End:16:00

Venue

Urasoe City TEDAKO HALL 〒901-2103 1-9-3 Nakama, Urasoe City, Okinawa

Charge

1000 yen for the General-admission public

Students and people with disabilities: 500 yen

Free for high school students and younger

Stream Viewing fee free (Advance registration required for the Zoom webinar by 4/30)

The venue is on First-come-first-served basis base/sign language interpretation available

Contents

●Constitution Lecture “The Crisis of Peace and Freedom and Responsibility in Speech - Freedom of Expression” for People Who Take Peace Seriously-”

Instructor profile
Yoko Shida: constitutional law scholar and singer-songwriter. Professor at Musashino Art University, Faculty of Design, and visiting professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University's Faculty of Systems Design.
He presides over the live and talk “Stories of the Constitution Connected with Songs” for citizens based on songs and movies, and is writing and composing his own lyrics as a “singing constitutional scholar” (viewable on YouTube). He testified in court in the Miyazaki Security Unconstitutional Lawsuit. Issues surrounding the notation of “Shima Kosaku” in comic magazines have been continuously posted on internet news, and they continue to actively disseminate them.
His books include “Freedom of Expression to Tomorrow” (Otsuki Shoten), “Cultural Warfare and Constitutional Theory”, “Studying the Constitution through Movies ⒈ 2” (edited by Hobunsha), and “Is Japan Really Preparing for War?” (Co-authored by Otsuki Shoten) and many others.

●Report on the situation surrounding the Constitution
● Report on the Urasoe West Coast Military Port Problem “Can we continue to promote reclamation on the Urasoe West Coast? What's more, a military port”

Official URL

Constitution Dissemination Council Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/okinawa.kenpouhukyukyogikai

REGISTER

Online application form (advance registration required by 4/30)

https://forms.gle/QX6aic9bBZ36aqPW8

Contact

Okinawa Prefecture Constitution Dissemination Council

TEL:098-917-1088

MAIL:okikenpou2@yahoo.co.jp