Indicates the type of a location. Location Type Defined by CCTVPLUS Indicates the role that a specific instance of a description takes among all descriptions. Description Role Defined by CCTVPLUS The role in the overall content stream. Part Role Indicates a kind of content rendition. Content Rendition Defined by CCTVPLUS CCTV Newscontent Co.,Ltd. CCTV Newscontent Co.,Ltd. All Rights Reserved. No access Chinese mainland CCTV Newscontent www.cctvplus.com +86-10-83949886 +86-10-63978447 contact@cctvplus.com 2026-05-03T20:24:19Z 2026-05-03T20:24:19Z 2026-05-03 2014-11-06T09:22:45Z China Central Television Japan Society/Other May 3, 2026 Japan-Protest/Constitution Revision Tens of thousands of Japanese rally in Tokyo to defend pacifist constitution Japanese/Nats Tokyo, Japan - May 3, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Various of protest in progress, placards 2. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) protester (name not given): "If they revise the Constitution, it will only intensify international tensions -- especially with neighboring countries -- and increase the risk of war. That's why I firmly oppose it." 3. Various of protesters; placard 4. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) protester (name not given) (starting with shot 3/partially overlaid with shot 5): "The Takaichi administration is now amending Article 9 of the Constitution in a dangerous direction. This is exactly what Japanese militarists did during the imperial era -- they are setting the country on a path to war. We will never tolerate what is happening. At the same time, looking back at the history of the Chinese and other Asian people who were killed, we hope that by opposing the Takaichi administration, we can stop war, face up to past mistakes, and take responsibility for the suffering that the Chinese people continue to endure to this day." ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 5. Various of protesters, placards ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 6. Various of protester holding placard 7. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) protester (name not given) (starting with shot 6/ending with shot 8): "For a long time, under Article 9 of the Constitution, Japan has maintained -- at least formally -- the principle of not exporting lethal weapons. This has been the rule that postwar Japan has been required to follow: That we must not start a war. But now, these rules are being completely broken." 8. Various of placards 9. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) protester (name not given) (ending with shot 10): "I myself did not live through that era, but I believe we are repeating the history we learned about -- and that makes me very angry. At the same time, I feel deeply sorry that such mistakes in history are being repeated. That's why I hope Takaichi steps down as soon as possible. I want to see an end to military expansion." 10. Various of protesters, placards, protest in progress 11. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yoshiko Kira, member, House of Councillors, Japan (partially overlaid with shot 12/ending with shot 13): "A few days ago, I went to New York to attend a meeting on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). There, when the Japanese government was asked by the Chinese side whether it might acquire nuclear weapons, Japan replied, 'Because we have the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, Japan will not possess nuclear weapons.' In other words, on the international stage, the Japanese government uses the existence of the Three Non-Nuclear Principles as a reason to say it won't acquire nuclear weapons -- but at home, it is pushing to revise those principles. This inconsistency fills me with anger. I think that this kind of deceptive approach -- misleading the international community while trying to acquire nuclear weapons -- must never be allowed." ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 12. Various of protest in progress ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 13. Various of protesters, placards