Kanto Food Democracy Council

...Since March of that year, food delivery delays in the capital region have continued to worsen, with delays of 20 to 30 days observed nationwide, and in May an average of nine people starved to death per day in the Keihin area. All over Tokyo and the Kanto region, life protection alliances, food control committees, people's food committees, etc. were formed to expose hidden supplies, make demands of ward and city offices, and monitor distribution, but in February, about 300 of these organizations joined forces to form the Kanto Food Democratic Council, with intellectuals such as Suzuki Azuma, Hani Setsuko, Kato Shuji, Hara Toraichi, and Kuroda Hisao, representatives of progressive political parties and labor unions, as well as intellectuals, taking up the leadership. In response to this call, a conference was held, Suzuki Azuma was elected conference chairman, and demonstrations began. ...

*Some of the terminology referenced in the Kanto Food Democracy Council is listed below.

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…同年3月以降，首都圏の食糧遅配は悪化しつづけ，全国的にも20～30日の遅配がみられ，京浜地区で5月に1日平均9名が餓死したとされる。東京，関東各地で生活擁護同盟，食糧管理委員会，人民食糧委員会などがつくられ，隠匿物資の摘発，区･市役所などへの要求行動，配給の監視などを行っていたが，2月，これら約300団体が合同して関東食糧民主協議会が結成され，鈴木東民，羽仁説子，加藤修治，原虎一，黒田寿男ら革新政党･労組代表，知識人などが指導部に就いた。この呼びかけで大会が開かれ，大会議長に鈴木東民が選ばれ，デモに移った。…

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