The rally was attended by Ho Jong Man, chairman of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, and members of its Central Standing Committee and more than 5500 Koreans from all walks of life in Japan.

Present there were Japanese figures of various circles and members of different organizations.

A message of solidarity to the rally from the Committee for Aiding Overseas Compatriots of Korea was read out.

Vice Chairman Nam Sung U, who is also chairman of the Central Measure Committee for Free Upbringing of Children, made an address.

He recalled that the Japanese authorities committed such a thrice-cursed act as excluding kindergartens of Korean schools from the "program for free education and upbringing of children".

The act is the worst crime designed to remove national education at kindergartens and, furthermore, stamp out the Korean community in Japan, which leads to never-to-be-condoned chauvinism and obliteration of the nation, he said.

Pointing out that clear eyes of children and their simple-minded appearance precisely mean the bright future of the Korean community in Japan, he called upon the Koreans from all walks of life to get united and give full display to the fighting spirit of April 24 for including the kindergartens of Korean schools in the program for "free education and upbringing of children".

The Japanese figures made solidarity speeches and Paek Kyu Yong, chairman of the Korean Youth Commercial Association in Japan, and representatives of the association in Kanto area took the floor to denounce the Japanese authorities.

The rally adopted a message of protest to the Japanese government.

At the end of the rally the participants held a demonstration,

Along the route of demo Japanese people and foreigners voiced full support for the just demand of the demonstrators and lodged a protest against the unreasonable act of the Abe regime.