A Gunma Prefectural Mothers' Liaison Committee tried to stress the preciousness of peace by handing out leaflets designed to look like war-era draft notices in front of the Tobu Tatebayashi Station on December 3, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the start of the Pacific War.
People who refused to be conscripted were punished or arrested because of the draft papers, also known as red papers, issued by the former Japanese military.
The Pacific War between Japan and the United States took place on December 8, 1941 in Japan. Committee members gave out leaflets to people, including high school students on their way home, as they asked passersby, Do you know what happened on December 8? Committee member Michiko Akiyama said that they wanted people to think about peace so there wouldn't be a world where people were sent to a battlefield with just a single piece of red paper. The committee is planning to distribute red paper leaflets at six locations in Gunma Prefecture, including Maebashi, Takasaki and Isesaki on December 8.