Yahoo! News - Japanese Folk Singer Wins Parliament Seat

Siempre que pienso en Okinawan rock, pienso en Shokichi Kina... ahora diputado shokichi...





Shokichi Kina, who denounced Japan's backing of the U.S.-led war and occupation of Iraq, ran on the opposition Democratic Party's ticket to win a seat in the upper house of parliament.


"Trade all weapons for instruments. Turn all military bases into flower gardens. Let's have festivals, not war," Kina said at a music hall where he held a concert after being notified of his victory.


Supporters in rainbow-colored dresses with peace slogans celebrated as others threw a sweaty, smiling Kina up into the air.


uck too hippy for me... y porque andaba pensando en rock de okinawa...?

Yahoo! News - Japanese Folk Singer Wins Parliament Seat