Japan: Poster Exhibition Held in Hiroshima Exposes Forced Organ Harvesting in China

(Minghui.org) The Stop the CCP’s Live Organ Harvesting Poster Exhibition kicked off at the Higashi-hiroshima City Museum of Art in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on July 25, 2023. The exhibition, hosted by the SMG Network (Stop Medical Genocide--Society for the Study of Organ Transplantation in China) exposes the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) live organ harvesting from Falun Dafa practitioners. Assemblymen and members of the House of Representatives (National Diet) attended and delivered speeches to open the event. They said they hoped more people would learn about these egregious human rights abuses and work together to end them.

The Stop the CCP’s Live Organ Harvesting Poster Exhibition kicked off at the Higashi-hiroshima City Museum of Art in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on July 25, 2023.

Congressman Ishibashi Rintaro (left), Member of Hiroshima Prefecture Assembly Mr. Takehara Tetsu (middle), and Member of Higashi-hiroshima City Assembly Mr. Ochiumi Naoya (right) delivered speeches at the opening ceremony.

Dignitaries Condemn the CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting

During the opening ceremony, Ishibashi Rintaro, a member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly and the deputy representative of the All-Japan Local Assembly of the SMG Network (Stop Medical Genocide--Society for the Study of Organ Transplantation in China), delivered an opening speech as the sponsor of the exhibition. 

Mr. Ishibashi said that the purpose of this poster exhibition was to stop the ongoing organ harvesting and transplantation crimes in China. He said the primary victims are Falun Dafa practitioners, Uyghurs, Tibetans and other groups. The CCP treats them like criminals, and harvest their organs while they are alive.

“We SMG will never allow such a thing to happen,” said Mr. Ishibashi. “But the problem at present is that although the CCP’s human rights violations have become a matter of great concern, in Japan, many people still don’t have enough opportunities to know. This poster exhibition is of fundamental significance, and lets many Japanese understand the facts of live organ harvesting (by the CCP).”

He said that another purpose was to urge the Japanese government to enact laws on overseas transplants as soon as possible. It was also important to raise awareness of this issue in the medical community and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

Councilor Takehara Tetsu, member of Hiroshima Prefecture Assembly, said in his speech, that he would share the truth with everyone. “After viewing these artworks, my heart is very heavy, and I am more aware of our great responsibility. I think this is an opportunity for me to feel the weight of my responsibility, and I feel this from these works today,” Mr. Takehara said.

Councilor Ochiumi Naoya, member of Higashi-hiroshima City Assembly, said in his speech that he was shocked when he saw the wound represented by the currency symbol on the poster, “As a Japanese, I didn’t know about this (that the CCP harvests organs from living Falun Dafa practitioners). I hope that through the poster exhibition, more people will know about this matter.”

“This is murder”

The 30 artworks on display are the winning designs selected from 1049 submissions from 70 countries. Through different artistic techniques and forms, the works tell people how the CCP kills Falun Dafa practitioners for their organs and promotes the organ harvesting industry from which it obtains huge profits. People who viewed the artworks were shocked to learn about these brutalities.

Councilor Yamada Manabu, member of Higashi-hiroshima City Assembly

Councilor Yamada Manabu, member of Higashi-hiroshima City Assembly, brought his family to the exhibition on the opening day. “It is a rare opportunity to see the real situation in China. It is unbelievable that kind and innocent people are treated so cruelly,” he said. “This is murder. We must do our best to let more people know.”

Ms. Hayashi Tomiyo encouraged practitioners to keep up their efforts.

Ms. Hayashi Tomiyo, a Higashi-hiroshima resident, said, “Seeing these works makes me shudder. It’s horrifying to think that there might be Japanese people ordering organs without knowing the truth.” She said, “Please keep up the good work.”

The exhibition will be displayed in East Hiroshima (Higashi-hiroshima) from July 25 to 30 before it continues at the Nishi Ward Culture Center in West Hiroshima from August 3 to 6.

Background: What Is Falun Dafa and Why Is the CCP Persecuting It?

Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) was first introduced to the public by Mr. Li Hongzhi in Changchun, China, in 1992. The spiritual discipline is now practiced in over 100 countries and regions worldwide. Millions of people who have embraced the teachings, which are based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and have learned the five exercises, have experienced improved health and well-being.

Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology and on July 20, 1999, he issued an order to eradicate the practice.

Under Jiang’s personal direction, the CCP established the 610 Office, an extralegal security organization with the power to override the police and judicial systems and whose sole function is to carry out the persecution of Falun Dafa.

Minghui.org has confirmed the deaths of thousands of practitioners as a result of the persecution over the past 24 years. The actual number is believed to be much higher. Countless practitioners have been imprisoned and tortured for their faith.

There is concrete evidence that the CCP sanctions the harvesting of organs from detained practitioners, who are murdered to supply China’s organ transplant industry.