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30 peace groups to launch new group in Oct.


TOKYO, Aug. 24 Kyodo

Some 30 Japanese peace groups that were closely related to a predecessor to the Social Democratic Party (SDP (Session Description Protocol) An IETF protocol that defines a text-based message format for describing a multimedia session. Data such as version number, contact information, broadcast times and audio and video encoding types are included in the message. ) will launch a new peace organization in October October: see month. , officials establishing the new group said Tuesday.

The officials said the planned group will be made up of the Japanese Congress Against A and H Bombs (Gensuikin) and other groups formerly backed by the SDP's predecessor, the Social Democratic Party of Japan, and the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan.

The new group, the Forum for Peace Movements, will be set up at a meeting scheduled for Oct. 22, the officials said.

The 220,000-member All NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
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 Workers' Union of Japan, and the 160,000-member Japan Postal Workers' Union, however, said they will not join the organization.

The officials said the new group will not have a special relationship with any political party or support any candidates in national and local elections.
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Publication:Japan Policy & Politics
Date:Aug 30, 1999
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