SEALDs

Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy
自由と民主主義のための学生緊急行動
AbbreviationSEALDs
Formation3 May 2015 (2015-05-03)
FounderAki Okuda (co-founder)
Dissolved15 August 2016; 8 years ago (2016-08-15)
TypeStudent activist group
Location
  • Japan
Membership
~400 core members
Websitewww.sealds.com
Demonstration near the National Diet Building, March 2016

SEALDs, short for Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy (自由と民主主義のための学生緊急行動, Jiyū to minshu shugi no tame no gakusei kinkyū kōdō), was a student activist organisation in Japan that organised protests against the ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2015 and 2016. Its focus was on the security-related bills enacted in 2015 that allow the Japanese Self-Defense Force to be deployed overseas.