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A song written in response to the plan to station nuclear submarines in Japan in 1964 as part of the nationwide "U.S. nuclear submarines do not come!" (米原子力潜水艦来るな！) campaign. This occurred in the backdrop of the Anpo Struggle, a mass protest from the late 1950s to early 1970s against the US-Japan Security treaty, which allowed the opening of US military bases on Japanese soil. Protests against US military presence in the country have continued into the modern day, particularly in Okinawa where 70% of military bases are concentrated, taking up 25% of the island's land.
Performer: Central Chorus (中央合唱団)
Composer: Tadasuke Seki (関忠亮)
Lyricist: Saburo Akagi (赤木三郎)
Year written: 1964
Source: Flexi-disc "平和のうたごえを１０００万人にひろげよう１２"
Image: Massive protest in Okinawa opposing the US military, 2016. Large signs: "Remove All Military Bases!" (全米軍基地撤去！), small signs: "Our anger has reached its limit" (怒りは限界を超えた).
A song written in response to the plan to station nuclear submarines in Japan in 1964 as part of the nationwide "U.S. nuclear submarines do not come!" (米原子力潜水艦来るな！) campaign. This occurred in the backdrop of the Anpo Struggle, a mass protest from the late 1950s to early 1970s against the US-Japan Security treaty, which allowed the opening of US military bases on Japanese soil. Protests against US military presence in the country have continued into the modern day, particularly in Okinawa where 70% of military bases are concentrated, taking up 25% of the island's land.
Performer: Central Chorus (中央合唱団)
Composer: Tadasuke Seki (関忠亮)
Lyricist: Saburo Akagi (赤木三郎)
Year written: 1964
Source: Flexi-disc "平和のうたごえを１０００万人にひろげよう１２"
Image: Massive protest in Okinawa opposing the US military, 2016. Large signs: "Remove All Military Bases!" (全米軍基地撤去！), small signs: "Our anger has reached its limit" (怒りは限界を超えた).
![永遠の友情を - To Eternal Friendship (Sino-Japanese Friendship Song) [Original Recording]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bzg2f5n7wUM/hqdefault.jpg "永遠の友情を - To Eternal Friendship (Sino-Japanese Friendship Song) [Original Recording]
A song composed by Japanese Maoist singer Mitsuko Ogasawara, known for her performances of The East Is Red (https://youtu.be/Kxb2PApwLYs) and Sailing the Seas Depends on the Helmsman (https://youtu.be/YIomuSAz_Ic) in Japanese. The lyrics to the song were written collectively as part of Ogasawaras Sino-Japanese Friendship Song Classroom (日中友好の歌の教室), a group active during the Cultural Revolution with the goal of translating Chinese revolutionary songs and writing songs of friendship between the two countries. After the end of the Cultural Revolution, Ogasawaras focus shifted more to the DPRK and she became chair of the Japanese-Korean Music and Arts Exchange Association (日朝音楽芸術交流会). This recording was performed by Ogasawara herself, but a recording with a Chinese soloist and choir singing the song also exists: https://youtu.be/dSBXL70L1IQ
Chinese Title: 为了永恒的友誼
Performer/Composer: Mitsuko Ogasawara (小笠原美都子)
Lyricist: Sino-Japanese Friendship Song Classroom (日中友好の歌の教室)
Source: Vinyl record 永遠の友情を
Image: Chinese citizens welcome the arrival of the Second Sino-Japanese Friendship Kitakyushu Youth Ship at port in Dalian, China, April 1977. Banner: Warm Welcome to the Second Sino-Japanese Friendship Kitakyushu Youth Ship! (热烈欢迎日本第二次日中友好北九州市青年之船访华团！)")
![애국가 (Aegukka) - The Patriotic Song (Anthem of North Korea) [First Recording]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DvRe2g-_n_A/hqdefault.jpg "애국가 (Aegukka) - The Patriotic Song (Anthem of North Korea) [First Recording]
From an old North Korean shellac record with the Song of General Kim Il-sung on the other side. The record isnt in great shape, but I did my best to clean up the audio.
Small note: Ri is an old Korean unit of distance.
Performer: National Arts Theatre Choir and Orchestra (국립예술극장 합창단과 관현악단)
Year recorded: 1950
Lyricist: Pak Se-yong (박세영)
Year Written: 1946
Composer: Kim Won-gyun (김원균)
Year composed: 1945
Source: Shellac record 애국가 / 김일성 장군의 노래
Picture: Kim Tu-bong, Kim Il-sung, Guo Moruo, and Terentii Shtykov at the Korean Peoples Congress celebrating the fifth anniversary of the liberation of Korea, August 1950.")
