This is mourning protest against the Govornor of Hyogo, Motohiko Saito who violated the Whistleblower Protection Act. He suppressed a staff member's public interest disclosure and conducted a witch hunt to identify the whistleblower. One of the victims was the director of the Nishiharima Bureou, in Hyogo Prefecture. Then he left the word saying "I protest by sacrificing my life" and took his own life.
July 7th was three year death anniversary of him and this photograth shows many people mourn and express anger at the desecration of democracy.