Question

More than 7 million people in Japan protested in support of Palestine.

Answer 1

False.

On October 18th the No Kings protests attracted seven million people worldwide, but this mostly occurred in the United States, not Japan, and its main goal was not to support Palestine.

According to the No Kings website, over seven million Americans participated in anti-Trump "sustained national resistance against tyranny" and protested last Sunday.

In Japan, there was also a No Kings/No Tyranny protest, but this only attracted 200 people (of Japanese and American nationality), which is nowhere near seven million (https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/no-tyrants-protest).

I also tried to factcheck the image presented in the post, which is blurry and depicts a large crowd waving Palestinian flags. I was unable to find it anywhere else online, but it could be AI or an image from a different protest.

https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/no-tyrants-protest

https://www.nokings.org/about-nk

Answer 2

No, there were not more than 7 million people protesting in Japan on October 18th, when the BlueSky post was posted. There are said to be around 7 million people who showed up for the “No Kings” protests within the United States on that day, however. (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93xgyp1zv4o). The image used in the claim appears to be AI generated and has been previously reported on back in August (https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-7-million-people-in-japan-march-for-palestine-this-clip-is-ai-2777208-2025-08-26). While there were a couple of protests held in Japan for both “No Kings/Tyrants” and in support of Palestine, this image is false and the claim that 7 million people were protesting in Japan on that day is incorrect. 

Answer 3

This is false. The person who posted that video was investigated in this article. The TikTok accounts name was urika.huh, and the post in question was noted with an AI disclaimer in the description. The post that is linked here is a repost of an AI video from TikTok to Bluesky.