Editing Ryuichi Sakamoto (section)

==Activism==
Sakamoto was a member of the [[anti-nuclear]] organization [[Stop Rokkasho]] and demanded the closing of the [[Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thanks.yahoo.co.jp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607213713/http://www.geocities.co.jp/genpatusinsai/|url-status=dead|title=サービス終了のお知らせ|archive-date=June 7, 2014|website=Thanks.yahoo.co.jp}}</ref> In 2012, he organized the No Nukes 2012 concert, which featured performances by 18 groups, including Yellow Magic Orchestra and [[Kraftwerk]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kraftwerk, YMO sing the No Nukes rally cry|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120708b5.html|access-date=July 17, 2012|newspaper=[[The Japan Times]]|date=July 8, 2012|archive-date=July 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711045744/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120708b5.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The No Nukes 2012 Concert and the Role of Musicians in the Anti-Nuclear Movement|url=http://www.japanfocus.org/-Noriko-MANABE/3799|access-date=July 17, 2012|newspaper=The Asia-Pacific Journal|date=July 16, 2012}}</ref> Sakamoto was also known as a critic of [[copyright law]], arguing in 2009 that it is antiquated in the [[Information Age]]. He argued that in "the last 100 years, only a few organizations have dominated the music world and ripped off both fans and creators" and that "with the internet we are going back to having tribal attitudes towards music."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/may/19/turning-japanese-ryuichi-sakamoto|title=Turning Japanese: The Philosophy of Ryuichi Sakamoto|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=UK|first=Alex|last=Hoban|date=May 19, 2009|access-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>

In 2015, Sakamoto also supported opposition to the [[relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma]] in the [[Ōmura Bay]] in Henoko, with a new and Okinawan version of his 2004 single "Undercooled"<ref>{{Citation|last={{notatypo|comm|mons}}|title="Miruku Yugafu – Undercooled" Unaigumi + Ryuichi Sakamoto|date=October 20, 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-C2Tdx-jt4| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202055412/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-C2Tdx-jt4&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=February 2, 2019 | url-status=dead|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref> whose sales partially contributed to the "Henoko Fund", aimed to stop the relocation of the base on [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]].<ref name="english.ryukyushimpo.jp">{{Cite news|url=http://english.ryukyushimpo.jp/2015/09/06/20089/|title=Misako Koja and Ryuichi Sakamoto to co-produce song for Henoko Fund|work=Ryukyu Shimpo – Okinawa, Japanese newspaper, local news|access-date=August 26, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

Sakamoto was also an [[environmentalist]]. In one of his last public activities before his death, he sent a letter to Tokyo Governor [[Yuriko Koike]] in early March 2023 calling for the suspension and review of the planned redevelopment of the [[Jingūmae]] neighborhood in Tokyo due to environmental concerns.<ref name="english.ryukyushimpo.jp"/>

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In 2006, Sakamoto, in collaboration with Japanese music company [[Avex Group]], founded {{Nihongo|[[{{notatypo|com|mmons}}]]|コモンズ|Komonzu}}, a record label seeking to change the manner in which music is produced. Sakamoto explained that ''{{notatypo|com|mmons}}'' was not his label but is a platform for all aspiring artists to join as equal collaborators to share the benefits of the [[music industry]]. On the initiative's "About" page, the label is described as a project that "aims to find new possibilities for music, while making meaningful contribution to culture and society". The name "''{{notatypo|com|mmons}}''" is spelt with three "m"s because the third "m" stands for music.<ref>{{cite web|title=about {{notatypo|com|mmons}}|url=http://www.commmons.com/about/index_eng.html|website={{notatypo|comm|mons}}|publisher={{notatypo|comm|mons}}/AMI|access-date=June 22, 2014|date=June 22, 2014}}</ref>