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Taiwan’s Anti-Nuclear Rallies Witness 45,000 Protesters via International Business Times

Posted on 2015/03/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Thousands of people gathered on the streets of Taiwan on Saturday to protest against the island’s use of nuclear energy and its plan to ship nuclear waste abroad. The protests come just days after Japan marked the fourth anniversary of its Fukushima power plant nuclear … Continue reading →

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Tens of thousands of protesters attend anti-nuclear events in Tokyo via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2013/10/16 by norma field

With all the nation’s 50 nuclear reactors offline, an estimated 40,000 people attended a series of demonstrations in central Tokyo on Oct. 13 organized by three anti-nuclear civic groups to express their opposition to the government’s push for restarts. In … Continue reading →

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London demo in solidarity with Japanese anti-nuclear protesters via Stop Nuclear Power Network UK

Posted on 2012/10/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

THIS FRIDAY WE WILL BE HOLDING A SOLIDARITY PROTEST OUTSIDE THE JAPANESE EMBASSY IN LONDON, FOLLOWED BY A SHORT PROTEST OUTSIDE THE OFFICES OF TEPCO, THE OPERATOR OF THE FUKUSHIMA 1 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. 9am-12:50pm (PLEASE NOTE NEW LATER FINISH … Continue reading →

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【video】Tens of Thousands Protest Nuclear Power in Tokyo

Posted on 2012/09/10 by norma field

From 29 June 2012, with subtitles

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Antinuke demonstrators form human chain around Diet building via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/07/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Ordinary citizens by the hundreds join activists in human chain By SETSUKO KAMIYA and MIZUHO AOKI Staff writers Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people including ordinary citizens and antinuclear activists gathered in Tokyo Sunday afternoon to form a human chain around … Continue reading →

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UPDATE 1-Ex-Japan PM joins anti-nuclear demo outside PM’s office via Reuters

Posted on 2012/07/20 by norma field

By Mari Saito and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO, July 20 (Reuters) – In a rare move by a former Japanese prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama joined a boisterous anti-nuclear demonstration outside his old office on Friday, a fresh sign that the ruling … Continue reading →

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Huge changes occurring in protest techniques in Japan via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2012/07/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Where “revolution” could once be defined in Japan as something akin to the violent protests in 1960 against the revision of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, today’s growing protests against nuclear power are redefining the term. The protests have been orderly … Continue reading →

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“We want genpatsu in Tokyo!” – The new sarcastic edge of Japan’s anti-nuclear demos via Japan Focus

Posted on 2011/10/17 by norma field

“We want genpatsu [nuclear power plant] in Tokyo!” “Japanese nuclear power plants are so safe that we could even build one in Tokyo Bay.” “Radiation can’t get to you if you’re smiling. It only gets to people who are worried.” … Continue reading →

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Hinkley Point protest: Blockade at nuclear power station via BBC News

Posted on 2011/10/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

More than 100 protesters are blockading the entrance to Hinkley Point power station in Somerset. Protesters say this will the first of a number of protests if the government pushes ahead with its plans for a new nuclear power station … Continue reading →

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