Tag Archives: Yoshihiko Noda

Nuclear-free movement attracts new breed to massive Tokyo rally via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2012/07/16 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Despite being orchestrated by musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, novelist Kenzaburo Oe and other prominent figures, the Sayonara Nukes 100,000 Rally held on the July 16 national holiday in Tokyo often looked and felt like conventional old-left demonstrations. The rally to demand … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Anti-Nuclear Rally Attracts Thousands in Growing Protests via Broomberg

Posted on 2012/07/16 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Tens of thousands of people packed Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park today for Japan’s biggest anti-nuclear rally since the Fukushima disaster last year in growing protests against government moves to restart atomic reactors. Speakers at the demonstration, which broke up at 1:30 … Continue reading →

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Anti-nuclear protesters put heat on Noda via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2012/07/14 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Fifteen weeks ago, there were only 300 of them. On July 13, according to police estimates, there were 10,000 people in Tokyo’s streets with a single, simple message for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda: “Saikado Hantai” (We oppose restarts). The organizers … Continue reading →

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Japan Restarts First Nuclear Reactor Since Fukushima Crisis via Time

Posted on 2012/07/02 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

This weekend, Japan re-entered the nuclear age. A reactor at the Ohi nuclear power plant was reactivated on Sunday, the first power plant to go back online since the nation closed all its reactors in the wake of the Fukushima … Continue reading →

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Press Release (English) No Nukes Protest!! Protest calling for Noda’s Resignation!! Come to Shinjuku on Sunday, July 1!!!!

Posted on 2012/06/30 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

We can’t take it anymore!! Shame on you Noda!! Stop messing around!!!!!!!! Prime Minister Noda’s press conference on June 8th about restarting the reactors was a travesty! Who’s he trying to fool?! In the aftermath of the disaster last year, … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Cautious Return to a Nuclear Power Future via Washington Post

Posted on 2012/06/24 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

JAPAN’S PRIME MINISTER, Yoshihiko Noda, has been sailing into the political winds lately, bravely pushing a tax increase and the restarting of the country’s nuclear power stations, idled after last year’s earthquake and meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Both … Continue reading →

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Fukushima evacuees, citizens groups vexed by Oi restart decision via the Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2012/06/17 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Among those shaking their heads at the June 16 decision by the central government to resume operations at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture are evacuees in Fukushima Prefecture as well as citizens groups urging energy conservation. In … Continue reading →

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CHICAGO SAFE-ENERGY ADVOCATES PROTEST JAPAN PLANS TO RE-START NUCLEAR REACTORS via NEIS

Posted on 2012/06/17 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Protest events scheduled in other U.S. cities, Japan P.M. Noda gives re-start OK to earthquake-threatened reactors CHICAGO—There is an old saying in Japan that “The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.” On Friday, safe-energy advocates in Chicago and around … Continue reading →

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Japan Approves Two Reactor Restarts, More Seen Ahead via The New York Times

Posted on 2012/06/16 by kojimaaiko

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Saturday approved the resumption of nuclear power operations at two reactors despite mass public opposition, the first to come back on line after they were all shut down following the Fukushima crisis. Prime Minister Yoshihiko … Continue reading →

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Japan government fears non-nuclear summer will hamper restarts via Reuters

Posted on 2012/04/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – Japan’s government is rushing to try to restart two nuclear reactors, idled after the Fukushima crisis, by next month out of what experts say is a fear that surviving a total shutdown would make it hard to convince … Continue reading →

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