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Unprecedented anti-nuclear protests hit Japan
photo by MÃ¥rten Ekenberg (Flickr CC)
In response to public safety concerns and a general anti-nuclear sentiment in the wake of last year’s Fukushima power plant disaster, Japan was nuke-free for a couple of months. That ended earlier this month with the controversial restart of two nuclear power plants.
On Sunday anti-nuke demonstrators were out in full force, forming a human chain around the parliament complex in Tokyo. Some witnesses expressed that they haven’t seen protests on this scale in Japan since the 1960s.
From the Associated Press:
Similar demonstrations have been held outside the prime minister’s residence every Friday evening. The crowds have not dwindled, as people get the word out through Twitter and other online networking. A July 16 holiday rally at a Tokyo park, featuring a rock star and a Nobel laureate, drew nearly 200,000 people.
A spate of anti-nuclear candidates is also changing Japan’s political face, though there have been no major successes yet.
See the following video report from the Tokyo anti-nuclear rally from Al Jazeera English.
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