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In Japan thousands rally for “Sayonora to nuclear plants,”

Thousands rally against nuclear power in Japan Business Recorder FEBRUARY 12, 2012 Thousands demonstrated in Tokyo on Saturday against nuclear power generation, 11 months after a massive earthquake and tsunami sparked reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Kenzaburo Oe, the 1994 Nobel prize winner for literature, told a central rally at Yoyogi Park, “Radioactive waste from nuclear power plants will be borne by generations to come.”

“This must not be condoned by human beings.

It is against ethics,” the 77-year-old novelist said.

The rally was attended by 12,000 people, ….. Japanese actor Taro
Yamamoto, who has allegedly lost acting opportunities for his
anti-nuclear advocacy, told the rally: “Our country will cease to
exist if there is another big earthquake.” “To prevent our country
from ceasing to exist, we shall not allow nuclear plants to be
reactivated.” A similar rally, smaller in size, was also reportedly
staged in Niigata prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast dotted with
nuclear plants.
After the Tokyo rally, the protesters marched down the streets of
Shibuya, one of Tokyo’s major shopping and entertainment districts.

They chanted slogans and held placards reading such messages as
“Sayonora to nuclear plants,” “Have the courage to say no nukes” and
“Another accident will occur if nuclear plants are reactivated.”
http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/single/599/172/1152945/

February 14, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, opposition to nuclear