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Remembrance and anti-nuclear rallies mark anniversary of Japan’s tsunami

Japan marks 3rd anniversary of tsunami  Sky News, Tuesday March 11, 2014 Japan is marking the third anniversary of the quake-tsunami disaster which swept away 18,000 victims, destroyed coastal communities, and sparked a nuclear emergency that forced a re-think on atomic power.

Remembrance ceremonies will be held on Tuesday in towns and cities around the disaster zone and in the capital Tokyo, where Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are to lead tributes to those who lost their lives in Japan’s worst peace-time disaster………

The crippled plant remains volatile and experts say the complicated decommissioning process will take decades, as fears persist over the long-term health effects of leaked radiation. The accident forced tens of thousands to flee from areas around the shattered site……..

On Sunday, tens of thousands staged an anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo ahead of the anniversary, voicing anger at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plan to switch on shuttered nuclear reactors, which once supplied more than a quarter of the resource-poor nation’s power.Abe repeated his view Monday that reactors which can be deemed safe would be turned back on. All of Japan’s reactors were switched off after the accident. http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=957232

March 11, 2014 - Posted by | general

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