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Large rally against nuclear power in Tokyo

Japanese rally against nuclear power Sky News,  March 15, 2014 Thousands of campaigners have rallied against nuclear power in Tokyo as the government and utilities move toward resumption of reactors in southern Japan.

More than 5000 protesters gathered at Hibiya Park in downtown Tokyo on Saturday to urge the government not to restart nuclear plants, as regulators review whether to let Kyushu Electric Power to restart two reactors at its Sendai power plant. Japan is prone to earthquakes. We have to seriously think about whether nuclear power is a good idea for Japan,’ said Masatoshi Harada, 60, as he joined fellow protesters at the park and later to march toward the Ginza shopping district.

‘This is an opportunity for Japan to drop nuclear power,’ he said.

Last week tens of thousands held a rally at the same site to voice fears about any reliance on nuclear power.

Saturday’s event came days after Japan marked the third anniversary of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Japan in March 11, 2011………. protesters argued that Japan can live without nuclear power as it has done so for many months.

All of the nation’s roughly 50 commercial nuclear reactors have remained offline due to tense public opposition to restarting them.

‘Nuclear plants have been closed, so you cannot say we cannot live without nuclear energy,’ anti-nuclear campaigner Junichi Okano said.http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=958583

March 17, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general