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Anti-atom Japanese rally in thousands (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Published time: July 29, 2012 13:26
Edited time: July 29, 2012 18:04
Thousands of activists protest near Japan’s parliament, demanding no resumption of nuclear power generation.(AP video shot)
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Thousands of activists have shown up for a protest around Japan’s parliament, demanding that the government not restart the nuclear power plants, which have been put on hold after last year’s Fukushima nuclear disaster.

­Many of the protesters came to Japan's parliament complex wearing gas masks. They chanted anti-nuclear slogans and were beating on yellow oil-drums. They also voiced their anger at the restart of two plants earlier this month.

Organizers put the number of those who came at 200,000 people, though police estimated the lower figure of 17,000.

The information about details of the planned protest was actively being spread via Twitter and social networks.  

The main aim was to attract ordinary people’s attention to the problem.

In comparison, the first rally in a string of peaceful events fueled by fears over the safety of nuclear power on March 29 gathered only 300 people.

Protesters have grown increasingly frustrated with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s order to restart two reactors – No. 3 and nearby No. 4 – in June.

The public fears over the risks of nuclear power are at decades high after the meltdown at the Fukushima Daichi power plant, which happened after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Several probes into the accident revealed the poor state of both industry safety standards and governmental regulation of the nuclear power industry.

Prior to the disaster Japan received a third of its electricity output from nuclear power. After Fukushima, all of the country’s operational reactors were suspended for safety inspections. All 50 working reactors in Japan went offline in May for “routine checks”.

The government says Japan’s economy cannot function without the restart of reactors, explaining that people's living standards could not be maintained without nuclear energy.

Just days before the latest protest, on Friday, activists gathered outside Prime Minister Noda’s residence.

Protesters were chanting "No to restart! No to nuclear power!" and holding up banners with anti-nuclear slogans. (AP video shot)
Protesters were chanting "No to restart! No to nuclear power!" and holding up banners with anti-nuclear slogans. (AP video shot)
Protesters, many wearing gas masks and beating on big, yellow oil-drums, were heading to the Prime Minister′s office and the parliament building.(AP video shot)
Protesters, many wearing gas masks and beating on big, yellow oil-drums, were heading to the Prime Minister's office and the parliament building.(AP video shot)
Organizers put the number of those who came to 200,000 people, though police estimated the lower figure of 17,000.(AP video shot)
Organizers put the number of those who came to 200,000 people, though police estimated the lower figure of 17,000.(AP video shot)

Comments (4)

A.Smith 29.07.2012 22:41

The Japanese Yakuza and the Jewish Mafia coupled with their shyster lawyers have deep investments in buying up these old Japanese nuclear reactors long after their designed operating lifespan then milking billions from the government and citizens under various scams and illegal guises.

That is precisely why Japan isn't going to shut down all of it's Japanese Reactors, it's not that Japan can't produce enough electrical power without them, it's nearly entirely 'who actually owns them' is the reason.

Simpl y by dumping millions of tons of highly radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean the Jewish Mafia,Yakuza pockets BILLIONS in costs it would normally have taken to legally dispose of those high level radioactive waste. Even the Zionist media outlets are in on the corruption, lies and evil schemes by spewing all of that horrific millions of gallons and ton's of high level waste will simply be diluted to nothing in the Pacific Ocean, what BS, already radioactive Tuna have turned up in Alaska and on USA consumers dinner plates.

The Italian Mafia has been alleged doing a similar scam on EU-Zone reactors for years with huge old WW2 cargo ships ready for mothballs were loaded by those criminals with spent reactor fuel rods and extremely radioactive waste and illegally sunk offshore in the Mediterrean Sea, pocketing the actual money meant to properly dispose of all of that waste while poisoning vast areas of sealife and of course those that eat sea-food from the Mediterrean Sea. The Jewish Mafia Don's must have been taking notes and latched onto the cheap 1960's, 1970's commercial reactors that were due to be de-commissioned but with Jewish Mafia and Yakuza threats,bribes and extortion were granted licenses and the Zionist media outlets started spewing those ancient burnt-out reactors could run another 20 YEARS!

Multip le old commercial power reactors across USA also appear to have begun 'suddenly' leaking deadly Tritium directly into USA's rivers, streams and drinking water during the Bush jr. administration and continues today. Bush-Cheney shifted federal enviromental laws to not include the programs, projects under the USA Dept. of Energy.

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Somesheep (unregistered) 29.07.2012 16:25

@Resistance Is Strong (unregistered) wrote in #1

I would agree with much of what you say. Though I would like to add these things: Japan has massive potential for Tidal wave renewable energy and geothermal. Also, it would take solar panels taking up the space of Arizona to power LA, not only would that destroy your economy but also the wildlife so all those greenpeace people who are strong advocates for this can forget about it. I've heard that you can add different elements into the pool or into the Uranium rods themselves (wasn't specified for a reason) to completely depelte them to 0% while lasting 20 times longer. Maybe this was what you were referring to.

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Demo? Are you enough? (unregistered) 29.07.2012 16:10

You Japanese have no future. Then, your decision was just protest?I bet you guys' life is very cheap.
You have no "seriousness". You don't understand your position.Japanese gov was/is killing you by many direction from long years.
You don't study international affairs and never show the interest.You really don't know about Jewish threat and Israel.
Yeah, I know, you Japanese students are likely disturbing the decent elites in the classroom by chatting loudly, insulting them, or hitting them. You have no right but you never feel the guilty to violate others' right to study. This never-study low quality "common people" are dominatig the school and threatening the elites' life.

Befor e 1 year, Fukushima "common people" COULD decide not to born any child, I mean, to have sex with condom. Then, time passed by, they are crying with deformed kids and say "it is all goverment's fault.", "Japan is destroying kids' hope."
I hated this such self-claimed good people through my life.They threaten others' life and human right without thinking.But they never recognize their responsibility and even behave they are poor victims.
I always used to feel you are really evil race. You are always escaping.The souls of all social-class Japanese are full of such evils;"innocent angel (evil)".

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