Monday, September 19, 2011

Japan Against Nuclear Power

Tens of thousands of people marched in Tokyo on Monday in the biggest show of public opposition to nuclear power since the start of the Fukushima Daiichi crisis in March.

The protesters, who included residents of Fukushima prefecture, called for the immediate closure of all of Japan's nuclear reactors and a new energy policy centred on renewables.

The protest on Monday was one of the biggest since the disaster: 60,000 strong, said the organizers; 20,000 said the police..