Thousands march against nuclear power in Tokyo

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Thousands march against nuclear power in Tokyo

Chanting "Sayonara nuclear power" and waving banners, tens of thousands of people marched in central Tokyo to call on Japan's government to abandon atomic energy in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident.

The demonstration underscores how deeply a Japanese public long accustomed to nuclear power has been affected by the March 11 crisis, when a tsunami caused core meltdowns at three reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex.

The disaster — the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl — saw radiation spewed across a wide part of northeastern Japan, forcing the evacuation of some 100,000 people who lived near the plant and raising fears of contamination in everything from fruit and vegetables to fish and water.

"Radiation is scary," said Nami Noji, a 43-year-old mother who came to the protest on this national holiday with her four children, ages 8-14. "There's a lot of uncertainty about the safety of food, and I want the future to be safe for my kids."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/thousands-march-against-nuclear-power-in-tokyo-2357126.html


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How much better it would have been had Fukushima government been able to close down these

reactors 5-6 years ago when they wanted to given the age of the reactors, their design --

and the increasing seismic activity being reported by Japanese scientists -- !!

Would have saved Japan and the world a lot of suffering -- !!