SAYANORA Nukes: Japan takes it to streets to demand a nuclear-free future by DiaNuke.org

Fukushima Fallout

Weekly updates by Keito Hirabayashi

The line of protestors marches on down Omote Sando in Tokyo

The Sayonara Nukes Rally, held on July 16 in central Tokyo, was a glittering manifestation of the political awareness, determination and sheer hope that is growing almost by the day in Japan. The authorities, I’m sure, thought that once they got one nuclear reactor restarted, all the protestors would give up, go home, turn on their TVs and be good little electricity consumers again, but in fact the opposite has happened. The demonstrations at the PM’s residence every Friday show absolutely no sign of dwindling since Ohi restarted and now 170,000 people –well over the 100,000 called for—have let the world know that they want their future and that of their children to be nuclear free.