Japanese citizens need to bring about change through
the courts and also through
elections.
Friday, 2 November 2012
Voices of anti nuclear power are getting stronger in Japan.
The Fukushima
Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC) released a report
in this August, concluding “the accident was the result of collusion
between the government, the regulators and TEPCO, and the lack of governance by
said parties. They effectively betrayed the nation’s right to be safe from
nuclear accidents.” However so far nobody has taken any
responsibility. In despite of over 85%
of the nation want no more nuclear, Japanese government decided to carry on
with Nuclear power, planning to restart more and starting building new ones. It has been a huge wakeup call for Japanese
citizens – It’s now unstoppable. On every
Friday Anti nuclear demonstration against the government throughout Japan, “Goodbye
to Nuclear Power Plants” 10 million rally team has collected over 8.14 million signatures as of October 31, 2012. http://sayonara-nukes.org/english/
Also they are planning a 10 million anti nuclear demonstration in 45 different places throughout In Japan over this coming weekend (9-11/11,
2012) which is set to be the biggest ever demonstration of its kind. These collective efforts
led the Act for Assisting
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Victims and Affected Children to pass in the parliament
in this June. The Fukushima Nuclear Power Lawsuit Team has collected more than 10,000 cases to sue the
Japanese government and Tepco. Since the government
seems bent on adhering to the ICRP and UNSCEAR policies,
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