Monday, April 11, 2011

Demonstration in Tokyo against nuclear power

Tokyo. .- Some 17,500 people demonstrated on Sunday in two separate measures to protest against nuclear power Fukushima 1, caused the worst civil nuclear incident in the history of Japan. About 15,000 people gathered in a primary near Koenji station via the Internet called by local traders and ordinary people through Twitter, has informed the Japanese news agency Kyodo.

"I heard about this on Twitter. It is time to stop nuclear power," said Takashi Kamiyama, a parent who participated in the rally along with their 2 and 6 years. "I will do everything I can for these kids," he said. One of the organizers, Hajime Matsumoto, stressed the importance of an informal call via the Internet has gone ahead without the support of any large organization.

"We have a great power when we join hands across the internet," he said. On the other hand, Shiba Park in the Minato district, about 2,500 people supported a merger to demand the halt of Hamaoka plant, located in Shizuoka Prefecture, where geologists predict that could be located the epicenter of a major earthquake.

"We now know that nuclear plants can not be controlled by humans," said one protester, the photographer Gentaro Todaka. "We want to close the plant in Hamaoka, the most dangerous, and stop the campaign for nuclear power plants are built everywhere," he said.

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