Published: July 6th, 2012 at 5:39 pm ET
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July 6, 2012 report in the Asahi Shinbun with summary translation by Fukushima Diary:
Because police shut down the exits, people were stuck underground. The organizer commented 150,000 people joined, police stated 21,000 people joined.
Tweet from journalist Minoru Tanaka translated by Fukushima Diary:
I’m in front of official residence. There are more than 100,000 people. Police blockaded the public street in front of Member of the House of Representatives meeting place to violate the right of petition.
Published: July 6th, 2012 at 5:39 pm ET
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I guess the authorities expect everyone to die quietly, smiling. At least on the Titanic they let the women and children in the lifeboats.
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on the Titanic, they locked 2nd class and 3rd class passengers below until they got all the first class women and children off to the best of their ability, then they began letting a few second class passengers up.
The First class passengers in Tokyo are mostly in the lifeboats, it's the steerage class who are left behind.
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Women and children are more sensitive to radiation. The analogy would be that they threw the women and children overboard from the Titanic, and put the men in the lifeboats.
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The protests won't stop, but using deadly nuclear power will. It's only a matter of time.
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Where is all the video? Most Japanese have some type of video camera. Where is all the video???
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saikado haintai!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kkYDWi7qZc
the weekend kick off!! joy!!
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this is in osaka!
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One of my best friends has decided to steer clear of Osaka.
Problem: His wife is there. Wifey is not too aware. He's not aware either – despite being one of those hyper-intelligent types.
But, I did tell him a few things, a few times.
My point: You can make a difference, if you do it softly and gently.
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Google
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYgqMSWtqFI
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http://youtu.be/jzq6eZEeQ2g
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That the shinto spirit, keep it up, I am the divine wind, proud of all, do it not just for yourselfs but for all,
light a flame that will ignite the world, stand up be counted, we the people have inherent rights and one of them is the right to a safe environment to live and prosper.
Long live the revolution, we have only just started and we will prevail we are the majority.
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Someone with a relative in Japan told me today that their Japanese relative was told they would have 4 hours of no electricity and this would rotate around to different groups of people. The Japanese relative understood it as the government punishing the people for opposing nuclear power.
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Sometimes the personal comments are the most striking to me.
I had to re-read ML's comment several times. Just to make sure I clearly understood.
Okay so… (my interpretation)
The Japanese government wants the relative to think it's punishment and respond accordingly. It sounds like they may have succeeded.
I certainly hope not. The Japanese relative and all their friends need to stand up now, they must now bow to the Nuclear Overlords.
The PEOPLE of Japan ARE the front line. (literally)
Blackouts are better than Fallout!
停電は、放射性降下物に好まれる !
The risk is just not worth it.
btw – In California they are called 'rolling blackouts'. It's no big deal. Far easier to handle than a rolling earthquake.
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Chas,
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btw – In California they are called 'rolling blackouts'. It's no big deal. Far easier to handle than a rolling earthquake.
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Not to mention rolling melt downs…
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Or rolling clouds of radioactive gasses and hot particles…
As someone who has worked on public awareness campaigns for many environmental and public health issues, I can tell you that the greedy SOBs always use the argument that any environmental law will deprive people. They say we want to take humanity back to the stone age, or that you must choose unlimited coal or nukes everywhere. It is a lie, a form of extortion, and a crime: don't accept their bogus "choices."
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I'd say it's a given "the government" will punish people. After all, we're only vermin in their eyes, or simply non-issue (not part of the equation).
Anyone that would spray the world with poison and tell them at the same time that it's really safe and only low level then withdraw monitors and make up false figures is … well, you know.
They know too, and are likely proud of it.
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The emerging power of Japan’s ‘Hydrangea’ revolution
Feature story – July 6, 2012
"..Like the flower it has been named after, a budding civil movement is emerging and taking root in Japan to protest against the government’s decision to restart the Ohi nuclear plant.
The restart, just 18 months after the devastating tsunami and resulting nuclear Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, has sparked indignation and alarm in a Japanese society left scarred by the catastrophe.
We are a nation not especially known for public protests or civil disobedience, the rolling demonstrations in Japan this week and last suggest a major shift in Japanese society.
This movement against nuclear energy has been named after the Hydrangea, a flower the Japanese have traditionally loved because it blooms in June and July, giving hope during the dark, rainy season…"
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/Japans-Hydrangea-revolution/
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this s a great site.. heres a snippet
"….You know you're in the middle of a Japanese revolution when a "revolutionary" is an older woman who sweetly passes out very carefully handcrafted origami hydrangea flowers. Each petal has been neatly folded out of paper, tiny buds glued one by one into the middle of each flower, and a real hydrangea leaf has been laminated and cut.
Now, let's hope Japan's government will follow suit and very carefully and lovingly craft new energy policies instead of recklessly restarting its 54 nuclear reactors even though this is an EARTHQUAKE PRONE COUNTRY with reactors sitting on fault lines!!!!
The organizers say 150,000 attended tonight's rally in drizzly weather; the police: 21,000.
NHK, Japan's public television channel, gave the demonstration 20 seconds of coverage, 40 minutes into the nightly news…"
http://tenthousandthingsfromkyoto.blogspot.co.uk/
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Many bows to those who stand out in radioactive rain to protest radioactive fallout.
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and for the musically minded
http://soundcloud.com/ryuichi_sakamoto/oi-protest-rs
saikado hantai!!
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FRYING DUTCHMAN "humanERROR"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5p283KZGa8&feature=share
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They were correct then and have been verified correct by the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission.
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Recorded live on July 6, 2012 10:31am GMT
IWJ8
iwakamiyasumi
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/23797712
from this useful link.. it covered last weeks protest
http://iwj.co.jp/channels/main/
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the u stream link shows how hard it was raining at the end!
the police seemed agressive and the chanting and clapping children were sweet!
a peaceful point well made.. what next? the protesters need to spread and strategise.. lots of smaller actions will wake people up imo.. and avoid being "kettled" by the police.. learn by the mistakes of london activists.. spread thin and MAKE SOME NOISE!
LOL!
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heres a link to the upload calender for IWJ
http://iwj.co.jp/channels/main/calendar.html
might com in handy
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Anonymous plans street demonstration for Shibuya, Tokyo on July 7
By Adam Westlake / July 6, 2012
http://japandailypress.com/anonymous-plans-street-demonstration-for-shibuya-tokyo-on-july-7-066024
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» Protests Grow In Japan, Declare Nuclear Era Is Over..
July 6th, 2012
"…No official numbers for the Tokyo protest are out yet. IWJ has taken video from helicopter again that should be available later today. It looked like most of the protest had ended by 9:30pm under a steady rain. After last weeks protest drew international attention and seemed to startle the prime minister with the sheer size, government tactics appear to have changed.
This week there were people on Twitter trying to agitate for violence or disorder at the protests. Organizers and frequent protesters urged others not to take up such actions and people began to wonder where the agitation was really coming from. The police tactics at the Tokyo protest appeared to be quite different than previous weeks where police presence was quite passive.
There have also been calls for people to begin Friday night protests in their local area if they can not make it to Tokyo…"
http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=6619
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and of course ryan was on the case too! should have got this sooner oops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjrPtTK8d7g&feature=plcp
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Police Block Access To July 6th Protest at Japanese PM's Office in Tokyo
forgot the headline of ryans video..
sorry ryan.. great journalism bro!!
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Of course, there's not a mention of this massive protest in the US MSM. No, we only get informed of Really important news like; Tom Cruise's divorce and Barrack v Mitt 24/7. So sad….
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Nothing to see now people…
… Move along. Like that?
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And if you won't move along, we'll lock you in subway tunnls, spray you with fire hoses and tear gas, pelt you with rubber bullets, or allow far-right gangs of thugs to attack you. As they say: "protect and serve" as in protect the fat cats from justice, and serve the interests of a privileged few.
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Let's not forget Li Lo! She's always up to something totally news worthy! No mention of the massive protests here in Brasil either. Yesterday they mentioned that Fuku was a manmade disaster…explaining that if it had been handled well the accident would have been controled a lot sooner than it was and all would have turned out better….hmm
So they took the opportunity to once again declare thing just fine in the land of the rising sun and mention that in all honesty it is not a bad idea to build a reactor on a fault line as long as protocol is followed after the earth quake! Incredible! I wonder what other facts are being twisted or silenced on a daily basis.
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you don't even see it mentioned on the bottom bar news ticker….
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And we wont see it on the bottom bar news ticker either, unless we put it there. We have to put it there.
We, being all the victims on the west coast of the US, should show our support for the Japan protests, by having a protest, on the shores of the pacific ocean, facing japan, facing fukushima.
It is the only civil and obiedient thing we can do, to get it mentioned on the evening news and into the minds of the masses.
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@ Jebus
Yes come on West Coasters PROTEST!
Here is an idea…
Human Chain all along the West Coast Shorelines of United States.
Pick a day, how about Saturday July 14th at 11 am?
That gives you one week to get the word out by all means possible.
GO FOR IT!
Wish I could participate but I'm in Illinois.
In Chicago we will be out Wed. the 11th at the main park in downtown Chicago, Grant Park in the early evening before a public concert passing out leaflets against nuclear. I'm going to make a big sign with a radioactive tuna on it to bring public awareness! Maybe I'll dye my hair blue in honor of the pacific ocean like KevinDBlanch on youtube (awesome anti-nuke hero)
Everybody get out! Do something this week!
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What CBC has to say about the situation http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/07/05/f-nuclear-power-post-fukushima.html
God Bless People
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hi mark , from your article
"..“Fukushima has delayed nuclear development by three or four years,” as countries re-evaluate safety around nuclear power, says Luis Echávarri, the director general of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). “But construction continues.”
In the immediate aftermath of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that led to meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, the total global operating capacity for nuclear-generated power dipped from about 372 gigawatts of electricity (GWe) — equivalent to about 14 per cent of the world’s electricity — to roughly 304 GWe, largely due to Japan and Germany switching off their nuclear plants.
However, a year after the meltdown, the amount of electricity generated from nuclear plants worldwide had risen again and is at an all time high, according to Echávarri…"
germany still switched off and japan too! how did they produce the same amount as pre fukushima?? that might explain all the euro shutdowns and releases?? and maybe the usa too? do they use npps to generate isotopes for medical production uses?
ALL TIME HIGH??
does beg the questions, how? why?
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Published on Jun 23, 2012 by FriendofFukushima
PLEASE WATCH IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
One year after the earthquake in Japan, three high school girls in Soma, Fukushima are hanging out after school in a classroom. Topics such as the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plants inevitably come up. The girls come to realize how everyone, not only themselves, is still suffering and express how they truly feel about the situation.
Pt 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VVIknv8bDw
Pt 2 Published on Jun 23, 2012 by FriendofFukushima
PLEASE WATCH IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
One year after the earthquake in Japan, three high school girls in Soma, Fukushima are hanging out after school in a classroom. Topics such as the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plants inevitably come up. The girls come to realize how everyone, not only themselves, is still suffering and express how they truly feel about the situation.
Pt 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VVIknv8bDw
Pt 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpQOxJ59ipA
Pt 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rr9SRM0WjE
this is superb! best play ive seen since the 80`s
straight from the mouths of children..
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oops! cut and paste frenzy!
sorry
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watch part 2 at 8.20 approx if you dont have time..
real life drama! and nothing of this on the msm
this is truly heartbreaking… nuclears hidden "gifts"!
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part 3 made me cry my fekkin eyes out!!
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Powerfull performence , thx arclight !
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its the most touching thing that i have seen in a long time. it shows us so much as to how these children feel… makes me want to wrap them all up and take them to safety. if you have children and you can watch this without feeling their agony about their loss of a future and the general loss and their sense of helplessness then you might stop calling yourself a human being
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By tokyobrowntabby
This is a speech by Ms. Ruiko Muto at the No-Nuke Rally in Tokyo on September 19, 2011. Ms. Muto is a member of "Action Committee for Decommissioning 40-year-old Fukushima Nuke Plant." This committee was established in November 2010, before the accident.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqvz6h_moving-speech-by-ms-muto-from-fukushima-don-t-snatch-away-our-lives-sep-19-2011-yyyyy-yyyyyyyyyy_news
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FUKUSHIMA, through the Eyes of Children [Part1/4]
By tokyobrowntabby
This video is the first part of a web media program webcasted by OurPlanet-TV(http://www.ourplanet-tv.org/?q=node/287) on January 2, 2012, as its new year's special edition. The original title of this program is "What Will Our Future Be?: Nuclear Power Plants and Radiation Seen through the Eyes of Children."
I translated some parts of the program and created a series of 4 short subtitled videos:
Part 1/4: "How the Disaster Transformed Me" (this video)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqxwav_fukushima-through-the-eyes-of-children-part1-4-how-the-disaster-transformed-me-yyyyyyyyyy-part1-4-yy_news
Part 2/4: "Looking Back on 2011" http://dai.ly/JsYC3e
Part 3/4: "Children's Opinion Poll" http://dai.ly/JYda7W
Part 4/4: "Let's Go to A Nuke Plant" http://dai.ly/JtvdFS
Translation and captioning by tokyobrowntabby.
thanks tbt for your hard work! domo arigato!
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Japanese Raising Voices Against Nuclear Reactors' Restart
"…Despite Friday’s rally being one of the biggest Tokyo has seen in
decades, NHK gave the protests only a 20-second mention 40 minutes
into its main 9 p.m. television newscast.
For Mitsukazu Asakawa, the event reminds him of the protests he took
part in against the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty more than 50 years ago.
Asakawa says since the 1960s, Japan has not seen such large street
demonstrations, which also took place in the same location…"
http://www.voanews.com/content/japenese-raising-voices-against-nuclear-reactors-restart/1364406.html
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