Published: July 6th, 2012 at 5:03 pm ET
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Tweets from July 6, 2012 protest in Tokyo translated by Fukushima Diary (Emphasis Added):
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Can’t get out of the subway station “Kokkaigijidomae (= in front of National Diet)”. Police shut down all the exits except for just one. It’s completely under control. but people are yelling against restart of nuclear plants underground.
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At “Kokkaigijidomae (= in front of National Diet)” station. Police is blockading the exits for the reason that outside is too full. People are arguing with police.
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Police is shutting down the exits of subway station one after one, people are stuck underground to come late. They can’t get out, platform and ticket gates are full like Sushi, women are screaming. Cabinet of Noda is trying to oppress the voice of people. It was really dangerous today.
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Just back from in front of official residence. Today I got out of the exit No.4 of Kokkaigijidomae (= in front of National Diet) station (Only exit No4 was open.) but it was so full of people, took me so much time to get out. Police shut down other exits for security, people couldn’t get out to come late. From next time, maybe they should walk from further stations.
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I think a lot of people were irritated today. Subway exits were blockaded by police, the queue was made long, finally arrived at Kasumigaseki (government district) but kept on the corner of the sidewalk. However, people kept yelling “No restart”. It was raining hard but they didn’t stop.
Published: July 6th, 2012 at 5:03 pm ET
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They must be laboring under the strange notion that in a constitutional democracy the people ought to be heard.
You can shut 'em in the basement if you like, but I can hear them all the way over here on the West Coast.
Go Japan!
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"people are yelling against restart of nuclear plants underground" – we need to yell everywhere NO NUKES.
Whether you're at a protest or not
"Turn back the Nuclear Tide" – a protest song. My protest song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUION74pB4I
Go Japan, Go.
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How many people are in the Tokyo area? 20 million?
We'll know they have the force they need when one million are in a protest. That's five percent.
One out of 20. Come on, Japan. Get into the streets and do something that stuns the nation.
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How To Prevent Any New Nuclear Power Plants From Being Built, Shut Down Old Ones, Switch To 100% Renewables; via A Green Road http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/05/how-to-prevent-any-new-nuclear-power.html
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Please, my fellow Japanese humans, please stand up and protest and demand the truth and an end to nuke plants!
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4 Police men and a crowd wanting to get out? Policemen are so coward in Japan they get scared so easily and will back off right away. I've been witness to that more than once in Japan, watching cops hesitate to intervene in youth fight whereas one guy gets beat up by about 6 other guys. What these protests need is strong leaders at the front of the pack, guys who can intimidate cops verbally and make the rest of the crowd more courageous and able to confront the police force.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Police, protecting & serving the sh*t out of people since …
Oh, since the student riots of the 1960's, after which their numbers were drastically increased, never to be lowered again.
Well known fact: Japan has one of the lowest crime-rates in the world. It also one of the lowest arrest rates, yet highest rates of successful prosecution. And the Death Penalty, yay!
All this in a country where the major crime is bicycle theft.
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I'm mad as hell & I'm not gonna take it anymore …
English Teacher in Japan for 15yrs here. This is my home & I'm not going anywhere.
I was on the fence about the nuclear issue. Kind of believed that (with a chronic shortage of natural resources like oil) we need Nuclear Power.
One of the reasons for the restart of the Ooi reactor is apparently that these things need electricity themselves, even when they're switched off, to help keep them cool. You can believe that or not (I know, I know: "backup systems, where?"), but I have it on good authority that this is what caused Osaka Gov. Hashimoto to change his mind. Kansai relies more heavily on Nuclear energy than Tokyo. If there was a sudden blackout in the summer …
ANYWAY, I was kind of under the impression that was how all Japanese people felt – that it can't be helped.
That was until last weekend, or rather the Monday after, when one of my students told me about Friday Night Fever at Kasumigaseki.
A quick google search later brought up not just that but a whole host of related stories which HAVE NOT BEEN ON TV OR IN MY NEWSPAPER.
That really grinds my gears.
You guys are WAY better informed than we are here!!!
We've been lied to since the beginning, now they are just NOT TELLING US stuff
(another example being where the rubbish is being burned.)
People need to talk about these things, and they can't if they're not given any information.
And now we're being oppressed too.
I am so there next week.
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welcome weeaboo
heres some thoughts from ryan
u might catch up with him!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtaVatxH-Uw&list=LLAYm_MeZd16g5tOlHn35Stg&feature=mh_lolz
saikato hantai!
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dont forget to take a camera and upload it so we get more eyes on the scene.. the msm is not very helpful…. lol!
peace
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ty, I'm aware of Ryan & I'll look out for him. His reports are great. Is he on here? I will try and get some pics, but i am not good with computer.
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btw, some of the best pics I've seen of the demos are here:
http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/feature/5871/Tokyo-residents-protest-against-nuclear-restarts
(from the June 22 demo. – scroll down for pics.)
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