Dear Friends,
the Japanese Prime
Minister Noda has announced his decision to order the restart two nuclear
reactors in the town of Ohi in the prefecture of Fukui in Western Japan. He
also claimed that nuclear energy will remain an important source of energy for
Japan also in the future, thereby reconfirming Japans nuclear energy policy.
Despite all our
efforts, despite the strong resistance in the region of Western Japan
surrounding Ohi, and despite the fact that a majority of the Japanese people is
against nuclear power, the Japanese government is bowing to pressures of the
nuclear lobby in Japan. We have tried hard on our own, but now we believe that
coordinated international pressure on the Japan government is essential to
bring on real and substantial change. We believe that the Japanese government
and the Japanese public will react very sensitively to international pressure,
so we wish to ask you for your support to initiate and coordinate international
protest against the Japanese government.
Specifically we
suggest the following action within the following days (preferably on Wednesday
to Friday this week / June 13~15, 2012):
1. Please assemble
in front of the Japanese embassies in your capital to voice your protest
against the decision and policy of Prime Minister Noda
2. Please try to
submit a letter of protest -addressed to Prime Minister Noda- to the Japanese
Ambassador in your country and request the Japanese Ambassador to forward this
letter of protest to the Japanese Prime Minister
3. Please try to
seek coverage of this action by your local and international media, especially
Japanese media, as well as on the Internet
4. Please give us
notice about your planned action, so we can organize a press event in Japan to
reinforce your message to the Japanese government.
Please note that we
wish these protests to be absolutely civil and peaceful, and to fully observe
the sovereign rights of the Japanese embassies abroad.
A draft letter of
protest is attached, so you just need to sign it.
We thank you for
your support.
Japan, June 11th,
2012
Hideyuki BAN, Citizens’
Nuclear Information Center (CNIC)
Kanna MITSUTA, FoE
Japan
Aileen Miok SMITH, Green
Action
Daisuke SATO, No Nukes Asia Forum
Akira KAWASAKI, Peace
Boat
Kaori IZUMI, Shut
Tomari
