Saturday, 16 June 2012 (13:30 Japan time.)
This is a partial list of international action that has taken place
against Japanese nuclear power plant restart. Letters have been sent to
Prime Minister Noda, and protests have been held in front of Japanese
embassies/consulates. The list has been compiled by Green Action, Peace
Boat, and Shut Tomari. (See contact details below.)
AUSTRALIA
〉 Canberra
Senator Scott Ludlam (Australian Greens) sent a letter in protest to
the Ambassador of Japan to Australia, Sato Shigekazu on June 12
〉 Melbourne
Representatives of the MAPW (Medical Association for Prevention of War)
and Japanese for Peace visited the Consulate General of Japan, and
presented letter against restart to Consul Chiba Hirohisa.
〉 Adelaide: Open letter sent by: Irene Gale
FRANCE
〉 Paris
Letter sent in protest on June 15 by "Sortir du nucléaire", a
federation of 57,000 members and 940 associations.
http://www.sortirdunucleaire.
FINLAND
〉 Currently confirming
GERMANY
〉 Berlin
June 13
All 53 German Green Party parliamentarians signed/all Green Party
representative signed. Also additional signatures were presented
against
restart. Submission was to the Japanese Embassy in Berlin, addressed to
Prime Minister Noda, Fukui Governor Nishikawa.
〉 Berlin
Letter sent to Prime Minister Noda from European MP Rebecca Harms on
June 12
〉 Frankfurt
Protest on June 15 in front of the Consulate General of Japan at the
Messeturm. Protest letters addressed to the General Consul and Prime
Minister Noda directly delivered.
INDIA
〉 Mumbai: Open letter sent by Sukla Sen EKTA (Committee for Communal
Amity)
ITALY
〉 Rome
An appeal with 3700 signatures presented to the Japanese Embassy in
Rome, as well as a press conference on June 13.
http://isdepalermo.ning.com/
KOREA
〉 Seoul
Japanese residents in Korea and the NGO Energy Justice Actions held a
demonstration in front of the Japanese Embassy on June 15, 11:00
THAILAND
〉Bangkok
15 June
http://www.daylife.com/photo/
"Rethink, not Restart"
Thai activists hold placards at a protest rally against Japanese
decision to restart two reactors at Ohi nuclear power plant, outside
the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday June 15, 2012.
UNITED STATES
〉 New York City
June 15, 2pm
Rally organised by the “Manhattan Project” held in front of the
Consulate General of Japan
Letters delivered for Prime Minister Noda in protest of the pending
re-start of the reactors at Ohi.
〉 California, June 15
Coordinated action simultaneous with New York
〉 Oregon, June 15
Coordinated action simultaneous with New York
〉 Chicago
June 15
Action in front of the Japanese Consulate organised by the Nuclear
Energy Information Service (NEIS) www.neis.org
PLANNED Actions
〉 Washington DC
June 18, 12 noon
Rally in front of the Embassy of Japan, 2520 Massachusettes Avenue NW,
near Dupont Circle
〉 Los Angeles
June 22, 3pm
Shut Down, Not Meltdown: Keep Japan Nuclear-Free! Public Event
Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles, 350 South Grand Avenue
Letters to be delivered to the Prime Minister's representative
From 4:45 a Die-In, re
