civil movement

March 30, 2013
Anti-nuclear activists gathered outside the prime minister's office on March 29 to call for an end to Japan's dependency on nuclear power and mark the one-year anniversary of...

March 16, 2013
The chants of "Kill Koreans," "Shoot 'em dead" and similarly threatening slogans being shouted at radical demonstrations across Japan are fueling debate over the need to...

January 11, 2013
Four prominent writers including Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe say they will step up their demand that Japan pulls the plug on nuclear power.

September 29, 2012
Anti-nuclear campaigners have demonstrated outside the prime minister's office weekly for six months now, bringing their message to the heart of government.

August 23, 2012
There were no smiles. There were no handshakes.

August 04, 2012
Tens of thousands of anti-nuclear protesters who have been gathering noisily outside the prime minister's office in Tokyo the past months on Friday evenings will get to make...

July 13, 2012
SHIZUOKA--A citizens group in Shizuoka Prefecture said it collected about 108,000 signatures calling for a local referendum on whether the idled reactors of the Hamaoka nuclear ...

June 16, 2012
Protesters rallied outside the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo to oppose a decision to reactivate two reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.

May 05, 2012
Workers at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido were preparing on May 5 to power down the plant's No. 3 reactor and leave Japan nuclear-free for the first time in 42...
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