civil movement

Anti-nuke activists mark 1st anniversary of weekly...
Protesters call for an end to the use of nuclear power outside the prime minister's office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on March 29. (Soichiro Yamamoto)
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...
Radical demonstrations spur debate on regulating...
Activists carry Rising Sun Flags and call out "Kill 'em!" as they march through the Shin-Okubo district of Tokyo, known as a Koreatown, during a demonstration titled "Drive South Korea out of Takeshima!" on Feb. 17. (Hideaki Ishibashi)
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...
Writers pledge to step up calls for nuclear...
From left to right, Satoshi Kamata, Kenzaburo Oe, Hisae Sawachi and Keiko Ochiai--representatives of an anti-nuclear civil advocacy group--speak at a Jan. 10 news conference in Tokyo. (Daisuke Shimizu)
Four prominent writers including Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe say they will step up their demand that Japan pulls the plug on nuclear power.
Anti-nuclear rallies pass the 6-month mark
Protesters denounce Japan's dependence on nuclear power, during a weekly Friday night rally outside the prime minister's office in Tokyo's Nagatacho district, Sept. 28. (Hiroki Endo)
Anti-nuclear campaigners have demonstrated outside the prime minister's office weekly for six months now, bringing their message to the heart of government.
Anti-nuke protesters walk away empty-handed after...
Members of the Metropolitan Coalition Against Nukes meet Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at the prime minister's office in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Aug. 22. On the far right is former Prime Minister Naoto Kan. (Satoru Semba)
There were no smiles. There were no handshakes.
Noda gives in, will meet leaders of anti-nuke...
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda answers reporters' questions at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo on Aug. 3. (Satoru Semba)
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...
Shizuoka group collects 100,000 signatures for nuke ...
Passers-by sign a petition in Aoba Park in Shizuoka's Aoi Ward on May 13 calling for a local referendum on whether the idled Hamaoka nuclear power plant should be restarted. (Daiki Koga)
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 ...
400 protest Oi nuke reactor restarts at prime...
Demonstrators gather in front of the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on June 16 to protest a decision to restart idle reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant. (Sayaka Yamaguchi)
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.
Anti-nuclear activists pessimistic despite historic ...
Protestors fill a road in front of the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on the night of April 13, around the time the government concluded that it is appropriate to restart the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant. (Mari Endo)
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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