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| Noda to meet with antinuclear rally organizers | |
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| skibboy | 3 Aug 2012, 01:31 AM Post #1 |
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Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 Noda to meet with antinuclear rally organizers Kyodo Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will meet the organizers of the antinuclear rallies attended by tens of thousands of protesters every Friday outside his office, possibly next week, according to government sources. Members of the Metropolitan Coalition Against Nukes, which vocally protested the July restart of two reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, earlier this week asked former Prime Minister Naoto Kan and other Diet members to arrange a meeting with Noda. The prime minister has been reluctant to meet with them until now, but the growing scale of the protests has apparently forced a change of stance. Noda intends to listen to the activists' views but will reiterate his support for restarting the two Oi reactors and explain the safety measures taken, the sources said. The coalition's first antinuclear rally drew only 300 people March 29, but the number of protesters has continued to swell, especially after the government's approval June 16 for the Oi reactor to be restarted. About 200,000 people turned out for a demonstration held June 29, according to the organizers, although the Metropolitan Police Department put the figure at less than 20,000. source: ![]() |
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