Antinuclear group to hold 1st of annual meetings in Fukushima
Jun. 8, 2011
A Japanese group working for the elimination of nuclear weapons will convene the first of its annual meetings this summer in Fukushima Prefecture, home to the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a member of the group said Tuesday.
The Japan Congress Against A- and H-Bombs, or Gensuikin, which has been calling for a nuclear-free world based on the country's experience of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, has decided this year to also focus on opposing nuclear power plants.
The meeting will be held in the city of Fukushima on July 31, followed by meetings on Aug. 4 to 6 in Hiroshima and Aug. 7 to 9 in Nagasaki. The group will wrap up its meetings in Okinawa Prefecture around Aug. 11, where the U.S. military presence is set to be discussed.
''We have been arguing that nukes and humans cannot coexist, but I feel powerless that it has been proven this way,'' said Toshihiro Inoue, vice director of Gensuikin, referring to the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima plant.
''We have to change Japanese society, which is built on burdening local residents with troublesome facilities such as nuclear power plants and U.S. military bases,'' he said.
It will be the group's first meeting in Fukushima, it said.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on June 7, 2011)
The Japan Congress Against A- and H-Bombs, or Gensuikin, which has been calling for a nuclear-free world based on the country's experience of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, has decided this year to also focus on opposing nuclear power plants.
The meeting will be held in the city of Fukushima on July 31, followed by meetings on Aug. 4 to 6 in Hiroshima and Aug. 7 to 9 in Nagasaki. The group will wrap up its meetings in Okinawa Prefecture around Aug. 11, where the U.S. military presence is set to be discussed.
''We have been arguing that nukes and humans cannot coexist, but I feel powerless that it has been proven this way,'' said Toshihiro Inoue, vice director of Gensuikin, referring to the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima plant.
''We have to change Japanese society, which is built on burdening local residents with troublesome facilities such as nuclear power plants and U.S. military bases,'' he said.
It will be the group's first meeting in Fukushima, it said.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on June 7, 2011)
