"Don't leave our future to the merchants of death!" Citizens Protest against Japanese-French Partnership in Nuclear Export

French President Francois Hollande visited Japan for 3 days from June 6. He had a meeting with Prime Minister ABE Shinzo on June 7. Major issues discussed between the two leaders included strengthening the Japanese-French partnership in nuclear power-generation technologies, particularly in promotion of the export of nuclear reactors. The weekly anti-nuclear protest on Friday in Kasumigaseki and the Diet area took place in the evening of the day of the bilateral summit. Thousands of protesters raised their voice against Japanese-French cooperation on developing and exporting nuclear power plant and defence technologies. They also called for repeal of the restart plan of idle reactors, suspension of the operating reactor in Oi and decommissioning of all reactors as usual Friday protests.
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 Citizens' Letter to President Hollande Says "NON!" to Bilateral Nuclear Partnership

Prior to the Hollande's visit to Japan, a group of Japanese residents in Paris sent a letter to the president, demanding him to honor his campaign pledge to reduce the dependency on nuclear power to 50% from the current 75% by 2025 and close down the aging Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant. They are members of the Yosomono (outsiders) Network France, the French chapter of the group of Japanese residents in Europe opposing to nuclear power. *Image: the logo of the Yosomono Network France

死の商人たちに未来を預けるな！～日仏首脳に抗議した６．７官邸前行動

フランスのオランド大統領が、6月6日から三日間日本訪問し、7日に安倍首相との首脳会談が行われた。オランド大統領来日の主な目的は、原子力分野における「日仏パートナーシップ」のさらなる強化であり、この首脳会談は「原発輸出推進会談」だった。日仏首脳会談があった6月7日の金曜も、霞ヶ関・国会周辺に数千の人々が集まり、再稼働中止、すべての原発廃炉を訴えた。「原発と武器の共同開発・輸出推進」で握手した日仏首脳への抗議の声も上がった。　
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原発輸出の日仏パートナーシップにNON!～オランド大統領あてに手紙

パリ在住の日本人有志（よそものネット・フランスのメンバーたち）は、オランド大統領あてに手紙を出し、「2025年までに原子力依存を75％から50%に削減し、少なくとも2017年までに老朽原発フェッセンハイムを閉鎖する」との大統領の公約を守るように訴えた。

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