Remember Fukushima! Don’t restart nukes!: 32,000 joined anti-nuke action

Even three years have passed since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, 140,000 people are still forced to evacuate without being able to return home. On March 9, 2014, 32,000 participated in the “Joint Action for a Nuke-Free Society” hosted by three organizations including the Metropolitan Coalition Against Nukes. It was held at Hibiya Park in central Tokyo. There were desperate reports from Fukushima, Fukui and Ehime where there are nuclear power plants. SAKAMOTO Ryuichi, a world-renowned musician, introduced a memorial song he made after the Great East Japan Earthquake. After the rally, the participants marched to the parliament to hold another rally there. Jinta-ra Muta, a band of chindon-ya musical sandwichmen, sang “Unyielding People”, and KAN Naoto, former prime minister, and SHII Kazuo, the leader of the Japanese Communist Party, strongly criticized the pro-nuclear policies of the current Abe administration. (Shinya)
On March 8, another anti-nuke rally was held in the Kansai district, and the above action in Tokyo was followed by a subsequent one on March 15, which was joined by more than 5,000. Thus, various events were held to commemorate the third anniversary of the Fukushima disaster in all around Japan.
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福島を忘れるな！再稼働を許すな！～3.9 原発ゼロ大統一行動に3万2千人

3.11から3年が経ったいまも、14万人が故郷に帰れず避難生活を強いられている。3月9日、首都圏反原発連合など三団体主催の「原発ゼロ大統一行動」がとりくまれ、3万2千人が参加した。日比谷野音の集会には福島、福井、愛媛現地からの切実な報告があった。また坂本龍一さんは震災後につくったという追悼の曲を紹介し、満席の会場に流れた。集会後、国会請願デモ・国会包囲行動、国会正門前集会が開かれた。ジンタらムータが「不屈の民」を歌い、菅直人前首相、志位和夫共産党委員長は安倍政権の原発推進を厳しく批判した。（shinya）
さらに、「関西では３・８集会に7000人が集い、東京では３・１５にも再び集会が開かれ、5000人以上が参加するなど、1週間をとおして日本各地で多数のフクシマ3周年集会が行われた。