Showing posts with label Chernobyl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chernobyl. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Liberal lawmaker reports on Chernobyl and Fukushima




At a Friday anti-nuke protest on September 2, 2016 in front of the Diet Building, FUJINO Yasufumi, a Communist member of Japan’s House of Representatives, reported on his research on nuclear power plants in Europe. He said, “A dosimeter showed a sudden increase in radiation at a bush in Pripyat, near Chernobyl even 30 years after the nuclear disaster. Nothing has changed there. I also visited Kawamata Town, Fukushima. There, former residents said that they could not return to the hometown even if the national government ordered them to do so. A town official told me that, if they postponed their return, the Japanese Government strongly pressed them to come back as soon as possible. I have reassured that nukes and mankind can never coexist”. YANAGIDA Makoto from Tampopo-sha Anti-Nuke Plaza referred to the retraction of candidacy of IZUMIDA Hirohiko, the incumbent Niigata Governor in the coming gubernatorial election. According to Yamagida, Niigata Nippo, a local paper that has been at odds with the governor, has carried five big advertisements of Tokyo Electric Power Company since the beginning of this year, which is the operator of the currently idle Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in the prefecture. He said that this is a corruption. (KINOSHITA Masaaki) 

藤野議員が「チェルノブイリ・福島」 調査報告~9.2金曜行動レポート

92日、金曜日の反原発抗議行動。今夜は国会前で共産党の藤野保史衆院議員がヨーロッパでの原発調査の報告をした。「チェルノブイリは30年たってもプリピャチという労働者の街のヤブなどに線量計をあてるとビビビッとはね上がった。何一つ変わっていない。福島にも行ってきたが、川俣町では、国が住民に帰れといっても帰れないと。帰還予定を先送りすると国がものすごい圧力をかけてきたと町の職員が訴えていた。原発と人間社会は共存できないと改めて実感した」と。たんぽぽ舎の柳田真さんは、泉田新潟県知事が立候補をとりやめた件をスピーチした。それによると、知事と対立している『新潟日報』は、今年に入って5回も東電から大きな広告を出してもらっている。これは買収だ、と。
(木下昌明)

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Angry Farmers Rally at TEPCO with their Cows, Spinach


Two trucks loaded with cows and spinach parked by Tokyo Electric Power Co. in the afternoon of April 26, 25th anniversary of Chernobyl. Some 350 supporters and members of farmers unions of Fukushima, Ibaraki and Chiba lined up in front of TEPCO building. The tanned faces of farmers were looking serious and tense while media flooded to the rally. “I can’t forgive you for contaminating my rice paddy, TEPCO,” “No Moooooore of this,” “The complete safety was a lie,” “Give me back my cow and my land,” words on the panels expressed their anger loud enough. A group of representatives handed TEPCO a demand that the company pay victims of nuclear explosion for their losses. A worker in charge of the issue came out later and apologized. “I want you to broadcast the truth,” a farmer was telling NHK television crew. “You should air the program, ‘Truth revealed 20 years after the Chernobyl accident’ again.” (By M) See photo spot news & video on UnionTube.


怒った農民!東電前に結集~牛とほうれん草をひきつれて
 チェルノブイリ25周年の4月26日昼、東京電力前の道路は、牛を積んだトラック2台が横付けされ、ほうれん草が山と積まれた。福島・茨城・千葉の農民連のメンバーら250人と支援者あわせて350人が、歩道一杯に並ぶ。日に焼けた農民の顔は険しい。メディアも殺到した。「東電 俺げの田んぼ汚したな 許せね~」「モウがまんできんゾ」「安全神話はウソだった」「牛と土地を返せ」、プラカードのどの言葉にも怒りが煮えたぎっていた。代表団は、東電に「原発被害の損害賠償をただちに行え」と要請した。その後、東電の担当部長が、ビルから出てきて謝罪するシーンもあった。またある農民はNHK取材班に対して「真実の報道をしてほしい。“チェルノブイリ 20年後の真実”の番組を再放送するべき」と強く迫っていた。(M) 写真速報  ・動画(UnionTube)