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Shut Down, Not Meltdown: Keep Japan Nuclear-Free! (Los Angeles event) Public Event
- 6-16-2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Los Angeles, California, June 15, 2012
May 5, 2012 - Japan shut down all 52 nuclear reactors following Fukushima, the worst meltdown in history on 3/11/11.
June 8, 2012- Japanese Prime Minister Noda announced his decision to order the restart of two nuclear reactors in the town of Ohi, in the prefecture of Fukuishima in Western Japan.
Prime Minister Noda also claimed that nuclear energy will remain an important source of energy for Japan in the future, thereby reconfirming Japan’s nuclear energy policy. The Japanese people say this:
"Despite all our efforts, despite the strong resistance in the region of Western Japan surrounding Ohi, and despite the fact that a majority of the Japanese people is against nuclear power, the Japanese government is bowing to pressures of the nuclear lobby in Japan."
"We have tried hard on our own, but now we believe that coordinated international pressure on Japan's government is essential to bring about real and substantial change."
"We believe that the Japanese government and the Japanese public will react very sensitively to international pressure so we wish to ask you for your support to initiate and coordinate international protest against the Japanese government."
Japan's citizens are calling for international solidarity at Japanese embassies world-wide. Join us in solidarity with the Japanese people on Friday, June 22, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. at the Japanese Embassy in downtown L.A. to help bring volume to their voices!
Friday, June 22, 2012, at 3:00 p.m.
Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles
350 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
ACTION: We will gather at 3:00 PM with signs. We will deliver a letter to the Prime Minister's representative and at 4:45 we will participate in a Die-In, where we will re-enact what it is like to suffer from deadly radiation exposure. Body painting will be available to make people look like we are bleeding from our orifices (symptom of radiation exposure).
Please note that we wish these protests to be absolutely civil and peaceful, and to fully observe the sovereign rights of the Japanese embassies abroad.
This Solidarity Action was called for by Hideyuki BAN, Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC), Kanna MITSUTA, FoE Japan, Aileen Mioko SMITH, Green Action Daisuke SATO, No Nukes Asia Forum, Akira KAWASAKI, Peace Boat, Kaori IZUMI, Shut Tomari. There will be coordinated actions in solidarity by No Nukes NW of Portland, Oregon, in San Francisco by No Nukes Action Committee and in NYC.
Press contact: C.A.N. LA (http://coalitionagainstnukesla.webs.com/)
- Coalition Against Nukes Los Angeles (C.A.N. LA): Jenessa Stemke/Aparna Bakhle
- 951-2-NO-NUKE (951-266-6853)/ and 310-498-2731
- CoalitionAgainstNukesLA@gmail.com
Facebook Event Listing: https://www.facebook.com/events/346978435370914/
Shut Down, Not Meltdown: Keep Japan Nuclear-Free!
Friday, June 22, 2012, at 3:00 p.m.
Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles
350 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Los Angeles, California, June 15, 2012
May 5, 2012 - Japan shut down all 52 nuclear reactors following Fukushima, the worst meltdown in history on 3/11/11.
June 8, 2012- Japanese Prime Minister Noda announced his decision to order the restart of two nuclear reactors in the town of Ohi, in the prefecture of Fukuishima in Western Japan.
Prime Minister Noda also claimed that nuclear energy will remain an important source of energy for Japan in the future, thereby reconfirming Japan’s nuclear energy policy. The Japanese people say this:
"Despite all our efforts, despite the strong resistance in the region of Western Japan surrounding Ohi, and despite the fact that a majority of the Japanese people is against nuclear power, the Japanese government is bowing to pressures of the nuclear lobby in Japan."
"We have tried hard on our own, but now we believe that coordinated international pressure on Japan's government is essential to bring about real and substantial change."
"We believe that the Japanese government and the Japanese public will react very sensitively to international pressure so we wish to ask you for your support to initiate and coordinate international protest against the Japanese government."
Japan's citizens are calling for international solidarity at Japanese embassies world-wide. Join us in solidarity with the Japanese people on Friday, June 22, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. at the Japanese Embassy in downtown L.A. to help bring volume to their voices!
Friday, June 22, 2012, at 3:00 p.m.
Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles
350 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
ACTION: We will gather at 3:00 PM with signs. We will deliver a letter to the Prime Minister's representative and at 4:45 we will participate in a Die-In, where we will re-enact what it is like to suffer from deadly radiation exposure. Body painting will be available to make people look like we are bleeding from our orifices (symptom of radiation exposure).
Please note that we wish these protests to be absolutely civil and peaceful, and to fully observe the sovereign rights of the Japanese embassies abroad.
This Solidarity Action was called for by Hideyuki BAN, Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC), Kanna MITSUTA, FoE Japan, Aileen Mioko SMITH, Green Action Daisuke SATO, No Nukes Asia Forum, Akira KAWASAKI, Peace Boat, Kaori IZUMI, Shut Tomari. There will be coordinated actions in solidarity by No Nukes NW of Portland, Oregon, in San Francisco by No Nukes Action Committee and in NYC.
Press contact: C.A.N. LA (http://coalitionagainstnukesla.webs.com/)
- Coalition Against Nukes Los Angeles (C.A.N. LA): Jenessa Stemke/Aparna Bakhle
- 951-2-NO-NUKE (951-266-6853)/ and 310-498-2731
- CoalitionAgainstNukesLA@gmail.com
Facebook Event Listing: https://www.facebook.com/events/346978435370914/
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