- The march was called the Internet is aimed at protesting against nuclear energy in a festive atmosphere, although accompanied by a police cordon
About 17,000 people protested in Tokyo against the nuclear shouting "We do not need Fukushima," referring to the nuclear crisis that triggered the earthquake and tsunami of March 11 in Japan .
The protesters were deployed in various parts of the Japanese capital, including including the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), operator of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which has serious problems in four of six reactors and emits radiation.
According to NHK television, some 2,000 people marched in the morning convened by eight anti-nuclear associations to demand the closure of all nuclear-fuel power plants in Japan.
In Koenji (in the north of the capital) 15,000 people gathered in the afternoon, according to the survey carried out by the local agency Kyodo.
As indicated by participants, the march was called by internet in order to protest against nuclear energy in a festive atmosphere, although accompanied by a police cordon.
The demonstrators shouted slogans to demand the closure of the plant in Fukushima and for alternative energy.
Representatives of these associations also requested the closure of the Hamaoka plant in Shizuoka prefecture, because they consider a high risk of suffering a similar injury to that of Fukushima Daiichi if hit by a tsunami.
The 9 earthquake on March 11, which marks one month ago, shattered by the force of the tsunami after power generators to cool down the reactor Fukushima, causing several explosions and releases of radioactivity.
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