A protester holds a poster denouncing Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda during a rally against the government's plans to restart two reactors at the Oi plant in Fukui Prefecture, in Tokyo on Sunday.
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A protester holds a poster denouncing Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda during a rally against the government's plans to restart two reactors at the Oi plant in Fukui Prefecture, in Tokyo on Sunday.
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NetNinja
That board is AWESOME. I totally want that on a T-Shirt. That's wicked. He put a lot of time into creating that.
Sell those TShirts. It's not like the police can rip the clothes off your body.
Onniyama
Totally awesome! I would definitely wear a t shirt with this on it. Well done whoever you are.
Paul Kangas
Noda is trying to catch a golden parachute from the nuke industry.
Paul Kangas
I am copying the image. Obama is a radioactive Skull on my sign.
Paul Kangas
News reports there were 50,000 people in the march.
Ben Jack
Walking in threes that line must have been very long.
Ben Jack
The top says, 'I will take responsibility.'
The bottom says, 'Lie(s)'.
basroil
A bunch of overracting ojiisans isn't exactly a protest. It'll fall apart faster than a chinese happymeal toy and do as much as the "occupy" movement.
Talking about that, they could always stage an "occupy nuclear" movement and protest inside the reactor buildings (and then realize nothing happens)
Paul Kangas
Go solar.
nath
REMzzz the Kanji means you are stealing a copyrighted image.
You cannot copy that let alone change the design.
I do not denounce Noda for needing to start the reactors but for going against his pledge to not raise taxes. He is a liar.
BurakuminDes
Yes yes yes! I want one! When you have sorted it out then put up your details, they could really take off!
And good on the protesters, nice to see some people standing up to corporations and government that clearly do not give a damn. Gotta get those profits coming back in, screw the communities eh, J-Govt? What was that about requiring the approval of communities before re-starting?
BurakuminDes
I seriously doubt an anti-nuke protester wishes to enforce a copyright over protest material not used for profit. Go for it REMzzz! I want mine on yellow please REMzzz!
nisegaijin
What a selfish ignorant individual! His demands are based on opinion and emotion while Noda is exercising common sense and theory that clean nuclear energy is required, based on a fact that there is energy shortage!
If I knew where this stuff is going down, I would personally confront this man and ask him to surrender all his electricity usage privileges and pay unemployment benefits to those that lose their jobs due shut down of nuclear power plants! Moreover, I would ask him to pay my electricity fees that are going up because of high price of fossil fuels and buy me a gas mask because I don't want to breathe pollutants that are direct result of this man's personal choice!
This man is a prime example why some decisions cannot be made by masses! For those of you screaming democracy, free market is best form of democracy, because in free market people can choose not to use electric appliances thus negating the need for nuclear power. If this can be achieved this man would be the winner, but now he is just a sucker for attention with no real sense of responsibly or common knowledge.
Thunderbird2
What about Japanese intellectual property laws? You can't just nick someone's artwork and sell it.
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ubikwit
this seems like a movement about mobilizing the unemployed and homeless with a dose of
Anti-Nuclear Populism
he who mobilizes win by strength of numbers, or something like that, right?
Cricky
50,000 people not as big yet as the 70s but a start. Be warned beuracrats vengeance is apron they.
nath
The protest is healthy, but I am still pro nuclear power.
Liberty Joe Lowe
If they want to protest effectively they need to see how the French do it!
Thunderbird2
That normally ends with protesters rioting in the streets and the police going in mob-handed. Great for the media, not so good for those getting thumped or bombarded with street furniture.
hitoli
If Mr Noda can find another country to replace the complete wasteland of Japan after nuclear disaster then he is sincere with his " Watakushi ga sekinin wo toru". Otherwise what a meaningless, useless promise.
jamplass
The consumption tax and now the nuclear issue. It's kind of remarkable that Noda has been in office this long. Although as most of us agree, his days are certainly numbered...
YuriOtani
You think they would have something better to do on a workday. Makes me wonder if they are being paid by someone to protest. A group that represents oil/gas sales to Japan? It the atomic plants come back online Japan will use a lot less.
Paul with all kindness, solar is just not ready. One day perhaps there will be big solar arrays in space transmitting the power to earth. That day has not come and while we wait have to use the tools available. Yes the atomic plants have troubles but look at cars, industry, etc. Where I live in America, 2 coal electric plants are putting out all sorts of toxins. Well above the limit and the EPA does nothing. So far nobody has died unlike industry. While the USA is bad, Japan is worse. They polluted the ground, air and water and never cleaned it up Shikata ga nai (仕方がない).
REMzzz
I don't think it matters if the protesters were hired. They still speak for the 70% or so of Japanese who are no longer sure that nuclear power is 100% safe. And besides, there's so much money around the nuclear industry that it certainly dwarfs the amount spent on the protest in question.
REMzzz
I just noticed the use of a cooking pot as a drum. Too funny.
Still hope we can somehow track down the original artist that did the Noda plackard.
@NetNinja, but do you think they can make us turn the shirts inside out? If so, i'll print mine double sided, like this, http://twitpic.com/9vif14
And then here's another catchy piece of protest artwork at http://www.anglicanjournal.com/uploads/pics/JapanProtests.jpg if you look on the right, it's a nuclear grim reaper. My favorite though is a photo by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Qdq1elHKk68/s/600/600/20120406-AntiNuclear-1411.jpg ..The guy has all those pins on his beanie. I want those myself :)
I do wonder what the exact demographics of protesters are like. 10 year old kids, grandparents, middle aged men.. i see some women too...