Tag Archives: Anti-nuclear power movement

Photographers on contemporary protest and social movements in Japan

Posted on May 14, 2017 by William Andrews

In teaching us a new visual code, photographs alter and enlarge our notions of what is worth looking at and what we have a right to observe. They are a grammar and, even more importantly, an ethics of seeing. Finally, … Continue reading →

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Freedom of assembly in Japan under threat as protests against nuclear power and Constitutional change blocked

Posted on Apr 24, 2017 by William Andrews

Article 21 of Constitution of Japan reads as follows: Freedom of assembly and association as well as speech, press and all other forms of expression are guaranteed. No censorship shall be maintained, nor shall the secrecy of any means of … Continue reading →

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Police arrest anti-nuclear power activists for hiring vehicle, Kasumigaseki arson

Posted on Jan 20, 2017 by William Andrews

Three Japanese anti-nuclear power activists have been arrested for transporting people in a station wagon or minivan-style vehicle to a protest in Fukushima. On January 18th, the trio — aged from their fifties to seventies — were arrested by Saitama … Continue reading →

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Anti-nuclear power protest tents forcibly removed from outside ministry

Posted on Aug 21, 2016 by William Andrews

Yesterday I wrote a long-ish post about last weekend’s attack on the anti-nuclear power protest tents that have occupied a corner of land outside the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Kasumigaseki since 2011. I included some of … Continue reading →

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Anti-nuclear power protest tents in Tokyo attacked by far-right group

Posted on Aug 20, 2016 by William Andrews

On August 14th, members of Japan’s ultra Right targeted the anti-nuclear power protest tents that have stood for nearly five years outside the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Kasumigaseki, the government district in central Tokyo. The “attack”, … Continue reading →

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