Tens of thousands join anti-nuclear protest

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An estimated 60,000 people massed in Tokyo's Meiji Park on Sept. 19 to demand an end to Japan's reliance on nuclear power, according to the event's organizers.

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Tens of thousands join anti-nuclear protest
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An estimated 60,000 people massed in Tokyo's Meiji Park on Sept. 19 to demand an end to Japan's reliance on nuclear power, according to the event's organizers.

The Nobel Prize winning writer Kenzaburo Oe, one of the leaders of the protest, said: "We need to let executives of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan know we are opposing nuclear power."

After the gathering at the park, which straddles Tokyo's Shinjuku and Shibuya wards, the protesters divided into three marches through the capital.

The protest was part of the "Sayonara Genpatsu 1,000 mannin Action" (Good-bye to nuclear power through action by 10 million people) campaign, which is collecting signatures of people requesting a phasing-out of nuclear power.

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