Protesters surround Diet building to oppose restart of nuke reactors

Anti-nuclear demonstrators rallied Dec. 22 outside the Diet building in Tokyo to oppose

The Abe administration is expected to approve the draft plan in early January.

"We cannot forgive the Abe administration's attempts to waste our movement," said Satoshi Kamata, a journalist who attended the protest.

The demonstrators were part of a civil group that holds protest rallies most Friday evenings outside the prime minister's office. On Dec. 22, they protested at two additional areas in central Tokyo, along with the Diet building.