Anti-nuclear protesters try to fire up corporate workers in Tokyo

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Men and women in business attire thronged the Shinbashi district of Tokyo on Oct. 29 to encourage fellow office workers to protest against moves to restart the

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Anti-nuclear protesters try to fire up corporate workers in Tokyo
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Men and women in business attire thronged the Shinbashi district of Tokyo on Oct. 29 to encourage fellow office workers to protest against moves to restart the

The municipal assembly and the mayor of Satsuma-Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, gave the green light a day earlier to restarting the two-reactor Sendai facility operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. It is the first plant to win such approval under new safety requirements since the nuclear disaster in Fukushima Prefecture in 2011.

Michihiko Senda, a 48-year-old company worker in Tokyo who helped organize the rally, said it was aimed at garnering like-minded white-collar workers who he believes should be thinking about the issue.

A woman aged 46 who took part said: “I have a 5-year-old child and have been worried (about nuclear plants being reactivated) since the disaster. I can't change the situation, but I wanted to at least express my feelings.”

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