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June 30th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Chanting anti-nuclear slogans and beating drums, more than 15,000 protesters gathered outside the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s office on Friday to voice opposition against a government’s decision to start up nuclear power plants.
The shareholders of Japan’s private electricity utilities voted to continue with the operation of nuclear power stations, despite rising public opposition after Japan experienced the devastating Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011.
“I came here because the government only talks about the economic reasons for restarting the reactors and that’s not right. If we don’t do anything they will restart more. We need to focus on reducing our dependency on nuclear power,” a protester told Press TV.
The Japanese prime minister had earlier called for the generation of nuclear power in western Japan, describing the move as necessary to tackle the country’s electricity crisis.
Noda ordered the reactivation of reactors three and four at Oi power plant in western Japan in mid-June, after securing support from the mayor of Oi and the governor of Fukui prefecture, where Oi is located.
Japan shut down all its 50 nuclear power plants following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear disaster at Fukushima nuclear plant.
However, some Japanese people are in favor of nuclear power and support the shareholders’ decision.
“I think they have been very realistic. First thing is that they are the stakeholders if it’s complelety stopped. Secondly, I think at this moment there are no alternative energies and everyone knows that we need it here,” Tibetan Affairs Expert, Pema Gyalpo said.
Japan used to get 30 percent of its electricity from nuclear power plants before last year’s quake.
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