170,000 people protest in Tokyo. "We won't die in insult!"

On 7/16/2012, 170,000 (reported by the organizer) people joined another protest against the restart of Ohi.

Protesters gathered in Yoyogi park Tokyo, where is in front of NHK head office. They separated into 3 groups to demonstrate in Tokyo.


Police reported it was 75,000 people. Oe Kenzaburo (awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994), Setouchi Jakucho [Link] and Sakamoto Ryuichi (Japanese musician) joined to have speech.


Oe Kenzaburo

“We are living in insult. We must take down the evil purpose of the government and we can do it. I believe we can live out of the threat and insult from the nuclear policy. Let’s keep on fighting.”

Sakamoto Ryuichi

“Why do we have to expose our lives to such a risk only for electricity ? We shall protect our children. We shall protect our land.”

Original article with great photos:

http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/07/aj...in-insult/