45,000 protesters demonstrate outside the Prime Minister's Office, Chiyoda ku, Tokyo, 22 June 2012. They oppose restarting the Ooi nuclear plant. Tezuka Koichiro

By arevamirpal::laprimavera
22 June 2012 (UPDATE) Video of TV Asahi program reporting the protest in the latest post. ========================================= Well well. People in Japan did it the old-fashion way to attract media attention (not that they did it to attract attention, but…). Every single media in Japan ignored the protest on June 15 with 11,000 (or 12,000) people, but they just couldn’t ignore the June 22 crowd of 45,000. (The number is according to the organizers. The police puts the number at 11,000.) (The photographs are from Mainichi Shinbun. There are more at Mainichi’s site. Amazing.) […]

45,000 People Protested Against Ooi Restart in Front of PM Official Residence in Tokyo on June 22, 2012, Media Finally Report