Hiroshima-Kaminoseki Link

We held a press conference at COP10.Watch the video >>> http://webcast.cop10.go.jp/player.asp?id=1919&type=ondemandA group called "7 Generations Walk", including Kazuhiro Yamada , launched a hunger strike in protest against the Nuclear Power Plant. They also walked 800 kilometers, from Kaminoseki to Nagoya, to appeal for the cancellation of the construction....

On 26th October Hiroshima-Kaminoseki Link held a press conference in Yamaguchi. The campaign was supported at the press conference by Shimizu-san, a town councillor from Kaminoseki, and Aya Hanabusa, a film director who has made a film about Iwai-shima Island. The press conference coincided with another opinion ad, this time in the Japan Times. The Japan Times has a circulation of about 67000. Thi...

Our statement was placed in The Japan Times on October 26th. On the right side of this page(3rd page), they carried a story about the nuclear pact between Japan and India. 67,000 copies were issued.Click the picture below.　...

・A group called "7 Generations Walk" , including Kazuhiro Yamada , launched a hunger strike in protest against the Nuclear Power Plant .　They also walked 800 kilometers , from Kaminoseki to Nagoya , to appeal for the cancellation of the construction .・On Oct 18, a public statement about Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant appeared in the Herald Tribune, Asia Pacific.・On Oct 22, the construction pla...

At a plenary meeting on October 22nd, Teppei Dohke(Japan Civil Network for CBD) and Ramya Rajagopalan(The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers) read a statement on behalf of civil society. It refered to the construction of a nuclear power plant in Kaminoseki."Dear delegates, we want to take the opportunity to highlight an unfolding tragedy. Just days before the opening of this COP, w...

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Summary of content of press conference held at COP10 in Nagoya19 October 16:30~17:00 (International Conference Room)(For more information see contact list at bottom of this brief.)“A Nuclear Plant in Japanese Biodiversity Hotspot?!”While the CBD negotiations are in progress in Nagoya, the Japanese government is supporting a Japanese electric utility to proceed with reclaiming one of the richest bi...

We are preparing an international joint statement for a press conference on 19th October at the COP10 venue in Nagoya. This statement is being issued by various international organisations, in solidarity with Hiroshima-Kaminoseki Link, including Réseau "SORTIR DU NUCLEAIRE" (France), People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (India), Pacific Environment (USA) and Australian Greens. For a full list ...

Around 4km across the sea from the proposed site of the plant lies Iwai-shima Island. This island has a population of about 500 people, most of whom live in the island's one settlement which faces the proposed site. Around 90% of the inhabitants are opposed to the plant, and have refused to accept the financial inducements offered by Chugoku Electric Company. Since 1983, shortly after the proposed...