Tens of thousands of people including musicians, a Nobel laureate and Fukushima residents converged on Meiji Park in Tokyo Monday to vent their anger about the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant crisis and demand the abolition of atomic power.
Despite the unseasonably hot and humid weather, the turnout for the Goodbye Nuclear Power Plants rally was impressive in scale and one of the largest antinuclear rallies so far.
"As six months passed, we are starting to see things a bit clearer now," said Ruiko Muto, a member of a Fukushima citizens' group, told the crowd as she took the stage at the rally point in Shibuya Ward.