Courtesy: No Nuclear Asia Forum

People of Japan convey their solidarity with everyone gathered at the People’s National Convention Against Nuclear Energy and express their agreement with National People’s Charter Against Nuclear Energy.

Reports that the Koodankulam NPP has reached criticality have also appeared in the Japanese media. We condemn the Indian Government’s blatant disregard for the strong protests on the part of the local residents around Koodankulam as well as the many whistleblowers who have warned of the dangers of this NPP to so many Indian people.

We salute the people of Koodankulam and their long, intense struggle, which they have maintained for 700 days. Your courage has given so much strength to us in Japan, fighting against nuclear power since the Fukushima disaster. The protest movement at Koodankulam, its non-violence and persistence, holds a very important place in the history of the struggle for a nuclear-free world. Even if the plant is commissioned, our solidarity with the people of Koodankulam remains unchanged. We believe that the day will come when that inhumane, dangerous monstrosity will be shut down. Until that day, from Japan, we will fight, alongside you, with all our strength for a nuclear-free world.

Because of the nuclear disaster that started in Fukushima on March 11, 2011, 150,000 people are still prohibited from returning to their homes and the authorities have been unable to make proper plans for decommissioning the reactors. Despite this the Government of Japan is aiming to restart the idled NPPs and not only that, they are promoting the export of nuclear reactors. India is one of the countries nuclear exports are aimed at and one of the proposed sites is at Mithi Virdi, in the same state of Gujurat, where the National Convention is being held.

As the country that has experienced the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the World War II and as the country caused the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, we are strongly opposed to nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors. We also declare our staunch opposition to Japanese exports of nuclear technology and to the promotion of nuclear reactors in India.

Post 3.11., India continues to stick to its policy of promoting nuclear power and Koodankulam is the first new NPP to be commissioned since Fukushima. The ‘false myth’ of ‘absolute safety’ has already totally disintegrated in the wake of not only major accidents at Chernobyl and Fukushima, but also numerous nuclear accidents occurring around the world.

In these circumstances, holding this National Convention Against Nuclear Energy, which will be attended in large numbers by people opposed to nuclear power, from all over this vast country of India, is indeed a dramatic development for the anti-nuclear movement of the Indian people.

We request that the Government of India listen to the voices of its people and abandon its pro-nuclear policy. We also request that the Koodankulam NPP be stopped and that plans for all new construction of nuclear reactors be renounced. We ask that India be a leader in creating a nuclear-free world.

We will make every effort to stop Japanese exports of nuclear facilities to India in the future.

We hope that your Convention will be successful and that each of you will go back to the places you live and continue your anti-nuclear movements with dynamism and ingenuity and that one day there will be zero nuclear reactors in India.

In Japan, we will be fighting with you to make a new ‘post-nuclear’ India a reality.

NO to Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant!

Indian Government: Abandon your pro-nuclear policy!

July 25,2013

【Hokkaido】 Iwanaigenmonken、LIBERA ESPERANTO-ASOCIO en HOKKAJDO、Nisekonokonayukiwomamoroukai

【Aomori】 Group of Ten Thousand Plaintiffs for the Lawsuit to Stop the Nuclear Fuel Cycle、Kakuneniranaiwamisawanokai、Kakunenkarakyoudowomamoru juuminrenrakukaigi、Kakunenryouhaikibutsuhannyuusosijikkouiinkai、Kakunenwokangaerujuuminnokai、Hanatoherbnosato、Mirai Action Aomori

【Iwate】 Haru wo yobu kai、Housyanou kara kodomo wo mamoru Iwatekennan Miyagikenpoku no kai、Iwate Committee to Protect the Sanriku Sea from Radiation

【Miyagi】 Genpatsu no nai Mirai wo Chiiki kara tsukuru Kai、Miyagi Datsugenpatsu Kazenokai、Telecommunications Industry Labor Union

【Akita】 Housyanouwokakusansasenaishiminyuushinokai

【Fukushima】 Campaign for Nuclear-free Japan、Fukushima Badge Project、Fukushima Network for Nuclear Fase Out、Fukushima Women for No Nukes、Ginganohotori、Hairoaction Fukushima、Himawari Project Minamisouma、Midori Fukushima、Nijitomidorinokai、Npo Hyakusyouyashiki、People inside Fukushima 30km Zone、STOP Plutonium! Fukushima

【Ibaragi】 Chikyu-Cafe YUI、Peace Forum KENNAN、Peace Forum MITO、

【Gunma】 Tatebayashi Citizens’ network for Climete-Change

【Saitama】 Genpatsu Tomeyou Chichibujin、Heiwakondankai Hannou、Kodomonomiraiwotanoshikusurukai、No Nukus 10000000 Peaple Action in Niiza、NONUKES SOLIDARITY KUMAGAYA、Solar-net、Vegetable Field NONOTOBIRA~Fundamental Party

【Chiba】 Hihousyanou Kodomo Hoyousyo Project、KAFTI、Magotachiwohousyanoukaramamoruzenkokunetwork･Chibashibu、Nishida Masaru Peace Office、Porepore Sakura、STOP! NUCLEAR POWER PLANT in Toukatsu、Wind of Citizens toward Uniting for Peace

【Tokyo】 Alternative People’s Linkage in Asia、Anti Nuclear Youth Conference、Anti-TEPCO ACTION!,Tokyo、Asian Solidarity School、ATTAC Japan、Chernobyl Children’s Fund,Japan、Choufu Congress sgainst A and H-Bombs、Citizen’s Against Fukushima Aging Nuclear Power Plants、Citizens’Nuclear Information Center、Committee in Article 9 association Tokyo established by trading firm’s workers、Consumers Union of Japan、Depleted Uranium Center Japan、FEMIN Women’s Democratic Club、FROM EARTH & CAFE OHANA、Fukushima Children’s Fund、Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Emergency Action Network、Genpatsu wo Kangaeru Sinagawa no Onnatachi、Gensuikin (Japan Congress against A- and H-Bombs)、Greens Japan、Green Tea Party-Japan、Group･South Asia’s’Nuclear Power Plants’、HANET（Nonviolent direct action network）、Hisen wo Erabu Engeki-jin no Kai、ImaKenpouwoKangaerukai、Japan Action Network:Keep All Nuclear Reactors Frozen、Japan Solar Energy Aducational Association、Japan Womens’ Council I、Kashiwazaki Maki Genpatsu ni Hantaisuru Zaikyousya no Kai、KEISANSYOUMAETENTOHIROBA、KENJU NO KAI、Meijidaigakugunsyukuheiwakenkyuusyo、METROPOLITAN COALITION AGAINST NUKES、Monthly Unti-Nuclear Film Festival、National Assembly for Peace and Democracy(Zenko)、NATIONAL TRADE UNION COUNCIL、Network for Indonesian Democracy,Japan(NINDJA)、No Nukes Asia Actions Japan、Nonukesplaza Tanpoposya、ODA Reform Network、Pacifc Asia Resource Center(PARC)、Peace Constitution League、People’s Plan Study Group、People’s Research Institute on Energy and Environment、Plutoniumnanteiranaiyo! Tokyo、SAYONARA GENPATSU! Mitaka Action、Senso e no michi wa arukanai koe o ageyo onna no kai、Shuppansinsha、Sloth Club、Stop genpatsu & saisyori ikenkoukokunokai、Stop nuclear reactor and nuclear fuel,Tokyo committee、Sunameri no Kai、TEPCO SHAREHOLDER’S MOVEMENT、THE GREENS HIGASHIMURAYAMA、The Federation of Members of Local Assemblies and Citizens for Anti-Nuclear Power Generation、The Japan Citizens’ Coalition for the UN International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (INDEC)、The Peace and Nuclear Issues Committee of the National Christian Council in Japan (NCCJ)、The Takagi Fund for Citizen Science、Tepco Unpayment Project、The Support Action Center for Kotopanjang Dam Victims、Tokyoippanroudoukumiai･Tokyoongakudaigakubunkai、Tokyo Seikatsusha Network、Workers’Executive Committee For Anti-nuclear Power Movements、Zennihonminsyuiryoukikanrengoukai、Zensekiyu Showa Shell Labor Union、

【Kanagawa】 Crossroads-Kamakura、Gaikokujinhenosabetsuwoyurusuna Kawasakirenrakukaigi、Honmoku Senior IT Club、Japanese Constitution Literecy Group、Kanagawanetworkundou･Midorinet、kankyou to enerugi-wo kangaeru shiminentakukaigi zushihayama、Kurashi to Kenpou wo tsunagu Kai、No Nukes！Noniyuku-kai、Nuclear Issues Committee, Kanagawa Parish, UCCJ、People to People Aid、Plutonium free communication Kanagawa、Sayonara Genpatsu Kanagawa、Study Group Independent From Nuclear Energy、Toki wo mitumeru kai

【Nagano】 Genpatsu no Nai Mirai wo Mezasu Kai、Kokusaiidobatakaigi、「Saraba Genpatsu Kaeyou Kurashikata」no Kai

【Niigata】 Genpatsu Hantai Kariwamura wo Mamorukai、Kashiwazakikariwagenpatsuhantaijimotosandantai、Niigata Citizen Forum to stop nuclear power plants、Sayounara Kasiwazakikariwagenpatsu Project

【Fukui】 Moritokurasudongurikurabu

【Gifu】 SAYONARA GENPATSU・Gifu、Sayonaragenpatsunokai Nakatsugawa、The Voice of Gifu Citizens for saving Peace, Human rights and Environment、Thinking Atomic Energy in Tarui

【Shizuoka】 Anti-Nuclear-Power Consumers Group with TEPCO、Hamaokagenpatsu wo Kangaeru Shizuoka Network、Peace-Net Shizuoka、STOP! HAMAOKA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT、The meeting of the lee which prevents an earthquake disaster with nuclear accident

【Aichi】 Anti-War Network、Kaku-no-gomi(No nukewaste) Campaign, Chubu、R-DAN･Nagoya、Soratomo、Tokai NoNukes Network for Future Generations

【Mie】 Ancient Futures Association Japan、People against Nukes Mie

【Shiga】 KAFUKANOKAI、NO NUKES from shiga、Soil 2 Soul

【Kyoto】 Agenda Project、Aogiri、ATTAC Kyoto、AWC-JAPAN、Chasui、Citizens Environmental Foundation、“Degrowth Theory”Study Group in Kyoto、Documentation Centre ‘Seeds Beneath The Snow’、Ecorelay Kameoka、Fukushima Moonlight、Green Action、Genshiryokujisyukoza、Greens Kyoto、Hansen Kyodo Kyoto、Jubilee kansai Network、Kansai Action Center on Philippine Human Rights Issues、Kenpouwoikasukyoutonokai、Kyoto Citizens against Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power Plants、Kyoto Citizens Seminor on Nuclear Power Plants、Kyoto Kisaragi no Kai、Kyoto Mizutomidoriwomamorurenrakukai、Mind Life Mental Care Room、ODA Reform Network Kansai、Peace Table、Roshinante-sya、“The　Economics of Happiness” Project in Kyoto、

【Osaka】 610 housyanou kara mirai wo mamoru shimin no kai、9jyoukaikensoshikyoudoukoudoujikkouiinnkai、All Japan Dockworkers’Union -Nishinari center Branch、Alternatives、AM-Net、Atelier HUM、Chernobyl Relief Group of Kansai、Datsugenpatsu de Ikitai Onnatachi Toyonaka、Datsugenpatsue! Kandenkabunusikoudounokai、Diffusion Radioactive Material NO!、Eternal Article 9 group、Fukuhorou St.Family Home、Gender center for Sustainable developmen at Osaka、Genpatsujikowokangaerutakatsukishiminnokai、Genpatsuzerokamimakikoudou、Greens Osaka、HANKOGAI･JYUMINHIROBA、Housyanou Bougyo Project Kinki、Iraqi Peace TV in Japan、Kansai Madam Kaigi、KANSAI UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE SOCIETY、Korean & Minority Study Group、Linking peace & Life、mame-ten-cafe、No Nukes Asia Forum Japan、NO NUKES SPINNER’S ACTION、NOSE Cafe、SOUL FLOWER UNION、Osaka Citizens against the Mihama, Oi and Takahama Nuclear Power Plants(Mihama No Kai)、Osakakyouikugoudourouso Toyonakashibu、Ryoichi-Hatori Katteren、Sensyuuokinikuukouwotsukurasenaijuuminrenrakukai、Shiminnohiroba･Toyonaka、Start Konohana! Kinki network for Stop to incinerate Disaster debris、Stop Genpatsu no Kai、Stop Genshiryoku Kanden Houikoudou、Stop Nuclear waste Campaign Kansai、Stop the Monju、Study session of Hokusetsu citizen、Tamatsukuri-kafe、The Japanese Association for Studies in the Nuclear problem in Mongolia、Wakasa Solidarity Action Network、Women in Freak、Yamadasan wo sasaeru kai、Zenkouwan-Kensetsushibu

【Hyogo】 Asia Children Project、Citizens Against Nuclear Power Plants,Takarazuka、DATUGENPATSU HARIMA ACTION、Esuperant- Tomonokai、Kobe International Christ Church、Sala Santi、Volunteer “House of people working” Catholic、

【Nara】 Dear Child、Japan Hemp Association、Kodomonomiraiwomamorukai･Ikoma、Nara Datsugenpatsu Network、Sayounara Genpatsu Ikoma、

【Wakayama】 Datugenpatsu Wakayama

【Tottori】 ENEMIRA･TOTTORI、Uranzandoshiminkaigi

【Shimane】 No nukes IWAMINOWA、Shimanegenpatsu Zousetu Hantaiundou

【Okayama】 No Nukes Buddist Network Okayama

【Hiroshima】 DATSUGENPATSUHE! TYUDEN KABUNUSHI KOUDOUNOKAI、Globalization Watch Hiroshima、Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition、Hiroshima Asia Africa LatinAmerica Solidarity Committee、Hiroshima-Kaminoseki Link、Hiroshima Network to Stop Kaminoseki Nuclear Plant、NO DU Hiroshima Project、No Nukes BINGO!、No Nukes FUKUYAMA、North east Asia Information Center Hiroshima、Peace Exchange Project with India & Pakistani Youth、Peace Link hiroshima Kure Iwakuni、QUOTA SEI NO JITUGENN WO MEZASUKAI、Sinshuuizokukaihiroshimatihousibu、Plutonium Action Hiroshima、The Hiroshima Citizens Group Against Nucler Power Plant、Voise of Hhirrshima、

【Yamaguchi】 Association of the 2nd Generation of A-bomb Survivors、Genpatsu Iran Shimonoseki no Kai、Kaminosekigenpatsuwokangaeruyamaguchiwakaishinokai、Natyura?Syuunan、NO! nuclear plant Yamaguti Network、Shizen energy suishin net･Hikari、TABUSECHOMACHIDUKURIKENKYUKAI、The meeting of the parents who imagine children’s future、”Umi” Shimonoseki、Utsukushiininshikigawawomirauhetewatasukai、

【Kagawa】 Kagawa Solidarity Labor Union、Matsumi Dental Clinic、Tewatashipress

【Ehime】 Genpatsu Sayonara Shikoku Network、Ikata People Against MOX、Kodomo no Jinken to Kyoukasyo no Mondai wo Kangaeru Otiimabari no Kai、Shikokuchihou RoudousyaMinsyuuCenter

【Kochi】 Citizens Green Kochi、Genpatsu wo Nakushi Shizen Energy wo Suishinsuru Kochi Kenmin Renrakukai、TachiagarushiminGroup@Kochi

【Fukuoka】 Anger reach the Heaven、Bukkyoutohisennokai Fukuoka、Genpatsu naside Kurasitai･Kyoudou koudou、Goodbye Nukes! Fukuoka、Kankyokyoiku Fukuoka、Kasuya Hangenpatsuwokangaerukai、Kyuusyuu Himawari Project、Nihonwokaerukai Fukuoka、Sayonara Genkaigenpatunokai Kurume、Chikugogawamizumondaikenkyuukai

【Saga】 People`s Action Against The Genkai Nuclear Power Plant、Purusaamaru to sagakenno 100nenwo kangaerukai、

【Nagasaki】 Furuwatakoubou、

【Kumamoto】 Kumamoto Kosodate Kyouiku 9jou no Kai、

【Oita】 Kusanonenokai Nakatsu、

【Miyazaki】Save the life of women Miyazaki

【Kagoshima】 Anti-nuclear Kagoshima Network、Datsugenpatsudaredemosankadekiruoosumishiminnokai、Machizukuri Kenminkaigi、Sendaigenpatsukensetsuhantairenrakukyougikai、Sendai Tsuyukusakai、Sizen no Hi wo Tomosi Genpatsu wo Houmuru Kai、

【France】 Echo-Echanges、Yosomono-net France

【Germany】 Atomkraftfreie Welt-SAYONARA Genpatsu Duesseldorf e.V.

【Italy】 Ponte fra Italia e Giappone

【UK】 Himawari JAN UK、World Network for Saving Children from Radiation

【NZ】 Wind from Christchurch

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