Small Anti-Nuclear Protests in Tokyo

A tips that many Japanese and few non-Japanese know:
In Japan, many demonstrations are organized by far-left (sometimes far-right) organizations such as Chukaku-ha, Kaku-Maru-ha etc. and their sympathizes. When it is not the case, it is in many cases relatively moderate organizations, such as the Japanese Teachers’ Union (Nikkyoso) or the Democratic Youth League (Minsei) of the Communist Party, who are dominating the demonstration. Few major demonstrations can avoid such hijacking by organized political groups.

And this is the real and simple reason why Japanese don’t do demonstrations as Europeans (and Americans). Few want to be categorized along with them, so I and many others keep away from any kinds of demonstrations.

I presume the anti-TEPCO demonstration was also the case. The Security Police must have known that some radical left extremists would appear in the demonstration and they must have decided not to lose any chances to arrest them.
I don’t like the Security Police but at the same time I have no sympathy to organized anachronists. It’s nothing different from Yakuza vs the Police or Uyoku vs the Police in the videos below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCUVxDt9hQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBrRWoJ6UiU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzFE-Bqnr38

To sum up, the incident in the video in the article is just a stupid fuss which is not worthy to care about.

There are several groups that are operating under the name “Zengakuren“, but, according to Sankei MSN (in Japanese), Zengakuren shown in the video clip is that run by Chukaku-ha faction (of Japan Revolutionary Communist League). They are infamous for their violent and criminal acts as summarized here. They appear to be trying to recruit new members through demonstrations these days

disturbing the peace and intimidating the general public

Has anyone that’s actually listened to those annoying trucks ever felt intimidated?
Creepy and in need of a shower ? Yes. Scared or Intimidated? No.

Nuclear power is hardly the safest power ever if you take into account the thousands of genetically defective babies born that way because of Chernobyl

wumao ?

Energy Source Death Rate (deaths per TWh)

Coal – world average 161 (26% of world energy, 50% of electricity)
Coal – China 278
Coal – USA 15
Oil 36 (36% of world energy)
Natural Gas 4 (21% of world energy)
Biofuel/Biomass 12
Peat 12
Solar (rooftop) 0.44 (less than 0.1% of world energy)
Wind 0.15 (less than 1% of world energy)
Hydro 0.10 (europe death rate, 2.2% of world energy)
Hydro – world including Banqiao) 1.4 (about 2500 TWh/yr and 171,000 Banqiao dead)
Nuclear 0.04 (5.9% of world energy)

http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-source.html

In a column last week, the Guardian’s environment editor, John Vidal, angrily denounced my position on nuclear power. On a visit to Ukraine in 2006, he saw “deformed and genetically mutated babies in the wards … adolescents with stunted growth and dwarf torsos; foetuses without thighs or fingers”. What he did not see was evidence that these were linked to the Chernobyl disaster.

Professor Gerry Thomas, who worked on the health effects of Chernobyl for Unscear, tells me there is “absolutely no evidence” for an increase in birth defects. The National Academy paper Dr Caldicott urged me to read came to similar conclusions. It found that radiation-induced mutation in sperm and eggs is such a small risk “that it has not been detected in humans, even in thoroughly studied irradiated populations such as those of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/05/anti-nuclear-lobby-misled-world