We closed the petition yesterday.

We were able to collect 166 signatures from individuals 

and 11 endorsements from organizations all over the world.

We'll submit the list of signatures to the Japanese government, Saga local government and KYUDEN with some other 800 endorsements by Japanese organizations.

Thanks again for your warm support.

We'll continue to put the latest news about Plutonium (MOX) nuclear power generation in Japan on this site.

Please follow this very important issue and continue to keep supporting any activities!

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Don't Nuke the Climate!

We happily inform you that

The French Network for Nuclear Phase-out (Réseau "Sortir du nucléaire"), an alliance of 841 groups, has endorsed this petition.

We warmly invite you to join another international petition to the Copenhagen Climate Summit 2009;

Don't Nuke the Climate!
http://www.dont-nuke-the-climate.org/index.php?lang=en

which is coordinated by the French Network for Nuclear Phase-Out.

The nuclear industry, in collaboration with certain countries, is pushing for this dangerous and polluting technology to be included in the next climate agreement in Copengen as a "clean" technology.

To stop this please sign their petition by going to their site.

Your signature will be printed out on an individual petition postcard, which will be handed in by their delegation in Copenhagen.
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Some names of ministers have been added as recipients of the petition.

The petition will be sent to:
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama
Secretary-General of the Democratic Party Mr. Ichiro Ozawa
Minister of State for National Policy Mr. Naoto Kan
Minister of State for Government Revitalization Mr. Yoshito Sengoku
The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Mr. Masayuki Naoshima
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mr. Tatsuo Kawabata
The Minister of Environment Mr. Sakihito Ozawa
The Governor of Saga prefecture Mr. Yasushi Furukawa
The Mayor of Genkai town Mr. Hideo Kishimoto
Kyushu Electric Power CO. INC., President Mr. Toshio Manabe

Please forward this petition to your friends and contactS!

As I can not edit or delite the present petition in this site, please check the latest English version on the site below. 

http://writeoff.blog.shinobi.jp/Entry/36/

This petition originaly targetted groups but now you (individuals) can sign the petition!

Please write your name and country. The name of the country is very important!

Please forward this petition to your friends!

The deadline is November 20th.

So far more than 460,000 people had signed the petition to stop pluthermal in Japan.

As for groups, 670 signatures were collected in only 2 days. 

Endorsements from other countries are very effective. Japanese government hates to be criticized by people in another country. 

See also the previous messages.

Thanks!

 

KYUDEN started up their nuclear reactor of the Genkai Plant in Saga prefecture on November 5th.

Local opposition groups are now collecting endorsements from groups for their petition demanding that the Pluthermal Project be called off before December 12, when KYUDEN is planning to start Japan's first pluthermal power generation on a commercial basis.

Please endorse the petition, write the name of the group and the county you are working in.

Endorsements from other countries are very effective. Japanese government hates to be criticized by people in another country. You don't have to be an environmental or anti-nuclear group.

Already in Japan more than 670 signatures were collected in only 2 days.

From small local grass-rooted groups to big national organizations, including NGOs, social movements, trade unions, groups of young parents, food-safety groups, consumer unions, organic food shops/ restaurants, kindergartens, as well as rocken-roll bands and artists groups have already expressed their supports.

ANY group, no matter what, no matter how big or small, are welcome to endorse! This petition will be submitted to the Japanese National Government, the Saga Prefecture local governments and Kyushu Electric Power CO. INC. (KYUDEN).

Local opposition groups is now collecting endorsements for their petition demanding that the Pluthermal Project be called off.

I made a mistake and put in two petitions.
The second one (which contains "group name and country")is the correct one.

This will be submitted to the Japanese National Government, the Saga Prefecture local governments and Kyushu Electric Power CO. INC. (KYUDEN). ANY group, no matter what, no matter how big or small, are welcome to endorse!

You don't have to be an environmental or anti-nuclear group. Already in Japan more than 670 signatures were collected in only 2 days. From small local grass-rooted groups to big national organizations, including NGOs, social movements, trade unions, groups of young parents, food-safety groups, consumer unions, organic food shops/ restaurants, kindergartens, as well as rocken-roll bands and artists groups have already expressed their supports.

Endorsements from other countries are very effective. Japanese government hates to be criticized by people in another country.

Local opposition groups have already set up tents and begun a 24 hours-a-day sit-in protest continuing until further notice in front of the head office of KYUDEN in the centre of Fukuoka City (pop. 1,300,000). This will be done in tandem with negotiations with KYUDEN and Saga prefectural government.

 

 Reports of the protest in front of the head office of KYUDEN will be put on the website of the Steering Committee for MIRAI.
(Unfortunatelly it'll be only in Japanese but you can see some pictures.)
http://carnivals.blog93.fc2.com/