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Japan's largest anti-nuke protest in decades

In Tokyo, young people appalled at the ongoing Fukushima catastrophe join old-school protesters to keep the movement going.

Japan aims to be nuclear-free by 2040

Japanese government announces plan to stop using nuclear energy by end of 2030s.

People hold placards to protest against nuclear power plants in Tokyo on July 16, 2012. Tens of thousands of people rallied in Tokyo demanding an end to nuclear power, the latest in a series of anti-atomic gatherings following the tsunami-sparked disaster at Fukushima.

Yoshikazu Tsuno

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