'World Peace 7' calls for nuclear-free Japan

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World Peace 7' calls for nuclear-free Japan

Members of the "Committee of Seven for World Peace Appeal" issued fresh calls for an end to nuclear power plants in Japan and abroad on July 11, the four-month anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami and subsequent crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.

The appeal titled "A farewell to Nuclear Power Plants" by the group, also known as World Peace 7, called for promoting renewable natural energy and strengthening the International Atomic Energy Agency's role to ensure the safety of nuclear power plants.

...Physicist Michiji Komura, professor emeritus at Keio University and Musashi Institute of Technology, speaking on behalf of the group as its secretary general said, "Japan has not worked hard enough" to promote sustainable and renewable sources of energy as compared to Europe.

...Novelist and poet Takashi Tsujii, also known as businessman Seiji Tsutsumi of the Seibu group, said local government leaders in disaster-hit regions are demonstrating great abilities to deal with the disaster. He also said an overwhelming majority of Japanese are against nuclear energy, and that the quake, tsunami and the current nuclear crisis will provide Japan with a chance to fulfill its responsibility to create a new nation.

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http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110711p2a00m0na018000c.html

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