News
- 2012/04/26 The inaugural meeting and press conference to launch "Mayors for a Nuclear Power Free Japan" will be held in Tokyo on April 28, 2012. Press release here.
- 2012/04/26 The "Mayors for a Nuclear Power Free Japan" network, born from the Yokohama Conference, will be officially launched this week. See here for more details.
- 2012/04/11 Declaration by Three Hundred Eleven Representatives for A Nuclear Free East Asia is now available in Korean.( Korean)
- 2012/04/06 The Yokohama Declaration for a Nuclear Power Free World is now available in Spanish.( Spanish)
- 2012/03/27 More photographs have been added to the Photo Gallery from the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World. see here!
- 2012/03/27 The Yokohama Declaration for a Nuclear Power Free World is now available in French, Italian and Arabic.( French/Italian/Arabic)
- 2012/03/19 A document covering the major outcomes of the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World can be downloaded here.Please feel free to use this colour handout (A4, one double-sided page, PDF 146KB).
- 2012/03/11 Announcement: Endorsers of the 311 Representatives Declaration for A Nuclear Power Free, Renewable Energy East Asia See here
- 2012/03/09 Actions around the world: Citizens in Japan and around the world are coming together in March to remember those whose lives were lost, those still suffering from this ongoing tragedy, and to take action together to break away from dependence upon nuclear energy. See here for a map and list of actions all around the world to remember the March 11 disaster and move together towards a more peaceful, sustainable world.
- 2012/03/7 Peace Boat US and Human Rights Now are co-organizing "Fukushima 3.11: after 1 year," an exhibition of photos by Hirokawa Ryuichi and Morizumi Takashi who have continued to photograph Fukushima and other affected areas since immediately after the accident. The exhibition will be at New York University from March 8 - May 31. For details see here.
- 2012/03/07 Human Rights Now (HRN) are participating in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, bringing women and children from Fukushima to give testimony about their situation. An event will be held on March 7 (Wed) from 2:30pm at the UN Church Center 2nd Floor. See details here.
- 2012/03/07 The Koeberg Alert Alliance, whose representatives also participated in the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World in Yokohama, are holding the "Global Conference: Nuclear Power for Africa?" on March 8-9 in South Africa's Cape Town. Hasegawa Kenichi of Iitate Village in Fukushima has recorded a video message for this conference, telling of the situation immediately after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, the current situation of dairy farmers and evacuated residents, worries over children's health, and his thoughts regarding nuclear power.View the message here.
- 2012/02/28 A fully bilingual press briefing will be held at 3:30 pm on March 3, 2012 (Sat) in Fukushima City, co-sponsored by Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World organizers Green Action, Peace Boat and FoE Japan. The briefing will be an opportunity to hear directly from Fukushima citizens' groups including the Fukushima Network for Saving Children from Radiation (kodomo fukushima) and the Citizen's Radioactivity Measuring Station in the leadup to the first anniversary of the disaster on March 11 about their activities to monitor and protect children and citizens from radiation. These include actions to measure and make public data on external and internal exposure to radiation, to provide public consultation and medical advice, food measurements, to provide support for voluntary evacuees and to decontaminate the radiation-affected areas. For details, see the full release click here.
- 2012/02/24 Video messages from Mayor Park Wonsoon of Seoul and MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) have been uploaded..
- 2012/02/24 The photo gallery from the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World is now online! click here.
- 2012/02/20 Feb 20, 2012 The Hiroshima Peace Media Centre (Chugoku Shimbun) published a large feature on the conference. Read the English version online here..
- 2012/02/13 The Hapcheon Anti-Nuclear & Peace Festival 2012 will be held in Korea on March 23-24, March 2012. Korean groups who attended the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World are also involved in this conference. Its host organization is the Hapcheon House for Peace, which works for the human rights and welfare of Korean survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also working to raising public awareness of their situation. While telling the world the effects of exposure to radiation through the use and testing of nuclear weapons, nuclear power plant accidents and contamination through leaking of radioactive materials, testimony will be given by Hibakusha (nuclear survivors) from Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Fukushima in Japan, as well as Bikini Atoll and Chernobyl. As well as on-the-scene reports, exhibitions and talk shows, a peace concert will also be held. click here for details.
- 2012/02/06 The "Peace on Earth Stage" will be held on March 10-11 (Sat-Sun) at Tokyo's Hibiya Park. This citizens' gathering in memorial of the March 11 disaster will feature participation by musicians Kato Tokiko and Satamoto Ryuichi, supporters of the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World. The organizers are now calling for participation by citizens' groups, artists, media, corporations and other groups. See details here (Japanese language only).
- 2012/02/06 Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad recently published a letter voicing opposition to nuclear power. This letter was a response to correspondence with Mr Murata Mitsuhei, former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland, on the issue of global ethics. This letter, dated January 11, 2012, can be read online in both English and Japanese here. Enquiries regarding this matter should be addressed to Former Ambassador Murata via his website here: here.
- 2012/02/06 An international symposium "Uranium, Health and Civil Society" will be held in Mali from March 16-18, including participation of Yokohama Conference speakers Paul Saoke (Kenya) and Andreas Nidecker (Switzerland). For more details see information on the website of organizer, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) here.
- 2012/01/16 Mayor Park Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul (Korea), shared a special message for the Mayors' Session at the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World!Click here(Movie:46.9MB)
- 2012/01/07 Press conference to be held at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on January 11: for details, click here
- 2012/01/05 Announcement! Mayor Sakurai Katsunobu of Minamisoma, the city next to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, will participate in a special Mayors' Session at the Global Conference! Mayor Sakurai drew attention worldwide after broadcasting an SOS on youtube on March 24, and was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2011.
- 2011/12/28 If you're a journalist and would like to cover the conference, please register from here
- 2011/12/24 More and more supporting messages are arriving！! Click here
- 2011/12/21 Supporting Message from Ms. Rebecca Harms, a European Parliament Member, has arrived! Click here
- 2011/12/19 A supporting message from Mr. Juergen Tritten, the former German Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, has arrived！Click here
- 2011/12/12 Supporting messages from Ms. Reiko Yukawa, Mr. Kenji Sekine, and Ms. Kikko of Kikko's Blog have arrived! Click here.
- 2011/12/09 Press release for December 13th conference can be read from here
- 2011/12/08 An article about the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World has just been uploaded on Japan Today, which is an English online news website with 3,000,000 page views per month! Click here
- 2011/12/08 Patagonia has been added to our list of supporting organizations!
- 2011/12/08 Ms. Karin Amamiya and Mr. Satoshi Kamata have expresed their support to the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World! Click here
- 2011/12/06 Nobel Women's Initiative has become one of our supporting organizations!
- 2011/12/02 Supporting message from Ms. Tomoyo Nonaka has arrived! Click here
- 2011/11/10 English website is now ready!!click here.
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2011/10/05
Conference outline is now available.
