The Fukushima disaster and Japan’s occupy movement

• Main Author: SAITO, Hiro
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: democracy; ecology; environmentalism; Fukushima; Japan; nuclear power; Occupy; Occupy Japan; sustainability; Asian Studies; Demography, Population, and Ecology; Emergency and Disaster Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2188; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3445/viewcontent/The_Fukushima_Disaster_and_Japan.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

On October 15, 2011, OccupyTokyo protests took place in three different districts: Hibiya,Shinjuku, and Roppongi. Before the rallies began, protesters gathered in parkswhere organizers and participants gave speeches. They expressed solidarity withthe worldwide Occupy movement, criticized a widening...