Group led by Japan ex-PMs proposes nuke-free draft bill

Group led by Japan ex-PMs proposes nuke-free draft bill

Japanese lawyer Hiroyuki Kawai (2nd from R) speaks in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2018, at a press conference at which the Japan Assembly for Nuclear Free Renewable Energy proposed a bill to halt the country's nuclear power plants. Former prime ministers Junichiro Koizumi (far R) and Morihiro Hosokawa (far L), founders of the group, and Tsuyoshi Yoshiwara, the group's chairman, also attended the press conference. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000123112
  • Registered date
  • 2018/1/10 13:15:59
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2018 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2688 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 782.40(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Japanese opposition parties on nuclear power plants

    Japanese opposition parties on nuclear power plants

    Lawmakers representing the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the Japanese Communist Party, the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party pose for a photo in Tokyo on March 9, 2018, as the opposition parties submit to the House of Representatives a draft joint bill seeking the abolition of nuclear power plants in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
      Group led by Japan ex-PMs proposes nuke-free draft bill

      Group led by Japan ex-PMs proposes nuke-free draft bill

      Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (far R) speaks at a press conference held by the Japan Assembly for Nuclear Free Renewable Energy at the Diet building in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2018. The private organization proposed a bill to halt the country's nuclear power plants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
        Reactors pass safety screening for operating beyond 40-year limit

        Reactors pass safety screening for operating beyond 40-year limit

        Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 20, 2016. Two aging nuclear reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant on the Sea of Japan coast passed safety screenings the same day by the regulator. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
          Suit filed to seek suspension of old reactors

          Suit filed to seek suspension of old reactors

          Lawyer Sakae Kitamura (R) attends a press conference in Nagoya on April 14, 2016. Kitamura heads a group of lawyers representing those who demand the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan coast not be operated as more than 40 years have passed since they first went online. The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit on the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
            2 ex-PMs visit Hakodate

            2 ex-PMs visit Hakodate

            Former Japanese prime ministers Morihiro Hosokawa (far R) and Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) visit the Hakodate municipal office in Hokkaido on Oct. 29, 2015, to meet with Mayor Toshiki Kudo (front row). Hosokawa and Koizumi are working jointly to eliminate nuclear power generation and the city of Hakodate filed a lawsuit in April 2014 seeking the suspension of a plan to build the world's first plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel reactor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
              Nuclear plant in western Japan gets safety OK, edges nearer restart

              Nuclear plant in western Japan gets safety OK, edges nearer restart

              Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 15, 2015. An idled nuclear plant owned by Shikoku Electric Power Co. obtained safety clearance from regulators, moving it a step closer to restarting as the government seeks to revive the country's nuclear industry that has been at a standstill following the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                Gov't to keep nuclear resumption policy

                Gov't to keep nuclear resumption policy

                Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2015, after a court issued an injunction ordering Kansai Electric Power Co. not to restart two reactors at its Takahama nuclear power plant. Suga said the court decision does not affect the government's stance of resuming operations at nuclear plants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                  2 more idled nuclear reactors in Japan get safety OKs

                  2 more idled nuclear reactors in Japan get safety OKs

                  Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2015, after the regulatory body approved safety measures for the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama complex, located on the Sea of Japan coast in Fukui Prefecture. The approval gave another boost to the government's planned resumption of atomic power generation following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo