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Japan: JAXA Successfully Launches Next-Generation H3 Rocket Into Space 2

JAXA (The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) launched its new flagship H3 rocket into space in a second attempt on Saturday, February 17, and announced that it confirmed the rocket has reached orbit as planned. The H3 lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima at 9:22 a.m., JST.

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March against restart of Sendai nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Journalist Satoshi Kamata (C) and author Keiko Ochiai (R) lead a group of demonstrators in Tokyo on July 9, 2014, opposing the restart of the currently idled Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Writers join anti-nuclear hunger strike

TOKYO, Japan - (From front R to L) writer Hisae Sawachi, novelist and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi and writer Satoshi Kamata join a hunger strike on May 2, 2012, in front of the industry ministry in Tokyo in protest against the government's moves to restart idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.

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Writers join anti-nuclear hunger strike

TOKYO, Japan - (From front R to L) writer Hisae Sawachi, novelist and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi and writer Satoshi Kamata join a hunger strike on May 2, 2012, in front of the industry ministry in Tokyo in protest against the government's moves to restart idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.

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Writers join anti-nuclear hunger strike

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) writer Satoshi Kamata, novelist and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi and writer Hisae Sawachi join a hunger strike on May 2, 2012, in front of the industry ministry in Tokyo in protest against the government's moves to restart idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.

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Novelist Oe, journalist Kamata in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe (R) and journalist Satoshi Kamata in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2012, unveil a document that asks leaders of the municipalities hosting nuclear power plants not to resume operations of idled reactors.

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Writers, musicians call for farewell to nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Freelance journalist Satoshi Kamata holds a poster of an antinuclear rally scheduled at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, aiming to mobilize 50,000 people. Kamata is among writers and musicians who have been promoting the rally as well as collecting 10 million signatures on a petition calling for ending nuclear power in Japan in the wake of the nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Campaigners deliver petition demanding security bills be retracted

Reportage writer Satoshi Kamata (center L) and commentator Makoto Sataka (center R) join others in preparing to deliver over 1.65 million signatures collected from the public nationwide to the Japanese parliament in Tokyo on June 29, 2015, demanding the retraction of a controversial set of national security bills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1.65 mil. signatures submitted against Japan security legislation

Japanese journalist Satoshi Kamata (L) and critic Makoto Sataka attend a press conference in Tokyo on June 29, 2015, after their group collected more than 1.65 million signatures looking to scrap legislation aimed at giving the Self-Defense Forces a more active role. The group submitted the signatures to both houses of parliament the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Termination of nuclear power is last job: Oe

Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe (L) and nonfiction writer Satoshi Kamata attend a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on March 10, 2015, in Tokyo. Criticizing the government's policy to resume nuclear power plants, Oe said, "There is no other choice but to create a world without nuclear power generation. It will be my last job to continue appealing for this." Kamata urged the government to hear what displaced people have to say about the future course of society. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Writers, musicians call for farewell to nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Freelance journalist Satoshi Kamata holds a poster of an antinuclear rally scheduled at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, aiming to mobilize 50,000 people. Kamata is among writers and musicians who have been promoting the rally as well as collecting 10 million signatures on a petition calling for ending nuclear power in Japan in the wake of the nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo)

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Writers join anti-nuclear hunger strike

TOKYO, Japan - (From front R to L) writer Hisae Sawachi, novelist and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi and writer Satoshi Kamata join a hunger strike on May 2, 2012, in front of the industry ministry in Tokyo in protest against the government's moves to restart idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Writers join anti-nuclear hunger strike

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) writer Satoshi Kamata, novelist and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi and writer Hisae Sawachi join a hunger strike on May 2, 2012, in front of the industry ministry in Tokyo in protest against the government's moves to restart idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Writers join anti-nuclear hunger strike

TOKYO, Japan - (From front R to L) writer Hisae Sawachi, novelist and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi and writer Satoshi Kamata join a hunger strike on May 2, 2012, in front of the industry ministry in Tokyo in protest against the government's moves to restart idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Novelist Oe, journalist Kamata in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe (R) and journalist Satoshi Kamata in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2012, unveil a document that asks leaders of the municipalities hosting nuclear power plants not to resume operations of idled reactors. (Kyodo)