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Chileans receive draft text of new constitution

SANTIAGO, CHILE - NOVEMBER 17: Citizens receive the draft of the proposed new constitution outside the Palacio de La Moneda on November 17, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. One month before the constitutional plebiscite is held in Chile, the Government is delivering the proposed new constitution free of charge so that citizens can be informed. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Chileans receive draft text of new constitution

SANTIAGO, CHILE - NOVEMBER 17: Citizens receive the draft of the proposed new constitution outside the Palacio de La Moneda on November 17, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. One month before the constitutional plebiscite is held in Chile, the Government is delivering the proposed new constitution free of charge so that citizens can be informed. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Chileans receive draft text of new constitution

SANTIAGO, CHILE - NOVEMBER 17: Citizens receive the draft of the proposed new constitution outside the Palacio de La Moneda on November 17, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. One month before the constitutional plebiscite is held in Chile, the Government is delivering the proposed new constitution free of charge so that citizens can be informed. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Chileans receive draft text of new constitution

SANTIAGO, CHILE - NOVEMBER 17: Citizens receive the draft of the proposed new constitution outside the Palacio de La Moneda on November 17, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. One month before the constitutional plebiscite is held in Chile, the Government is delivering the proposed new constitution free of charge so that citizens can be informed. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Chileans receive draft text of new constitution

SANTIAGO, CHILE - NOVEMBER 17: Citizens receive the draft of the proposed new constitution outside the Palacio de La Moneda on November 17, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. One month before the constitutional plebiscite is held in Chile, the Government is delivering the proposed new constitution free of charge so that citizens can be informed. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Hemp Fest in Seattle

SEATTLE, United States - Hemp Fest, an annual event for cannabis lovers, begins in Seattle, Washington, on Aug. 16, 2013. The states of Washington and Colorado became the first in the United States to legalize recreational marijuana in a plebiscite held in November 2012.

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Nuclear power referendum

OSAKA, Japan - A civic group representative (L) hands a petition to an Osaka city government official at Osaka city hall on Feb. 14, 2012. The group, which is seeking a referendum on whether to retain nuclear power plants, filed a direct petition with the city government to hold a plebiscite on the issue in the wake of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Civic group seeking referendums on nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Hajime Imai, secretary general of civic group Let's Decide Together/Citizen-initiated National Referendum on Nuclear Power, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2012. The group seeking a referendum on whether to keep nuclear power plants said it has collected enough signatures to ask the Tokyo metropolitan government to hold a plebiscite on the issue.

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Big majority says 'no' to U.S. relocation in Iwakuni plebiscite

IWAKUNI, Japan - Katsusuke Ihara, mayor of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture, holds a press conference at the city office on March 12 after an overwhelming majority of citizens voted ''no'' in a referendum on a government plan to relocate U.S. naval aircraft to a local U.S. base.

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Iwakuni plebiscite on U.S. realignment valid as turnout exceeds 50%

IWAKUNI, Japan - Citizens of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, cast their ballots in a referendum on U.S. military realignment in Japan on March 12. Voter turnout topped 50 percent as of 4 p.m., making the plebiscite valid.

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Iwakuni plebiscite on U.S. realignment valid as turnout exceeds 50%

IWAKUNI, Japan - A mother lets her daughter cast her ballot in a referendum in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on U.S. military realignment in Japan on March 12. Voter turnout topped 50 percent as of 4 p.m., making the plebiscite valid.

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Schieffer hopes Iwakuni understands U.S. base plan's strategic aims

OSAKA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer answers a question during a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 8. He voiced hope that citizens of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, will understand the strategic implications of the planned realignment of U.S. forces in Japan prior to the city's plebiscite on the issue slated for in March.

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Iwakuni city to hold plebiscite on relocation of U.S. fighters

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Katsusuke Ihara, mayor of the city of Iwakuni, briefs reporters at the city office in Iwakuni on Feb. 2 on a plebiscite to ask citizens whether they would accept a plan to relocate U.S. carrier-borne airplanes from Atsugi base near Tokyo.

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Chen stresses need to consider plebiscite on Taiwan's future

TOKYO - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks to a gathering of Taiwan people in Tokyo via the Internet on Aug. 3. In the speech, Chen stressed for the first time the importance of considering a referendum to decide the island's future.

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Mie town votes against nuclear plant

MIYAMA, Japan - Residents of a small town in Mie Prefecture on Nov. 18 cheered after overwhelmingly voting against inviting a nuclear power plant to be built in the region in the first plebiscite on such an issue. Turnout was heavy with 88.64% of 8,748 eligible voters casting their votes.

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Plebiscite on nuclear power plant begins in Mie town

MIYAMA, Japan - A woman casts a vote Nov. 18 in Miyama, Mie Prefecture in a plebiscite on whether to invite a power company to build a nuclear power plant in the town.

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Campaign begins in Mie town ahead of nuclear plebiscite

MIYAMA, Japan - A group of voters shouts opposition as official campaign begins Nov. 13, 2001 for a plebiscite in the town of Miyama in Mie Prefecture on the town's plan to host a nuclear plant. Chubu Electric Power Co. wants to build a nuclear plant in the town. The 8,753 eligible voters in the western Japan town will be asked whether they approve or oppose the plan.

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Hiranuma meets Kariwa Mayor Shinada on MOX fuel

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (L) meets Hiroo Shinada, the mayor of Kariwa village in Niigata Prefecture, at the Diet building on May 29. The meeting was held after a majority of Kariwa residents rejected in a May 27 plebiscite a Tokyo Electric Power Co. plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at its nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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Kariwa village to postpone MOX fuel use at local plant

KARIWA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada, mayor of Kariwa village in Niigata Prefecture, speaks at a press conference in the village on May 28 about his decision not to approve the use of plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) at a local nuclear plant. In the previous day's plebiscite, local people rejected the plan to use the fuel. Shinada said the village will set up a consultation body to further discuss nuclear issues, but avoided reference to the possibility of the village renouncing introduction of the fuel.

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State to seek public support for MOX use, Koizumi says

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi responds to questions May 28 during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session. He stressed the need for the state to get the public to support nuclear energy following the rejection of a Tokyo Electric Power Co. plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at its nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture in a local plebiscite May 27.

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Niigata village says no to MOX fuel use at nuke plant

KARIWA, Japan - Opponents of a Tokyo Electric Power Co. plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at a nuclear power plant in Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, rejoice May 27 after a majority of village residents rejected the plan in Japan's first plebiscite on the issue the same day.

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Town to hold plebiscite over plant's MOX fuel use

KARIWA, Japan - Municipal workers in Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, post notices explaining a plebiscite over a plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at a local nuclear power plant. The result of the May 27 vote, in which residents will be asked whether they approve of the plan, may significantly affect power companies and the central government's nuclear power policy.

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Plebiscite on MOX fuel use at Niigata plant planned in May

NIIGATA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada, mayor of the village of Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, announced April 24 his village will hold a plebiscite May 27 on a plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. The announcement followed the Kariwa village assembly's passage of an ordinance to hold such a plebiscite.

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Distribution of the new constitution proposal in Chile before the elections

SANTIAGO, CHILE – AUGUST 12: Outside the Palacio de La Moneda in the Plaza de la Constitución, part of the “Chile Vota Informado” campaign was carried out, where copies of the proposed Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile were delivered so that the population arrives informed at the plebiscite departure to be held on September 4, on August 12, 2022 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate / Agencia Makro)

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Distribution of the new constitution proposal in Chile before the elections

SANTIAGO, CHILE – AUGUST 12: Outside the Palacio de La Moneda in the Plaza de la Constitución, part of the “Chile Vota Informado” campaign was carried out, where copies of the proposed Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile were delivered so that the population arrives informed at the plebiscite departure to be held on September 4, on August 12, 2022 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate / Agencia Makro)

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Distribution of the new constitution proposal in Chile before the elections

SANTIAGO, CHILE – AUGUST 12: Outside the Palacio de La Moneda in the Plaza de la Constitución, part of the “Chile Vota Informado” campaign was carried out, where copies of the proposed Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile were delivered so that the population arrives informed at the plebiscite departure to be held on September 4, on August 12, 2022 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate / Agencia Makro)

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Distribution of the new constitution proposal in Chile before the elections

SANTIAGO, CHILE – AUGUST 12: Outside the Palacio de La Moneda in the Plaza de la Constitución, part of the “Chile Vota Informado” campaign was carried out, where copies of the proposed Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile were delivered so that the population arrives informed at the plebiscite departure to be held on September 4, on August 12, 2022 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate / Agencia Makro)

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Distribution of the new constitution proposal in Chile before the elections

SANTIAGO, CHILE – AUGUST 12: Outside the Palacio de La Moneda in the Plaza de la Constitución, part of the “Chile Vota Informado” campaign was carried out, where copies of the proposed Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile were delivered so that the population arrives informed at the plebiscite departure to be held on September 4, on August 12, 2022 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate / Agencia Makro)

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Distribution of the new constitution proposal in Chile before the elections

SANTIAGO, CHILE – AUGUST 12: Outside the Palacio de La Moneda in the Plaza de la Constitución, part of the “Chile Vota Informado” campaign was carried out, where copies of the proposed Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile were delivered so that the population arrives informed at the plebiscite departure to be held on September 4, on August 12, 2022 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate / Agencia Makro)

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Campaign begins in Mie town ahead of nuclear plebiscite

MIYAMA, Japan - A group of voters shouts opposition as official campaign begins Nov. 13, 2001 for a plebiscite in the town of Miyama in Mie Prefecture on the town's plan to host a nuclear plant. Chubu Electric Power Co. wants to build a nuclear plant in the town. The 8,753 eligible voters in the western Japan town will be asked whether they approve or oppose the plan.

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Plebiscite on nuclear power plant begins in Mie town

MIYAMA, Japan - A woman casts a vote Nov. 18 in Miyama, Mie Prefecture in a plebiscite on whether to invite a power company to build a nuclear power plant in the town.

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Mie town votes against nuclear plant

MIYAMA, Japan - Residents of a small town in Mie Prefecture on Nov. 18 cheered after overwhelmingly voting against inviting a nuclear power plant to be built in the region in the first plebiscite on such an issue. Turnout was heavy with 88.64% of 8,748 eligible voters casting their votes.

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Iwakuni city to hold plebiscite on relocation of U.S. fighters

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Katsusuke Ihara, mayor of the city of Iwakuni, briefs reporters at the city office in Iwakuni on Feb. 2 on a plebiscite to ask citizens whether they would accept a plan to relocate U.S. carrier-borne airplanes from Atsugi base near Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Schieffer hopes Iwakuni understands U.S. base plan's strategic a

OSAKA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer answers a question during a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 8. He voiced hope that citizens of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, will understand the strategic implications of the planned realignment of U.S. forces in Japan prior to the city's plebiscite on the issue slated for in March. (Kyodo)

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Iwakuni plebiscite on U.S. realignment valid as turnout exceeds

IWAKUNI, Japan - Citizens of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, cast their ballots in a referendum on U.S. military realignment in Japan on March 12. Voter turnout topped 50 percent as of 4 p.m., making the plebiscite valid. (Kyodo)

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Iwakuni plebiscite on U.S. realignment valid as turnout exceeds

IWAKUNI, Japan - A mother lets her daughter cast her ballot in a referendum in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on U.S. military realignment in Japan on March 12. Voter turnout topped 50 percent as of 4 p.m., making the plebiscite valid. (Kyodo)

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Big majority says 'no' to U.S. relocation in Iwakuni plebiscite

IWAKUNI, Japan - Katsusuke Ihara, mayor of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture, holds a press conference at the city office on March 12 after an overwhelming majority of citizens voted ''no'' in a referendum on a government plan to relocate U.S. naval aircraft to a local U.S. base. (Kyodo)

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Civic group seeking referendums on nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Hajime Imai, secretary general of civic group Let's Decide Together/Citizen-initiated National Referendum on Nuclear Power, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2012. The group seeking a referendum on whether to keep nuclear power plants said it has collected enough signatures to ask the Tokyo metropolitan government to hold a plebiscite on the issue. (Kyodo)

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Civic group seeking referendums on nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Hajime Imai, secretary general of civic group Let's Decide Together/Citizen-initiated National Referendum on Nuclear Power, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2012. The group seeking a referendum on whether to keep nuclear power plants said it has collected enough signatures to ask the Tokyo metropolitan government to hold a plebiscite on the issue. (Kyodo)

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Nuclear power referendum

OSAKA, Japan - A civic group representative (L) hands a petition to an Osaka city government official at Osaka city hall on Feb. 14, 2012. The group, which is seeking a referendum on whether to retain nuclear power plants, filed a direct petition with the city government to hold a plebiscite on the issue in the wake of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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Chen stresses need to consider plebiscite on Taiwan's future

TOKYO - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks to a gathering of Taiwan people in Tokyo via the Internet on Aug. 3. In the speech, Chen stressed for the first time the importance of considering a referendum to decide the island's future. (Kyodo)

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Hiranuma meets Kariwa Mayor Shinada on MOX fuel

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (L) meets Hiroo Shinada, the mayor of Kariwa village in Niigata Prefecture, at the Diet building on May 29. The meeting was held after a majority of Kariwa residents rejected in a May 27 plebiscite a Tokyo Electric Power Co. plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at its nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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State to seek public support for MOX use, Koizumi says

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi responds to questions May 28 during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session. He stressed the need for the state to get the public to support nuclear energy following the rejection of a Tokyo Electric Power Co. plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at its nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture in a local plebiscite May 27.

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Niigata village says no to MOX fuel use at nuke plant

KARIWA, Japan - Opponents of a Tokyo Electric Power Co. plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at a nuclear power plant in Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, rejoice May 27 after a majority of village residents rejected the plan in Japan's first plebiscite on the issue the same day.

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Kariwa village to postpone MOX fuel use at local plant

KARIWA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada, mayor of Kariwa village in Niigata Prefecture, speaks at a press conference in the village on May 28 about his decision not to approve the use of plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) at a local nuclear plant. In the previous day's plebiscite, local people rejected the plan to use the fuel. Shinada said the village will set up a consultation body to further discuss nuclear issues, but avoided reference to the possibility of the village renouncing introduction of the fuel.

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Town to hold plebiscite over plant's MOX fuel use

KARIWA, Japan - Municipal workers in Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, post notices explaining a plebiscite over a plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at a local nuclear power plant. The result of the May 27 vote, in which residents will be asked whether they approve of the plan, may significantly affect power companies and the central government's nuclear power policy.

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Plebiscite on MOX fuel use at Niigata plant planned in May

NIIGATA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada, mayor of the village of Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, announced April 24 his village will hold a plebiscite May 27 on a plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. The announcement followed the Kariwa village assembly's passage of an ordinance to hold such a plebiscite.