[Urgent Petition from Japan ] No new nuclear plant at Kaminoseki upon the COP 10 [일본으로부터의 연대 청원] 생물 다양성 회담 10개 정당 모임을 맞아 카미노세키의 새로운 핵 공장 반대 연대 청원 요청

* E-mail 1 from Junko Okura on Oct. 20, 2010

Dear endorsers from abroad,

Just a few lines to say thank you for your endorsement to the
"International Joint Statement to the Delegates for the COP10" against
the new nuclear power plant project in Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi
prefecture, where is one of the hot spots of biodiversity on Japan.
Also I really appreciate your cooperation in forwarding the action
alert to your contacts.

I believe you'll receive a gratitude letter from the organizers of
this statement but I'd like to report urgently the numbers of the
signatories.

The statement has collected the signatures of 293 organizations from
14 countries and the press conference was successfully held on 19th at COP10.

You can see the names of endorsers on this site;
http://ameblo.jp/nonukekaminoseki/entry-10678414280.html

(please scroll down the text then you can find them below the Japanese
translation of the statement. The original statement in English is at the bottom.)

If you find any problems of the list of the endorsers (e.x. you can't
find the name of your organization, misspelling, etc.) please send
e-mail to mail to: nonukekaminoseki@yahoo.co.jp

Also you can watch the video of the press conference;
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10293205?

I also appreciate your comments in your messages. They are pointing
out correctly how nuclear power won't work to prevent the climate
change while there are a lot of unsolved problems, also they are full
of compassion to the local people who are fighting for their
sustainable lives and environment.

I hope the Japanese government will consider our request seriously
and stop constructing the Kaminoseki Nuclear power plant, as well as
change drastically their pro-nuclear policies.

With best regards,

Junko Okura
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Junko Okura 大倉純子
Email: preabsanol@gmail.com

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* E-mail 2 from Junko Okura on Oct. 20, 2010

Hello again,

I'd like to introduce you the English pages of "Hiroshima-Kaminoseki
Link" website.
It has a report of the press conference in COP10. Also it explains the
details of the Kaminoseki nuclear power plant project. It's handy to
forward and explain to your friends about this issue.

Summary of press conference
http://nonukeskaminoseki.blog132.fc2.com/blog-entry-15.html

International Joint Statement
http://nonukeskaminoseki.blog132.fc2.com/blog-entry-13.html

movie of press conference
http://nonukeskaminoseki.blog132.fc2.com/blog-entry-17.html

With best regards,

Junko Okura
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*Text sent from Junko Okura on Oct. 16, 2010

The Chugoku Electric Power Company, which is planning to build
a new nuclear plant at Kaminoseki in the Seto Inland Sea National Park,
is about to start the landfill work while the Japanese Government is
hosting COP15.

Although the area is one of the biodiversity hotspots in Japan, the
government is silently approving this destructive development, or rather is backing
it strongly, based on its pro-nuclear policies.

Please read the appeal below and send the endorsement of your organization by 24:00 (in Japan) of 18th to sdaisuke@rice.ocn.ne.jp

The strong opposition movement of local residents has continued for 28 years.
You can see some pictures of their struggle in the blogs below (only
in Japanese language).

http://blog.shimabito.net/




http://ameblo.jp/nijinokayaker/


Some young activists has started hunger-strike against the landfill work.
http://blog.7gwalk.org/?eid=1261912

Thanks!
Junko Okura

(Please feel free and forward this message to your contacts!)

----------forwarded message----------

Dear friends

Please endorse the following Statement as organization.
(by October 18th)

Sato Daisuke
No Nukes Asia Forum Japan
sdaisuke@rice.ocn.ne.jp

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International Joint Statement to the Delegates for the COP 10
in solidarity with Hiroshima-Kaminoseki Link


BIODIVERSITY is Endangered by a Proposed Nuclear Plant Near Hiroshima.
Please put it high on the agenda at the COP10 in Japan.

The Chugoku Electric Power Company, based in Hiroshima, is trying to construct
a nuclear plant at Kaminoseki in the Seto Inland Sea National Park,
a BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT.

This project can irrevocably damage the pristine environment for life by

: replacing sea water with LANDFILL
: RAISING sea water TEMPERATURE
: risking devastating EARTHQUAKES (concentrated active faults around the site)

We are also concerned about radioactive contamination and internal RADIATION
exposure from low dose radiation release.

We urge you to make Kaminoseki an issue in the conference, and put pressure
on the Japanese government to take serious measures for protecting the
biodiversity.

October 18, 2010

●Australia
Australian Greens

●India
People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE)
National Alliance of Anti-nuclear Movements (NAAM)

●France
Réseau "Sortir du nucléaire

●Korea
Energy Justice Actions
Korea Federation for Environmental Movements
Buan People's Power Plant for Renewable Energy
Green Korea United

●Japan
Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
Green Action
Greenpeace Japan
No Nukes Asia Forum Japan

●Philippines
Kilusan para sa Pambansang Demokrasya (KPD)
Nuclear-Free Bataan Movement-Network (NFBM-Net)

●Taiwan
Taiwan Environmental Protection Union

●Thailand
Alternative Energy Project for Sustainability

●USA
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Pacific Environment
USA Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

●Indonesia
MANUSIA (Indonesian Antinuclear Society)
Sarekat Hijau Indonesia (SHI-Indonesian Green Union)


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For further information

Welcome to COP 10 http://www.cbd.int/cop10/
･･･Pursuant to decision IX/35, the tenth meeting of the Conference of
the Parties (COP 10)
will be held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, from 18 to 29 October 2010.

The Convention on Biological Diversity http://www.cbd.int/

Statement by the No Nukes Asia Forum to the APEC Energy Ministers’ Meeting
http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~nnaf/apec2010.htm

International petition
"Stop construction of the Kaminoseki nuclear power plant!"
http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~nnaf/Kaminoseki.htm

For more background, refer the following article in Nuke Info Tokyo.
http://cnic.jp/english/newsletter/nit133/nit133articles/kaminoseki.html


--
Junko Okura 大倉純子
Email: preabsanol@gmail.com