Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Tokyo against nuclear power and the government’s recent decision to restart two reactors.
Thousands Protest Nuclear Power in Japan
![Some of the crowd that demonstrated in Tokyo against nuclear power, Japan, July 16, 2012 (Miguel Quintana/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/2D3DC849-BA96-4EB5-8811-535ADB27BBA7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Some of the crowd that demonstrated in Tokyo against nuclear power, Japan, July 16, 2012 (Miguel Quintana/VOA)
![Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against nuclear power in Tokyo. (Miguel Quintana/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/0DDDBA16-563A-4E10-B618-FFC324E2C7EB_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against nuclear power in Tokyo. (Miguel Quintana/VOA)
![Nobel literature prize laureate Kenzaburo Oe address the crowd at the anti-nuclear rally. (Miguel Quintana/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/BBD947B5-834B-43F6-96C3-555EFBC20CE8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Nobel literature prize laureate Kenzaburo Oe address the crowd at the anti-nuclear rally. (Miguel Quintana/VOA)
![A demonstrator protesting nuclear power in Tokyo (Miguel Quintana/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/9F184C97-6D1A-4D8C-BDA0-22FEC32DF559_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A demonstrator protesting nuclear power in Tokyo (Miguel Quintana/VOA)