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Fukushima anniversary events


For the past six years the groups Kick Nuclear and Japanese Against Nuclear UK have combined with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament to organise events to commemorate the  Fukushima Disaster of 11th March 2011

This year's events are as follows:

Friday March 9th, 5.30-7.30pm: candle-lit vigil outside Japanese Embassy, 101-104 Piccadilly WC1 (near Green Park tune) with speeches, poetry and music.

Sunday March 11th: march from Japanese Embassy (assemble noon) to Old Palace Yard, opposite Houses of Parliament for rally from 2-3.30pm, with speeches, including from Kate Hudson and Bruce Kent, music and poetry.

Wednesday March 14th, 7-9pm: Fukushima Anniversary Public Meeting in Attlee Room, Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament.  Speakers: Kate Hudson, CND General Secretary, Amelia Womack, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, Professor Andy Stirling, Professor of Science and Technology at Sussex University, Professor Stephen Thomas, Professor at the University of Greenwich Business School, Dr. Ian Fairlie, Independent Consultant on Radiation in the Environment, and Rika Hirose Haga, of the School of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of  St.Andrews.  Chair: Catherine West MP.  Free  entry.  Allow 20 minutes to go through security into Portcullis House.  Portcullis House is on top of Westminster tube station.  Entrance is at end facing the Thames. 

Further information on above events: https://rememberfukushima.org/