Weekly Friday Protest Against Ooi Nuke Plant Restart in Front of PM Official Residence in Tokyo and KEPCO's HQ in Osaka, June 22, 2012 from 6PM

The protest in front of the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo has been going on since March 29, 2012, according to one of the organizing groups.

It's on this Friday, June 22, same place, same time, whether it is being covered by the mass media or not.

From people at ".@TwitNoNukes":

Date: Friday, June 22, 2012
Time: from 6PM
Places:

• Prime Minister's Official Residence [東京都千代田区永田町２丁目３−１　2-3-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, google map]

• Kansai Electric Power Company headquarters [大阪市北区中之島3丁目6番16号　3-6-16 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka City, google map]

Please refrain from carrying political signs not related to "anti-nuclear".
Please follow the general guidance from the organizers.

According to their blog (rough translation by me; emphasis is mine),

私たち、首都圏反原発連合は、3月29日より毎週、大飯原発再稼動反対の首相官邸前抗議を行ってまいりました。
当初300名程度だった参加者は、1000人→2700人→4000人→12000人と、回を追うごとに劇的に増加していきました。
福島第一原発事故の収束もままならないまま、そこから何の教訓を得る事もなく、再稼動ありきで物事を進めていった野田政権に対しての怒りがいよいよ噴出する形で、この抗議行動の規模は拡大を続けています。

We have been protesting against the restart of Ooi Nuclear Power Plant in front of the Prime Minister's Official Residence every week since March 29. Initially we had about 300 participants, but the number dramatically increased each week from 1,000 to 2,700, then 4,000, then 12,000. The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident is far from over, and yet the Noda administration has proceeded as if the restart was a given, without learning any lesson from the accident. The size of this protest continues to expand as anger toward the administration grows bigger.

野田政権は、世論の大半を占める再稼動に慎重な市民の声を無視し、今回の決断を下しました。
したがって、私たちもまた、今回の決定を黙って受け容れる必要は一切ありません。
6月22日(金)18時より、首相官邸前にて原発再稼動反対の抗議行動を行います。
また、大阪でも同日18時〜19時半、関電本店前にて再稼働反対の抗議行動を行います。
前回の12000人をはるかに凌ぐ、10万人規模の抗議行動で、大飯原発再稼動決定をただちに撤回すること、私たちが一切諦めていないことを、野田政権に対して突きつけましょう。
今まで以上の情報拡散とご参加をどうか宜しくお願い致します。

The Noda administration has made the decision [to restart Ooi] ignoring the majority of citizens who are cautious about the restart. Therefore, we don't need to quietly accept their decision. From 6PM ono Friday June 22, we will protest against the restart of the nuclear plant in front of the PM's Official Residence. Also in Osaka, from 6PM to 7:30PM, we will protest in front of the KEPCO Headquarters. Let's show to the Noda administration that we demand the immediate retraction of the decision to restart Ooi Nuclear Power Plant and that we haven't given up at all, this time with the protest from 100,000 people or more, far exceeding 12,000 people last time. Please spread the information and please participate.

So it was 12,000, not 11,000 on June 15? Not sure if 100,000 people show up, but looking at the numbers of retweets on the posts announcing the weekly Friday protests, the interest at least to spread the word have increased in recent weeks.

Number of RT of the protests at .@TwitNoNukes blog:

For March 29: 2,283
For May 18: 4,447
For May 25: 2,627
For June 1: 5,856
For June 8: 5,741
For June 15: 8,612
For June 22: 10,005

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