Major Japanese TV Station Reports on the Protest Against Ooi Nuke Plant...in Washington D.C.

Nippon Television, a Yomiuri Shinbun affiliate, reports on the protest against the Japanese government's political decision to restart Ooi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture. It's just that the protest took place in Washington D.C..

I haven't found any coverage of this protest in the major news outlets in the US.

From Nippon TV (6/19/2012):

米首都で大飯原発再稼働決定に対し抗議活動

Protest in the US capital against the decision to restart Ooi Nuclear Power Plant

アメリカの首都・ワシントンで１８日、「関西電力」大飯原発（福井・おおい町）３、４号機の再稼働決定に対する抗議活動が行われた。

There was a protest in Washington D.C. against the decision to restart Reactors 3 and 4 at Ooi Nuclear Power Plant operated by KEPCO (in Ooi-cho, Fukui Prefecture).

　ワシントン市内の日本大使館前には、アメリカの環境保護団体の関係者らが集まり、「大飯原発の再稼働は新たな悲劇だ」などと書かれたプラカードを掲げ、抗議活動を行った。また、参加者の代表が、再稼働の見直しを求める野田首相への要望書を大使館職員に手渡した。

People from the US environmental groups gathered in front of the Japanese Embassy in Washington D.C., and protested with signs that said "Restart of Ooi Nuke Plant, a new tragedy". The representatives of the groups handed the statement to Prime Minister Noda to the Embassy officials demanding that [the Noda administration] reconsider the restart.

　今後、日本の環境保護団体などと連携しながら、再稼働の見直しを求めていくという。

The groups will coordinate with the Japanese environmental group and demand the reconsideration of the restart.

Not a word from this TV station on the June 15 protest in Tokyo, where 11,000 people gathered. It did report that "400 people gathered in front of the Prime Minister's Official Residence on June 16 to protest against the restart of Ooi Nuke Plant..." (6/16/2012), just like every single news outlet in Japan.

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