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Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World: Press Conference January 11, 2012
http://npfree.jp/download/20120106NPFree.pdf
GLOBAL CONFERENCE FOR A NUCLEAR POWER FREE WORLD
Press Conference, January 11 2012
On January 14-15 (Sat-Sun), the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World will be held
at Pacifico Yokohama. This two-day conference will be the biggest event on nuclear and energy
issues in Japan since Fukushima.
The Conference is being organized by a coalition of 6 Japan-based organisations (Citizens' Nuclear
Information Center, FoE Japan, Green Action, Greenpeace Japan, Institute for Sustainable Energy
Policies, and Peace Boat). Local and international experts as well as ordinary citizens will gather to
develop actions to realize a world not dependent upon nuclear power. 10,000 participants, including
over 100 from outside Japan, will join the dozens of symposiums, workshops, exhibitions and
screenings over two days, including dozens of experts from Fukushima, Japan and all continents
around the world.
On January 11, an English language press briefing will be held at the Foreign Correspondents'
Club of Japan to brief correspondents on the conference, and introduce Japanese and international
experts, who will be available for interviews during their stay in Fukushima/Tokyo/Yokohama.
Date: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm, January 11 2011
Venue: The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
Yurakucho Denki North Building 20F, Yurakucho 1-7-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0006
Tel: +81-3-3211-3161; Fax: +81-3-3211-3168 Email: front@fccj.or.jp
Speakers
• Yoshioka Tatsuya (Chair of Executive Committee, Global Conference for a Nuclear Power
Free World / Co-founder and Director, Peace Boat）
• Aileen Mioko Smith (Director, Green Action)
• Rebecca Harms (Member of the European Parliament, President of the Greens/EFA group)
• Mycle Schneider (Independent international consultant on energy and nuclear policy)
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GLOBAL CONFERENCE FOR A NUCLEAR POWER FREE WORLD
Press Conference, January 11 2012
On January 14-15 (Sat-Sun), the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World will be held
at Pacifico Yokohama. This two-day conference will be the biggest event on nuclear and energy
issues in Japan since Fukushima.
The Conference is being organized by a coalition of 6 Japan-based organisations (Citizens' Nuclear
Information Center, FoE Japan, Green Action, Greenpeace Japan, Institute for Sustainable Energy
Policies, and Peace Boat). Local and international experts as well as ordinary citizens will gather to
develop actions to realize a world not dependent upon nuclear power. 10,000 participants, including
over 100 from outside Japan, will join the dozens of symposiums, workshops, exhibitions and
screenings over two days, including dozens of experts from Fukushima, Japan and all continents
around the world.
On January 11, an English language press briefing will be held at the Foreign Correspondents'
Club of Japan to brief correspondents on the conference, and introduce Japanese and international
experts, who will be available for interviews during their stay in Fukushima/Tokyo/Yokohama.
Date: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm, January 11 2011
Venue: The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
Yurakucho Denki North Building 20F, Yurakucho 1-7-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0006
Tel: +81-3-3211-3161; Fax: +81-3-3211-3168 Email: front@fccj.or.jp
Speakers
• Yoshioka Tatsuya (Chair of Executive Committee, Global Conference for a Nuclear Power
Free World / Co-founder and Director, Peace Boat）
• Aileen Mioko Smith (Director, Green Action)
• Rebecca Harms (Member of the European Parliament, President of the Greens/EFA group)
• Mycle Schneider (Independent international consultant on energy and nuclear policy)
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News and updates at http://npfree.jp/english/news.html
2012/01/07 Press conference to be held at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on January 11: for details, click here
2012/01/05 Announcement! Mayor Sakurai Katsunobu of Minamisoma, the city next to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, will participate in a special Mayors' Session at the Global Conference! Mayor Sakurai drew attention worldwide after broadcasting an SOS on youtube on March 24, and was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2011.
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