Press Advisory

Fukushima Parents to Confront Ministry of Education (MEXT)
Coming in Busloads to Protest Children’s Radiation Exposure
~ “ Retract the 20 millisievert Standard for Children! Protect the Children of Fukushima! ” ~

23 May: 13:00~17:00 (Japanese only)
DEMONSTRATION / MEETING / PRESS CONFERENCE
Location: MEXT and House of CouncillorsDiet Office Building
Schedule for 23 May:
13:00
Meet in front of MEXT building / Delegation from Fukushima arrives.
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
3-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Kasumigaseki Station Exit A 13 (Chiyoda Line), Toranomon Station Exit 6 (Ginza Line)
13:30
Submit demand to Minister of Education (inside MEXT)
(Fukushima residents are asking that the MEXT minister
meet them. Under negotiation.)
Demonstration outside of MEXT
14:30
Move over to Diet office building.
15:30 ~ 16:30
Meeting: “Protect the Children of Fukushima”
Place: Assembly Hall, House of Councillors Diet office building (Sangiin Giinn Kaikan)
Topic: Report on MEXT meeting and discussion with Diet members
16:30 ~ 17:00Press Conference
Place: Same as above (Assembly Hall, House of Councillors)
Diet office building (Sangiin Giinn Kaikan)

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【Organized by】:
The Fukushima Network for Protecting Children from Radiation
【Co-sponsors】:
Green Action; Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center; Citizens Against Fukushima Aging Nuclear Power Plants (Fukuro-no-Kai); Osaka Citizens Against the Mihama, Oi and Takahama Nuclear Power Plants (Mihama-no-Kai)’ International Environmental NGO FoE Japan
【Cooperation】:
e-shift: A network organization to fulfill nuclear phase-out and new
energy policy(e-shift), No More Plutonium! Tokyo download: Fukushima Parents to Confront Ministry of Education (MEXT)