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“The Japanese population won't accept it any longer”

David Dessers — 2012-03-07T14:56:27Z

On March 11, it's exactly one year ago that North-Eastern Japan was hit by a major earthquake and a tsunami with giant 15 meter waves. One of the devastating consequences was a meltdown in the Fukushima nuclear power plant – the biggest nuclear disaster in 25 years. How is the situation today? Is everything under control? What about the population of Fukushima? How does the disaster influence the nuclear power debate in Japan? David Dessers of De Wereld Mogen asked Satoko Kishimoto, a Japanese climate activist who works for the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam: “People no longer believe what the government tells them. They now measure radiation levels themselves, search for alternative sources of information and take their own safety precautions. The government has abandoned people to their fate”. This interview was made in the run up to the demonstration “No more Fukushima” scheduled to take place on 11 March 2012 in Brussels.

- IV446 - March 2012 / Japan, Nuclear power

When the governors no longer know how to govern

David Dessers — 2008-02-29T14:50:00Z

After more than a hundred days of information, formation, exploration and discussions, it seems there is only the shadow of the beginning of a perspective of an orange-blue government in Belgium, or of any other Belgian government for that matter.

- IV397 - February 2008 / Belgium

Left electoral alliance projects new left party

David Dessers — 2006-11-01T18:23:00Z

The coming together of a left electoral bloc for the May 2007 elections is leading towards the formation of a new left party in Belgium.

- IV383 - November 2006 / Belgium, New parties of the left