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Citizens stage antinuclear rally to encircle Diet with candlelight

People took to the streets in central Tokyo Sunday to protest the resumption of two nuclear reactors at the Oi power plant on the Sea of Japan coast after all of the nation's reactors were shut down following the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

After marching from Hibiya Park, they will encircle the Diet building with candlelight, while several lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties as well as the Australian Green Party will address them in front of the main gate of the Diet building.

The demonstration was organized by the Metropolitan Coalition Against Nukes, whose rallies in front of the prime minister's office every Friday have drawn tens of thousands of citizens.