Interview Summary of Satoshi Haruhashi, a blogger, a salary man, and an Anti-Nukes protestor at the Friday Night Protest. He was once interviewed by a freelance writer, Chia Yoshida, about the nuclear accident in Fukushima. The article is here.
Two Reasons Why He Participates in the Friday Night Protest
Satoshi Haruhashi said he has two reasons why he participates in the Friday Night Protest. The first reason is as a consumer of the nuclear energy, he believes we, the consumers, have a responsibility to stop the nuclear energy for the victims (people of Fukushima). The second reason is as a citizen of Japan, he believes we should have prevented the nuclear accident.
Why Kasumigaseki?
He believes that Kasumigaseki is where everything is decided by both the Diet members and bureaucrats, which has a symbolic meaning to him. Also, it will be easy for him to attend the protest after attending the committee sessions. He writes a summary for each committee sessions he attended and posts them on his blog to inform everyone. He believes people cannot just learn everything from the newspaper and he thinks it is necessary to attend the committee sessions to actually understand what is going on. To attend the committee session, he needs a politician as a sponsor. He met a member of the Diet at the Friday Night Protest and stayed in contact with the politician; therefore, he gained access to the committee sessions. According to Haruhashi’s experience, there are a lot of politicians attending and supporting this protest. His first time attending the Friday Night Protest was in 2012. On that day, people were asking if there is anyone* who wants to give a speech and he raised his hand and that was when he started actively participate in this protest.
*anyone can give a speech at the Friday Night Protest
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Demonstrating Space: Kasumigaseki 