Tens of thousands protest in Tokyo the restart of nuclear power.

This is a critical time to contact the government in Japan.  Please. On Sunday they are scheduled to re-start the first nuclear power plant since the Fukushima  meltdown. We need a huge outcry internationally.   Here is the URL for sending an email to the Prime Minister of Japan.

All over Japan, reactors were slowly shutdown (for regular yearly inspections--something which is not done in the US, fyi ), following the tsunami, until not a single one was operating.  Today there were protests of 100,000 (more or less, depending on your news source) in Tokyo, against the re-starting of the reactors.  Go to the address above to send a comment to the Prime Minister of Japan.

The NY Times article about the protest is here.

This is a page from the forthcoming issue of
Kyoto Journal about alternatives to Nuclear Power

With real health assurance, There is much you can pursue

I don't usually post to this blog with current-events related commentary.  But I will simply say this: If you can be assured that no matter what, when you get sick or injured, you will be cared for, you have the freedom to change your job, to take some time off to think, to travel, then your life could become much richer, then you can take time to think about why it is you are alive.  That is why (one of the reasons) the supreme court decision is very important in your life.

Make time to simply
stop and think.
Atsuko Watanabe: Chapter 3