Japan: Thousands join anti-nuke protests

Thousands of people marched through the streets of Tokyo in what could be the strongest show of anti-nuclear sentiment since the massive quake and tsunami of March 11, crippled a nuclear reactor in northern Japan.Japan is struggling to regain control of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated its northeast on March 11. Around 5,000 people took to the streets in two separate anti-nuclear protests on Sunday. Some carried placards reading No More Fukushima and No Nukes; others danced and played musical instruments.Radiation from Japan spread around the entire northern hemisphere in the first two weeks of the nuclear crisis, according to the Vienna-based Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation.