Article 9 Association
The founders of an association calling itself the "Article 9 group" stressed the need to remove nuclear power from the nation's energy policy in light of Article 9 of the Constitution and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Kenzaburo Oe, one of the nine founders of the Article 9 Association, spoke at the group's national rally in Tokyo in November 2011, which drew about 700 like-minded people.
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