Anti-Nuclear Rally in Tokyo

Greenpeace activists hold banners reading ‘They Profit, You Pay’ at an anti-nuclear rally outside the Japanese Parliament, Tokyo. Greenpeace is calling for liability laws to change in the wake of the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March 2011. The operator, TEPCO, has so far been the only company held responsible for the costs of the nuclear disaster. Other key suppliers including Hitachi, Toshiba and GE (General Electric) walked away with profits intact despite providing faulty equipment. As TEPCO has now been nationalised, the Japanese public will end up paying for the overwhelming majority of the cost of the meltdowns.