▶Updates on February 23, 2024: The schedule for the first court hearing on Monday, March 4, 2023.
The first court hearing of the ALPS-Treated Contaminated Water Injunction Lawsuits by fishers and residents to protect the ocean and life is scheduled for Monday, March 4, 2024 at the Fukushima District Court.
Please wear something blue to represent the ocean and join us on March 4.
▶Updates on November 13, 2023: 212 additional plaintiffs join the injunction lawsuits!
On November 9, 2023, we filed a second injunction lawsuit with the Fukushima District Court.
In the second lawsuit, an additional 212 fishers and residents joined as plaintiffs.
There were 151 plaintiffs in the first lawsuit, so the total number of plaintiffs is now 363.
▶Updates on November 6, 2023: Live streaming of debriefing on November 9
We will live stream a debriefing on our second lawsuit on the “Fukushima Hatsu” channel.
Schedule: November 9 from 14:40 to 16:20
▶Updates on October 5, 2023: A copy of the complaint is now available.
The complaint (in Japanese) of ALPS-Treated Contaminated Water Injunction Lawsuit is uploaded
here. We recommend that you also review the following summary and focal points prepared by Attorney Kaido.
Summary of ALPS-Treated Contaminated Water Injunction Lawsuit (
here)
The filing of the second lawsuit will be on November 9, 2023.
▶Updates on September 28, 2023: We will file the second lawsuit on November 9.
The second ALPS-Treated Contaminated Water Injunction Lawsuit to stop the dumping into the ocean will be filed at the Fukushima District Court on November 9 with additional plaintiffs.
We will hold a pre-filing debriefing from 1:30PM at the auditorium of the Fukushima Cultural Center.
We will march to the Fukushima District Court to file the lawsuit and return to the cultural center to hold a post-filing debriefing. Details will follow.
▶Updates on September 10, 2023: On September 8, 2023, we filed our first lawsuit with the Fukushima District Court. 151 plaintiffs joined the lawsuit.
On September 8, 2023, amidst bad weather conditions, more than 100 plaintiffs and supporters gathered at Fukushima Citizens’ Hall to join our actions.
Those who were not able to enter the venue viewed a live stream of the event from a separate room.
At the debriefing at 1PM prior to the filing of the lawsuit, we heard remarks from Mr. Hirota, co-chair of the legal team, followed by Mr. Suzuki (co-chair of the plaintiffs) and Ms. Tanji (administrative chair for the plaintiffs).
We also marched to the Fukushima District Court in the drizzle.
Around 1:30PM, the legal team and a chair of the plaintiffs filed the complaint, and it was officially received by the District Court.
We also held a debriefing and press conference at the Citizens’ Hall from 2:10PM.
Attorney Kitamura discussed the complaint, and Attorney Kawai explained the significance of this lawsuit.
A Q&A with reporters and participants followed. At the end, Ms. Tanji announced that we are seeking additional plaintiffs for the second lawsuit. The debriefing concluded around 4PM.
The dumping of ALPS-treated contaminated water by the national government and TEPCO was a reckless political stunt forcibly engaged by dishonoring written promises with fishers.
It also disregards the fact that TEPCO is responsible for the nuclear disaster.
Furthermore, it is a criminal act to contaminate the ocean that belongs to all of us in the world.
To stop this insane action, we call for support for the injunction lawsuit and help from as many people as possible.
We are looking for additional plaintiffs for the second lawsuit.
