Thousands of protesters march through Tokyo, calling on the Japanese government to permanently shutter its nuclear energy programme.<br/> <br />The demonstration comes as the country prepares to shut down its last active nuclear reactor.<br/> <br />Protesters say they don't want the programme, restarted because they are fearful of another near-catastrophic meltdown, much like the one triggered by last year's devastating tsunami and earthquake.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) TOSHIHIRO INOUE, 54, ORGANIZER OF PROTEST SAYING:<br/> <br />"We want to show our resolve here to stop all nuclear plants and not restart them."<br/> <br />Before last year's disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Japan got 30 percent of its power from splitting the atom.<br/> <br />Over the weekend, though, workers began to shut down the country's final active reactor, located at this plant in the Hokkaido prefecture.<br/> <br />Most of the facilities were shuttered for maintenance, and have not been restarted in the wake of Fukushima meltdown.<br/> <br />Andrew Raven, Reuters
