Around 170,000 filled a square in Japan's capital, Tokyo on Monday, protesting Prime Minister Noda's decision to re-start two reactors in Japan and calling for an end to the use of nuclear energy. Protesters have been gathering every Friday outside the prime minister's residence to protest his continued support of nuclear power in the wake of the devastating Fukushima Daiichi triple meltdown catastrophe. The 4th reactor at the site, which did not melt down, remains in perilous condition. "To stay silent in the wake of Fukushima is inhuman," the Oscar-winning musicianRyuichi Sakamoto told the crowd.