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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Retiree heads opposition to US nuclear carrier
Manabu Hattori, a 79 year old retiree, stands almost every night on the street with a petition hanging from his shoulders to gather signatures. He does not want his hometown, Yokosuka, to host a U.S. nuclear carrier.

Hattori and his civil group have gathered more than 450,000 petition signatures from around Japan, even though Yokosuka's population is 430,000.

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