Japanese people protest against the docking of US nuclear-powered aircraft carriers at Japanese ports.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, May 21st (Reporter Guo Dan) According to a report in Japan’s Nagasaki News on the 21st, a large number of people gathered near the US military base in sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan on the 20th to strongly protest against the docking of the US Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Nimitz at a Japanese port.

　　This activity was organized by Nagasaki Peace Center. On the same day, about 350 Japanese people participated in the protests. Holding the sign of "opposing the docking of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers", they shouted slogans such as "opposing the military use of ports" and "opposing the military integration between Japan and the United States" at the US naval base.

　　According to Japanese media reports, in addition to this protest, the Nagasaki Prefecture Trade Union and others also set up the "Local Struggle Headquarters for Preventing Nuclear Ships from Docking at the Port", and held a sit-in demonstration in a park in Sasebo every evening from the 19th. The activity will last until the 22nd.

　　The "Nimitz" nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has been docked at the American ship base in Sasebo since the 19th. This is nine years after the US Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington docked at this port in August 2014.