Local Japanese protest against U.S. nuclear vessel’s visit to Sasebo port

By Xinhua,

Tokyo : Local Japanese staged demonstrations Monday against the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan’s visit to Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, said reports from the southwestern port city of Nagasaki.

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Local labor organizations and other bodies rallied on some 20 fishing boats and dozens of local residents gathered on high ground to protest against the vessel’s call to the port of Sasebo, where a U.S. Navy base is located.

The carrier, with a displacement of 102,000 tons, arrived earlier Monday via South Korea to lay in supplies and give a short break to its 4,266 crew members.

The vessel left its home port of San Diego, California, in May, and is scheduled to leave Sasebo at midday Friday.