I am writing to invite all to attend Japan's first public celebration of "International Right to Know Day"
on September 22 at Meiji University. Details follow.

Title: "Nuclear Power and the Right to Know" --- a forum featuring Peter Bradford, former member of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Japanese experts

Program: The main event will be a presentation by Mr.
Peter Bradford, who served as a commissioner of the US NRC at the time of the Three Mile Island Incident and has enjoyed a long and productive career in power regulation in the United States. (See Winifred Bird's profile of Bradford here:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20110821x2.html)

Mr. Bradford's speech will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Baku Nishio, co-director of the Citizens Nuclear Information Center (http://cnic.jp/english/), Tatsujiro Suzuki, the current deputy chair of Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Commission (genshiryoku iinkai), and attorney Hiroshi Miyake, a leading expert on Japan's government transparency laws.

Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Venue: Meiji University, Liberty Tower, second floor
(access:
http://www.meiji.ac.jp/cip/english/about/campus/surugad
ai.html)

The event is sponsored by the NGO "Information Access Clearinghouse" (johokokai clearinghouse), Japan's leading advocacy group for open government. See
www.clearing-house.org) For information on "International Right to Know Day," see http://www.freedominfo.org/regions/global/rtk-day/.

The event is open to the public. We plan to collect a small fee at the door. Please feel free to circulate
this invitation to friends or colleagues.

Regards,

Larry Repeta

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Lawrence Repeta
Professor, Meiji University, Faculty of Law Director, Joho Kokai Clearinghouse
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