Houston Community News >> Japanese Fisherman Protest High Fuel Prices

7/14/2008 TOKYO (AP) — Fishermen across Japan went on a massive one-day strike Tuesday to protest skyrocketing fuel prices, the latest blow to the country's foundering fish industry.

The strike was expected to be the biggest ever for Japanese fisherman, involving about 200,000 boats from all the country's major fishing unions. A protest march with thousands of demonstrators was planned for midday in central Tokyo.
 
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