Ryuichi Sakamoto: "Mankind cannot live with nuclear energy"

"With the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, and the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, I feel it is now the responsibility of Japan as the only nation to suffer major radiation exposure on three separate occasions as well as a contribution to the international community to say to the entire world that mankind cannot live in this world with nuclear energy, be it in the form of weapons or as a form of power generation." Ryuichi Sakamoto, in a commentary published by Asahi Shimbun.