CORE will be travelling to Japan to receive a Human Rights award at Tokyo on 18th December. Of the threeYoko Tada awards presented each year in Japan, one is made to to overseas campaigners for their work in the field of human rights issues through grass-roots activities. One sponsor of the Award has cited his respect for and solidarity with CORE’s work. The awards are made annually by a Human Rights Fund established to commemorate the life of Yoko Tada, a human rights lawyer who was involved in numerous high profile campaigns in Japan until her death, at the age of 29, in 1989. Representing CORE at the award ceremony, Martin Forwood today said: “ This is a great honour for us and follows years of working closely with groups in Japan who are as opposed to reprocessing and nuclear transports between the two countries as we are. We have been frequent visitors to Japan and, after the award, will be leaving Tokyo to meet with members of the public and local groups to discuss the problems of Sellafield MOX, particularly the latest revelations of the unusual data in some of the fuel recently shipped by BNFL to Kansai Electric’s Takahama power station. “ Early in 1999, CORE’s health campaigner Jamnine Allis-Smith received a similar award in Ireland, and in 1998 CORE was honoured in the United States for its world-wide education campaign. For further information contact CORE on 01229 833851. Notes for editors: A Japanese court is currently hearing the case brought by anti-nuclear pressure groups who are seeking, through legal action, to halt the loading of Sellafield’s suspect MOX fuel into Kansai Electric’s Takahama no 4 reactor. The loading has already been postponed by order of the Prefectural Governor pending a local referendum on the matter.