Nuclear power protests in Japan - in pictures

A policeman struggles to contain protesters during a large anti-nuclear rally Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA

A protester with radioactivity make-up performs next to a policeman in Tokyo Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA

Anti-nuclear activists take part in a demonstration on a street in Tokyo Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images

A protester holding an umbrella painted with an altered Tokyo Electric Power Co logo Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters

Japanese police try to control protesters as they gather on the streets opposite the official residence of the prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Getty Images

Anti-nuclear protesters confront the riot police dispersing them at Kansai Electric Power Co Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images

Anti-nuclear activists stand in front of a line of police officers during a protest in Fukui Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters take part in an anti-nuclear demonstration demanding a stop to the resumption of nuclear power operations Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters

People protesting against the restart of Ohi nuclear power plant park their vehicles to block a road Photograph: AP

An anti-nuclear protester shouts during the demonstration at Kansai Electric Power Co's Oi nuclear power plant Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images

Workers of Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi nuclear power plant monitors the restart of the No 3 unit in Ohi Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters

People protesting the restart of Ohi nuclear power plant block a road leading to the entrance Photograph: AP