Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Mayor of Hiroshima Reads Peace Declaration In English
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On the evening of August 6th 2012, the 67th anniversary of the atom bombing of Hiroshima, Mayor Kazumi Matsui read the Hiroshima Peace Declaration in English, in Peace Park, just across the river from the Atomic Bomb Dome.
The atom bomb was dropped at 8.15am on 6th August 1945, and the reading of the Peace Declaration timed to commence at 8.15am American Central Time.
Tomoko Watanabe of ANT-Hiroshima introduced the Mayor and thanked him afterwards. The speech was filmed and posted on YouTube and elsewhere to convey Hiroshima's message of peace to the English speaking world.
The atom bomb was dropped at 8.15am on 6th August 1945, and the reading of the Peace Declaration timed to commence at 8.15am American Central Time.
Tomoko Watanabe of ANT-Hiroshima introduced the Mayor and thanked him afterwards. The speech was filmed and posted on YouTube and elsewhere to convey Hiroshima's message of peace to the English speaking world.
Monday, August 6, 2012
6th August 1945: Hiroshima - 11th March 2011: Fukushima
In March of this year, two French film makers, Frédéric & Tomas, came to Japan to make a "web documentary" in which they listen to Japanese people and try to understand their feelings about nuclear power and nuclear weapons. More.
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Basic Health Unit in Shamshatu Receives Medical Equipment
We are pleased to report that the Abaseen Foundation, which oversees the administration of the Basic Health Unit in Shamshatu, 25 kilometers southeast of Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, has received funds to purchase medical equipment for the health unit. Report here.
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Saturday, July 7, 2012
A Photo Report of the Suimasen Family Peace Training Activities In The Philippines
Here is a photo report of the 10-day Peace Training Programme for Young Leaders took place at the
Ifugao State University in The Philippines from 7th to 16th February this year.
We reported the event in a previous blog post titled Hiroshima Nagasaki Exhibition At Mindanao so in today's post we'd like to show you some photos of some of the people who took part in some of the other activities.
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We reported the event in a previous blog post titled Hiroshima Nagasaki Exhibition At Mindanao so in today's post we'd like to show you some photos of some of the people who took part in some of the other activities.
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
Hiroshima Groups Use Kamishibai To Tell Fukushima Victim's Story
In a recent article published on the Asahi Shinbun website, Miki Morimoto reports on how two Hiroshima-based groups are cooperating in the use of kamishibai to tell the stories of some of the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011.
What is Kamishibai?
What is Kamishibai?
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Pinning Hopes On NHK
Submitted to ANT-Hiroshima by Elizabeth Baldwin
It’s
wise to be cautious mentioning radiation if you are a visitor to
Fukushima Prefecture. Questions asked feel like salt on a wound,
smothering the stalwart, brave energy of recovery. Since radiological
dangers are mysterious and impossible to calculate, why depress
people needlessly? No one needs to tell me that people need cheerful
encouragement to deal with job loss, smashed houses, and economic
depression.
A
year of upheaval and displacement has left deep scars. Full report here.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Cherry Blossom Brings Hope To Fukushima
Senior advisor at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in Hiroshima, Nassrine Azimi travelled to Fukushima as part of a Hiroshima-based fact-finding group to assess the current situation. Read the report here.
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