Members of Australian Parliament tour Peace Memorial Museum
Mar. 12, 2014
Learn about A-bombing
Seven junior members of Australia’s Parliament and state legislatures visited Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park and toured the Peace Memorial Museum on March 10 as part of an annual exchange program launched by the governments of the two nations in 1991. Hiroshima was included in the itinerary for the first time this year so that the legislators could learn about the destruction caused by the atomic bombing.
At the Peace Memorial Museum, Noriyuki Masuda, 54, deputy director, led the group on a tour of the facility during which they viewed a model of the devastated city and photographs of victims of radiation with grim expressions. At the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, the group heard the account of Hiroshima resident Yoshiko Kajimoto, 83, who was in Misasa Honmachi (now part of Nishi Ward), 2.3 km from the hypocenter, when the atomic bomb was dropped.
Sen. Zed Seselja, 36, leader of the delegation, said he was shaken by the hellish scenes he saw and heard about in the museum. He noted that Australia is not considering the use of potentially destructive nuclear energy and he would like the nation to continue to adhere to that policy.
(Originally published on March 11, 2014)
Seven junior members of Australia’s Parliament and state legislatures visited Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park and toured the Peace Memorial Museum on March 10 as part of an annual exchange program launched by the governments of the two nations in 1991. Hiroshima was included in the itinerary for the first time this year so that the legislators could learn about the destruction caused by the atomic bombing.
At the Peace Memorial Museum, Noriyuki Masuda, 54, deputy director, led the group on a tour of the facility during which they viewed a model of the devastated city and photographs of victims of radiation with grim expressions. At the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, the group heard the account of Hiroshima resident Yoshiko Kajimoto, 83, who was in Misasa Honmachi (now part of Nishi Ward), 2.3 km from the hypocenter, when the atomic bomb was dropped.
Sen. Zed Seselja, 36, leader of the delegation, said he was shaken by the hellish scenes he saw and heard about in the museum. He noted that Australia is not considering the use of potentially destructive nuclear energy and he would like the nation to continue to adhere to that policy.
(Originally published on March 11, 2014)
