News
- Feb. 16, 2021
- Setsuko Thurlow film attracts large audiences, will be put on screens nationwide starting in April
- Feb. 5, 2021
- NGO network exchanges views with Japan’s Foreign Ministry, calls for ratification of TPNW
- Jan. 29, 2021
- Mayor of Hiroshima intends to attend meeting of State Parties of TPNW, hoping for opportunity to speak out for nuclear abolition
- Jan. 28, 2021
- Efforts underway to repair cracks in pillars and remove rust from steel braces in A-bomb Dome
- Jan. 25, 2021
- Hiroshima City to attend first TPNW States Parties meeting and convey reality of atomic bombings, aiming to enhance TPNW’s effectiveness
Silent Witness
Features
- Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima 75 years after the atomic bombing—Drawing lines to define A-bomb survivors, Part 3: Internal exposure
- My perspectives regarding TPNW, Part 7—Haruko Moritaki, 82, co-director of Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition
- My perspectives regarding TPNW, Part 6—Miho Tanaka, 26, member of “GO! Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons project,” corporate employee
- My perspectives regarding TPNW, Part 5—Noriyuki Kawano, 54, director of The Center for Peace, Hiroshima University
- My perspectives regarding TPNW, Part 4—Yasuyoshi Komizo, 72, former chair of Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation
Survivors' Stories
- Survivors’ Stories: Nobuyasu Nuibe, 91, Aki Ward, Hiroshima
- Survivors’ Stories: Takae Bungo, 86, Minami Ward, Hiroshima―Could never speak of experiences related to deaths of father and brothers
- Survivors’ Stories: Michiko Osawa, 91, Hiroshima — “German priest saved my life”
- Survivors’ Stories: Keiko Morioka, 84, Naka Ward, Hiroshima—Continued search for friend Midori
- Survivors’ Stories: Fumiko Kiyohara, 84, Nishi Ward, Hiroshima—Remains in schoolyard part of everyday life
Opinion
- Ruling and opposition Diet members debate Japan’s participation in meetings of States Parties to TPNW as observer, calling for proactive consideration
- Editorial: TPNW and Japan—Nation should play a leading role, not simply as mediator, to realize world free from nuclear weapons
- Prime Minister Suga does not mention topic of TPNW when describing meeting with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden
- On utilizing the former army clothing factory buildings
- Editorial: Nuclear weapons ban treaty to come into force—Appeals from A-bombed cities bore fruit
The Chugoku Shimbun Junior Writers Reporting
Junior Writers Reporting: Depiction of work at facilities in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Connecting to memories of atomic bombing In the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, located in Hiroshima’s Naka Ward, there are two public facilities that convey information about the damage caused by t
Peace Movies
Message Video “No more Hiroshima! No more Nagasaki!”
This year marks 75 years since the atomic bombings. In order for many people to reflect on and share in the will of the hibakusha for nuclear weapons abolition, Mayors for Peace has created “No more Hiroshima! No more Nagasaki!”, a compilation of video messages.
http://www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp/?p=99474
Speakers (23 people)
⑴Ms. Yoshiko Kajimoto, survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⑵Mr. Yoshiro Yamawaki, survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⑶Mr. Kazumi Matsui, Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan ⑷Mr. Tomihisa Taue, Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan ⑸Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs ⑹His Excellency Mr. Gustavo Zlauvinen, President-Designate of the NPT Review Conference ⑺His Excellency Mr. Syed Mohamad Hasrin Aidid, Chair of the Third Preparatory Committee for the NPT Review Conference ⑻Mr. Gilles Carbonnier, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) ⑼Ms. Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) ⑽14 representatives from Executive Cities of Mayors for Peace: Biograd na Moru (Croatia), Des Moines (U.S.A.), Granollers (Spain), Hannover (Germany), Malakoff (France), Manchester (U.K.), Muntinlupa (Philippines), Volgograd (Russia), Ypres (Belgium), Bangkok (Thailand), Fremantle (Australia), Santos (Brazil), Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Geneva (Switzerland, a Member City in which the UNOG is located)
A-bomb Images
- Special exhibition of Wakaji Matsumoto’s photos to be held at The Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles in 2021
- Landmarks of Hiroshima: Monument of the A-bombed Teachers and Students of National Elementary Schools
- Landmarks of Hiroshima: A-bomb Monument of Hiroshima Municipal Girls’ High School
- Landmarks of Hiroshima: The Statue of Mother and Child in the Storm
- Landmarks of Hiroshima: Rest House
