News
- Nov. 16, 2020
- Rose breeder/A-bomb survivor donates victim’s certificate to ICAN in hopes that sorrow of A-bombing is conveyed through actual object
- Nov. 14, 2020
- Hiroshima City displays promotional message at International Conference Center announcing nuclear ban treaty to take effect in January
- Nov. 10, 2020
- A-bomb survivors in Hiroshima urge US to take action for nuclear abolition after Joe Biden declared winner in US presidential election
- Nov. 2, 2020
- US professor starts English website to introduce artwork and activities of Goro Shikoku, anti-war and anti-nuclear artist
- Oct. 30, 2020
- Gensuikyo initiates signature drive calling for Japan’s ratification of nuclear ban treaty
Silent Witness
Features
- Nuclear ban treaty to enter into force, Part 2: Next goal is to convince nations dependent on the concept of nuclear deterrence
- Nuclear ban treaty to enter into force, Part 1: Japanese government clings to policy of national security based on nuclear deterrence
- Shukkeien Garden 400th anniversary: Restoration
- Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima 75 years after the atomic bombing—Recreating cityscapes: Shima Hospital standing at hypocenter
- Seventy-five years after the atomic bombing—Survivors’ organizations at crossroads, Part 7: From Hiroshima to the world
Survivors' Stories
- 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
- Survivors’ Stories: Taeko Teramae, 90, Asaminami Ward, Hiroshima: Overcoming the despair even after losing her left eye
- Survivors’ Stories: Sadao Hirano, 87, Aki Ward, Hiroshima: Leading my life with keloids
- Survivors’ Stories: Yachiyo Kato, 91, Nishi Ward, Hiroshima: I escaped death thanks to my teacher’s decision
Opinion
- Editorial: Nuclear weapons ban treaty to come into force—Appeals from A-bombed cities bore fruit
- Editorial: Japanese government submits anti-nuclear resolution to UN General Assembly—Japan must recognize its role as A-bombed nation
- Obituary: Mikiso Iwasa, former co-chairperson of Japan Confederation of A- and H-bomb Sufferers Organizations
- Editorial: Reviewing Abe administration’s lack of response to A-bombed cities’ appeals for nuclear-free world
- Editorial: 75 years after end of World War II, renewed determination to renounce war
The Chugoku Shimbun Junior Writers Reporting
Junior Writers Reporting: A-bomb survivors living abroad and from abroad
The tragedy wrought by the A-bomb crosses the borders Not only Japanese people, but also people from abroad, experienced the atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The precise number of A-bo
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
