News
- Mar. 27, 2021
- Preservation work on A-bomb Dome is completed, restoring appearance at time of atomic bombing
- Mar. 27, 2021
- Photographic negatives taken on day of A-bombing designated important cultural properties by Hiroshima School Board
- Mar. 23, 2021
- Seven A-bomb survivors’ groups initiate signature campaign to call on Japanese government to ratify nuclear ban treaty
- Mar. 23, 2021
- Cup used for daily water offerings at Buddhist altar and dead son’s undergarment to be displayed at Peace Memorial Museum from March 26
- Mar. 18, 2021
- Seven A-bomb survivors’ groups to hold signature drive calling for Japan’s ratification of nuclear ban treaty
Silent Witness
Features
- Accounts of 50 local Fukushima residents 10 years on, Part 1: Effects of exposure to radiation
- Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima 75 years after the atomic bombing—Drawing lines to define A-bomb survivors, Part 3: Internal exposure
- Thoughts from Hiroshima: “Survivors wherever they are” Brazil A-bomb survivors association disbands after 36 years
- HICARE has contributed to healthcare of radiation-exposed for 30 years
- My perspectives regarding TPNW, Part 7—Haruko Moritaki, 82, co-director of Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition
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
- 75% of Japan’s public backs TPNW, in poll by U.S. researchers, revealing divide with resistant Japanese government
- Column: Matashichi Oishi passes from the scene
- 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
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
