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Hiroshima and Nagasaki mayors request Prime Minister Kishida’s participation in meeting of States Parties to TPNW
Nov. 19, 2021 Newsby Koji Higuchi, Staff Writer On November 18, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui, who serves as president of Mayors for Peace, together with Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue, one of the organization’s vic...
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Nov. 26, 2021
News
Germany moves toward participating in TPNW meeting as observer, while Foreign Minister Hayashi again demonstrates Japan’s cautious stance
by Koji Higuchi and Junya Kuchimoto, Staff Writers The three German polit...
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Nov. 23, 2021
News
Hiroshima Mayor expresses eagerness to host G7 summit and communicate spirit of A-bombed Hiroshima to world leaders
by Tsuyoshi Kubota, Staff Writer At a news conference held on January 22,...
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Nov. 16, 2021 News
Kiyoshi Tanimoto Peace Prize awarded to Akira Kawasaki for his efforts to communicate horrific reality of atomic bombings to people throughout world
by Tsuyoshi Kubota, Staff Writer On November 14, the award ceremony for the...
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Nov. 16, 2021 News
Bonfire-lit Noh performance for peace held, and livestreamed, at site adjacent to A-bomb Dome
by Akemi Satoda, Staff Writer On November 15, the performance “Hypocenter ...
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Nov. 8, 2021 News
A-bomb orphan Tsunehiro Tomoda, who traveled abroad, was homeless after A-bombing, told of A-bomb experience for first time at alma mater Fukuromachi Elementary School
Experienced deep loneliness after group evacuation to Miyoshi City Found ch...
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Nov. 3, 2021 News
Actor Sahel Rosa visits rose garden in Hatsukaichi City and discusses peace with breeder of “ICAN” roses named on basis of wish for nuclear abolition
by Rina Yuasa, Staff Writer On November 2, the actor Sahel Rosa, 36, a re...
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki mayors request Prime Minister Kishida’s participation in meeting of States Parties to TPNW
Nov. 19, 2021 Newsby Koji Higuchi, Staff Writer On November 18, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui, who serves as president of Mayors for Peace, together with Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue, one of the organization’s vic...
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Nov. 26, 2021
News
Germany moves toward participating in TPNW meeting as observer, while Foreign Minister Hayashi again demonstrates Japan’s cautious stance
by Koji Higuchi and Junya Kuchimoto, Staff Writers The three German polit...
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Nov. 23, 2021
News
Hiroshima Mayor expresses eagerness to host G7 summit and communicate spirit of A-bombed Hiroshima to world leaders
by Tsuyoshi Kubota, Staff Writer At a news conference held on January 22,...
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Nov. 16, 2021 News
Kiyoshi Tanimoto Peace Prize awarded to Akira Kawasaki for his efforts to communicate horrific reality of atomic bombings to people throughout world
by Tsuyoshi Kubota, Staff Writer On November 14, the award ceremony for the...
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Nov. 16, 2021 News
Bonfire-lit Noh performance for peace held, and livestreamed, at site adjacent to A-bomb Dome
by Akemi Satoda, Staff Writer On November 15, the performance “Hypocenter ...
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Nov. 8, 2021 News
A-bomb orphan Tsunehiro Tomoda, who traveled abroad, was homeless after A-bombing, told of A-bomb experience for first time at alma mater Fukuromachi Elementary School
Experienced deep loneliness after group evacuation to Miyoshi City Found ch...
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Nov. 3, 2021 News
Actor Sahel Rosa visits rose garden in Hatsukaichi City and discusses peace with breeder of “ICAN” roses named on basis of wish for nuclear abolition
by Rina Yuasa, Staff Writer On November 2, the actor Sahel Rosa, 36, a re...
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Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima—Recreating cityscapes: Photos of Hiroshima Communications Bureau and young Suzuko Numata
Oct. 18, 2021 FeaturesA-bombed Chinese parasol tree in bureau courtyard provided emotional support for Ms. Numata by Miho Kuwajima, Staff Writer Ten years have passed since Suzuko Numata died at the age of 87...
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Aug. 25, 2021
Features
Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 8
by Akito Hirotani, former English teacher living in Hiroshima City The vi...
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Aug. 24, 2021
Features
Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 7
by Akito Hirotani, former English teacher living in Hiroshima City Sergei P...
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Aug. 21, 2021
Features
Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 6
by Akito Hirotani, former English teacher living in Hiroshima City About ...
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Aug. 20, 2021
Features
Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 5
by Akito Hirotani, former English teacher living in Hiroshima City Immedi...
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Aug. 19, 2021
Features
Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 4
by Akito Hirotani, former English teacher living in Hiroshima City Before...
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Aug. 18, 2021
Features
Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 3
by Akito Hirotani, former English teacher living in Hiroshima City As Ser...
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75% of Japan’s public backs TPNW, in poll by U.S. researchers, revealing divide with resistant Japanese government
Mar. 22, 2021 OpinionStephen Herzog, 34, a research fellow with the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University and other researchers have conducted a survey of public opinion in Japan regarding the Treaty on the P...
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Aug. 31, 2021
Opinion
An appeal for the Afghans we know and love
Amid continuing turmoil, a new generation was being nurtured that given peace, e...
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Aug. 6, 2021
Opinion
Editorial: 76th anniversary of Hiroshima A-bombing—Breaking down the myth of nuclear deterrence
Today marks the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the Unite...
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Jul. 16, 2021
Opinion
Editorial: IOC President Bach to visit Hiroshima, but is he ready to commit to nuclear abolition?
Today, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, who is in Ja...
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Jul. 9, 2021
Opinion
Editorial: 25 years passes since ICJ’s advisory opinion about legality of nuclear weapons. It is now clear nuclear arms violate international law.
Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary since the International Court of Justice (...
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Mar. 22, 2021
Opinion
Column: Matashichi Oishi passes from the scene
In a series of paintings titled “The Hiroshima Panels,” created by the couple Ir...
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Feb. 13, 2021
Opinion
Ruling and opposition Diet members debate Japan’s participation in meetings of States Parties to TPNW as observer, calling for proactive consideration
On February 12, in response to the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibi...
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Survivors' Stories
- Survivors’ Stories: Satoko Sasaguchi, 90, Hiroshima—Conductor on “first streetcar” to run in aftermath of A-bombing
- Survivors’ Stories: Motoko Okinishi, 86, Asakita Ward, Hiroshima
- Survivors’ Stories: Kazuo Imanishi, 80, Hiroshima—Buried under the collapsed house and suffered keloid scars
- Survivors’ Stories: Yoshiko Niiyama, 86, Minami Ward, Hiroshima: Regretting not having been able to find her father
- Survivors’ Stories: Osata Sumida, 96, Minami Ward, Hiroshima
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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
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A cluster of what are believed to be ink bottles made of glass. Minoru Fujitsuka found them in front of his house where an ink factory had once stood. Donated to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum by Mr. Fujitsuka in 1966. (Photo taken by Hiroshi Takahashi)
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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 H...
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