Kiyoshi Tanimoto Peace Prize awarded to Akira Kawasaki for his efforts to communicate horrific reality of atomic bombings to people throughout world
Nov. 16, 2021
by Tsuyoshi Kubota, Staff Writer
On November 14, the award ceremony for the 33rd annual Kiyoshi Tanimoto Peace Prize was held at the Hiroshima campus of the Hiroshima Institute of Technology, located in the city’s Naka Ward. The recipient of the award was Akira Kawasaki, 52, a resident of Kawasaki City in Kanagawa Prefecture and co-chair of the non-governmental organization Peace Boat. Mamoru Tsuru, 64, chairperson of the Hiroshima Peace Center Foundation, based in Hiroshima’s Saeki Ward, was on hand to present the award certificate to Mr. Kawasaki.
Serving as co-chair of the Peace Boat organization since 2004, Mr. Kawasaki has visited countries around the world by boat, together with A-bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to communicate the horrific reality of the atomic bombings. He also is active as a member of the international steering committee of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), an organization that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. Mr. Kawasaki also put tremendous effort into the establishment of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which entered into force in January this year.
At the award ceremony, Mr. Kawasaki spoke of his feelings about receiving the prize. “It will serve as a message for me to learn from war in the past and reveal the path ahead for creating peace in the future as someone situated between the generation of those with firsthand experiences of war such as the A-bomb survivors and people who were born in the 21st century.”
The Kiyoshi Tanimoto Peace Prize is awarded to individuals or groups engaged in efforts to realize world peace, with the aim of carrying on the spirit of the late Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto, who served at Hiroshima Nagarekawa Church (in the city's Naka Ward) and made extraordinary efforts in support of A-bomb survivors. The recipient of the award in 2011 was Sunao Tsuboi, former chairperson of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-bomb Sufferers Organizations who died in October at age 96.
(Originally published on November 16, 2021)
On November 14, the award ceremony for the 33rd annual Kiyoshi Tanimoto Peace Prize was held at the Hiroshima campus of the Hiroshima Institute of Technology, located in the city’s Naka Ward. The recipient of the award was Akira Kawasaki, 52, a resident of Kawasaki City in Kanagawa Prefecture and co-chair of the non-governmental organization Peace Boat. Mamoru Tsuru, 64, chairperson of the Hiroshima Peace Center Foundation, based in Hiroshima’s Saeki Ward, was on hand to present the award certificate to Mr. Kawasaki.
Serving as co-chair of the Peace Boat organization since 2004, Mr. Kawasaki has visited countries around the world by boat, together with A-bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to communicate the horrific reality of the atomic bombings. He also is active as a member of the international steering committee of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), an organization that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. Mr. Kawasaki also put tremendous effort into the establishment of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which entered into force in January this year.
At the award ceremony, Mr. Kawasaki spoke of his feelings about receiving the prize. “It will serve as a message for me to learn from war in the past and reveal the path ahead for creating peace in the future as someone situated between the generation of those with firsthand experiences of war such as the A-bomb survivors and people who were born in the 21st century.”
The Kiyoshi Tanimoto Peace Prize is awarded to individuals or groups engaged in efforts to realize world peace, with the aim of carrying on the spirit of the late Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto, who served at Hiroshima Nagarekawa Church (in the city's Naka Ward) and made extraordinary efforts in support of A-bomb survivors. The recipient of the award in 2011 was Sunao Tsuboi, former chairperson of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-bomb Sufferers Organizations who died in October at age 96.
(Originally published on November 16, 2021)
