2023 Hiroshima Summit: Prefectural council established to support holding summit meeting through public-private partnership under “All Hiroshima” campaign initiative
Jul. 22, 2022
by Yo Kono, Staff Writer
The Hiroshima Summit prefectural council, a public-private organization in Hiroshima Prefecture, was established on July 21, in preparation for the summit meeting of the G7 (Group of Seven industrialized nations) to be held in Hiroshima City in May 2023. The council is composed of the Hiroshima prefectural government, all 23 cities and towns, and 77 organizations and businesses in the economic, peace-related and other spheres within the prefecture. All participating partners will work together under an “All Hiroshima” campaign initiative, to support a safe and smooth hosting of the G7 summit meeting and to promote Hiroshima’s appeal and disseminate wishes for peace to the world.
An inaugural meeting was held at the Grand Prince Hotel Hiroshima located in the city’s Naka Ward, a candidate for the main venue of the summit, with representatives of comprising organizations attending. Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki was selected as chairman, and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui and Koji Ikeda, chairman of the Hiroshima Prefectural Chamber of Commerce and Industry, were selected as vice chairmen.
Mr. Yuzaki stated in his address, “Amid a severe international situation, it is of great significance that international political leaders discuss the way that the world should move forward in the future here in Hiroshima.” Mayor Matsui said, “We must ensure that messages for peace will be surely disseminated around the world from Hiroshima.” The prefectural and city governments will both serve as the secretariat.
Following the inaugural meeting, the first general meeting and a board meeting were held. In these meetings, the basic policy of the project was determined, setting the following five items as pillars of the project: support for hosting the summit, omotenashi (hospitality), dissemination of messages for peace, promotion of Hiroshima’s appeals, and connection of results of the summit to the future. In addition, the following were incorporated into the FY2022 project plan: citizen-participation-type hospitality project, peace-themed preliminary event, and holding seminars for media on the subject of the devastating consequences of the atomic bombing and history of reconstruction.
The Hiroshima Summit will be held from May 19 to May 21 next year. It will be an historic opportunity for leaders of the seven nations, including the nuclear powers of the United States, the United Kingdom and France, as well as the leader of the European Union (EU), to gather in the city attacked by the atomic bomb. The prefecture and city governments are calling for leaders to visit the Peace Memorial Museum and hold an offering of flowers at the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims in Peace Memorial Park located in the city’s Naka Ward.
(Originally published on July 22, 2022)
The Hiroshima Summit prefectural council, a public-private organization in Hiroshima Prefecture, was established on July 21, in preparation for the summit meeting of the G7 (Group of Seven industrialized nations) to be held in Hiroshima City in May 2023. The council is composed of the Hiroshima prefectural government, all 23 cities and towns, and 77 organizations and businesses in the economic, peace-related and other spheres within the prefecture. All participating partners will work together under an “All Hiroshima” campaign initiative, to support a safe and smooth hosting of the G7 summit meeting and to promote Hiroshima’s appeal and disseminate wishes for peace to the world.
An inaugural meeting was held at the Grand Prince Hotel Hiroshima located in the city’s Naka Ward, a candidate for the main venue of the summit, with representatives of comprising organizations attending. Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki was selected as chairman, and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui and Koji Ikeda, chairman of the Hiroshima Prefectural Chamber of Commerce and Industry, were selected as vice chairmen.
Mr. Yuzaki stated in his address, “Amid a severe international situation, it is of great significance that international political leaders discuss the way that the world should move forward in the future here in Hiroshima.” Mayor Matsui said, “We must ensure that messages for peace will be surely disseminated around the world from Hiroshima.” The prefectural and city governments will both serve as the secretariat.
Following the inaugural meeting, the first general meeting and a board meeting were held. In these meetings, the basic policy of the project was determined, setting the following five items as pillars of the project: support for hosting the summit, omotenashi (hospitality), dissemination of messages for peace, promotion of Hiroshima’s appeals, and connection of results of the summit to the future. In addition, the following were incorporated into the FY2022 project plan: citizen-participation-type hospitality project, peace-themed preliminary event, and holding seminars for media on the subject of the devastating consequences of the atomic bombing and history of reconstruction.
The Hiroshima Summit will be held from May 19 to May 21 next year. It will be an historic opportunity for leaders of the seven nations, including the nuclear powers of the United States, the United Kingdom and France, as well as the leader of the European Union (EU), to gather in the city attacked by the atomic bomb. The prefecture and city governments are calling for leaders to visit the Peace Memorial Museum and hold an offering of flowers at the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims in Peace Memorial Park located in the city’s Naka Ward.
(Originally published on July 22, 2022)
