News
- Nov. 19, 2021
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki mayors request Prime Minister Kishida’s participation in meeting of States Parties to TPNW
- Nov. 16, 2021
- 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
- Bonfire-lit Noh performance for peace held, and livestreamed, at site adjacent to A-bomb Dome
- Nov. 8, 2021
- 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
- Nov. 3, 2021
- 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
Silent Witness
Features
- Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima—Recreating cityscapes: Photos of Hiroshima Communications Bureau and young Suzuko Numata
- Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 8
- Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 7
- Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 6
- Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 5
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
Opinion
- An appeal for the Afghans we know and love
- Editorial: 76th anniversary of Hiroshima A-bombing—Breaking down the myth of nuclear deterrence
- Editorial: IOC President Bach to visit Hiroshima, but is he ready to commit to nuclear abolition?
- Editorial: 25 years passes since ICJ’s advisory opinion about legality of nuclear weapons. It is now clear nuclear arms violate international law.
- 75% of Japan’s public backs TPNW, in poll by U.S. researchers, revealing divide with resistant Japanese government
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.
https://www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp/blog/?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
- Yoshito Matsushige’s five photo negatives
- Yoshito Matsushige’s photographic negatives, five “witnesses” of A-bombing, Part 3: Living materials
- Yoshito Matsushige’s photographic negatives, five “witnesses” of A-bombing, Part 2: On verge of deteriorating
- Yoshito Matsushige’s photographic negatives, five “witnesses” of A-bombing, Part 1: Only remaining photos taken that day
- Photographic negatives taken by Yoshito Matsushige designated as Hiroshima’s important cultural properties
