News
- Aug. 26, 2021
- RERF external advisory committee’s deliberations about genomic analysis of second-generation A-bomb survivors to be reflected in research plan
- Aug. 10, 2021
- Nagasaki Peace Declaratio
- Aug. 7, 2021
- A-bomb survivors disappointed by Prime Minister’s repeated and hollow traditional remarks
- Aug. 6, 2021
- Commitment to Peace
- Aug. 6, 2021
- The City of Hiroshima：PEACE DECLARATION
Silent Witness
Features
- Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 1
- Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima, evidence of victims remains 76 years after atomic bombing—Medical charts in aftermath, Part 1: Records from Ninoshima Island
- Government gives up idea of final appeal to Supreme Court regarding “black rain” case, Part 2: Nineteen plaintiffs unable to witness court ruling
- Government gives up idea of final appeal to Supreme Court regarding “black rain” case, Part 1: Sudden change in stance follows talks with prime minister
- Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima, evidence of victims remains 76 years after atomic bombing—Records of First Girls’ School mobilized students, Part 4: Passing on materials to later generations
Survivors' Stories
- 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
- Survivors’ Stories: Masaru Nanko, 90, Fuchu-cho, Hiroshima, incinerated brother’s corpse with empty mind
Opinion
- An appeal for the Afghans we know and love
- 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
- Column: Matashichi Oishi passes from the scene
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
