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Second-generation Japanese American Jack Dairiki shares his wish for peace, recalls hardships of war in online meeting Experienced atomic bombing while staying in Hiroshima
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Jul. 20, 2021
News
Hiroshima group initiates online signature drive to oppose IOC President Bach’s visit to city
Prior to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach’s planned v...
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Jul. 15, 2021
News
54,000 online signatures in opposition to Bach’s visit to Hiroshima submitted to Hiroshima Prefecture
by Fumiyasu Miyano, Staff Writer On July 14, a group of volunteer citizens ...
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Jul. 15, 2021
News
Hiroshima Governor and Mayor to welcome Thomas Bach with Peace Park off-limits to the public
by Fumiyasu Miyano, Staff Writer International Olympic Committee (IOC) Pres...
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Jul. 14, 2021
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Hiroshima mayor signals intent to preserve one portion of A-bombed remnants unearthed at planned site of new soccer stadium
by Kyosuke Mizukawa, Staff Writer On July 13, Hiroshima City Mayor Kazumi Matsui...
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Jul. 14, 2021
News
With confusion, welcome for IOC president’s Hiroshima visit, survivors and local officials express doubts about Games, call for nuclear-abolition message
When it was determined on July 13 that International Olympic Committee (IOC) Pre...
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Jul. 14, 2021
News
IOC President Thomas Bach to visit Hiroshima July 16, offer flowers at Cenotaph, and tour Peace Memorial Museum
by Gosuke Nagahisa, Staff Writer On July 13, the Hiroshima Prefecture and H...
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Second-generation Japanese American Jack Dairiki shares his wish for peace, recalls hardships of war in online meeting Experienced atomic bombing while staying in Hiroshima
Jul. 13, 2021 Newsby Kyoko Niiyama, Staff Writer Jack Dairiki, 90, a second-generation Japanese American living in San Francisco, California, is an atomic bomb survivor. He shared his experience of the atomic bombing w...
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Jul. 20, 2021
News
Hiroshima group initiates online signature drive to oppose IOC President Bach’s visit to city
Prior to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach’s planned v...
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Jul. 15, 2021
News
54,000 online signatures in opposition to Bach’s visit to Hiroshima submitted to Hiroshima Prefecture
by Fumiyasu Miyano, Staff Writer On July 14, a group of volunteer citizens ...
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Jul. 15, 2021
News
Hiroshima Governor and Mayor to welcome Thomas Bach with Peace Park off-limits to the public
by Fumiyasu Miyano, Staff Writer International Olympic Committee (IOC) Pres...
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Jul. 14, 2021
News
Hiroshima mayor signals intent to preserve one portion of A-bombed remnants unearthed at planned site of new soccer stadium
by Kyosuke Mizukawa, Staff Writer On July 13, Hiroshima City Mayor Kazumi Matsui...
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Jul. 14, 2021
News
With confusion, welcome for IOC president’s Hiroshima visit, survivors and local officials express doubts about Games, call for nuclear-abolition message
When it was determined on July 13 that International Olympic Committee (IOC) Pre...
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Jul. 14, 2021
News
IOC President Thomas Bach to visit Hiroshima July 16, offer flowers at Cenotaph, and tour Peace Memorial Museum
by Gosuke Nagahisa, Staff Writer On July 13, the Hiroshima Prefecture and H...
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Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima—Recreating cityscapes: Nostalgic scenes of former Kajiya-cho, opposite A-bomb Dome, juxtaposed with A-bomb tragedy
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Jul. 7, 2021
Features
Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima 75 years after the atomic bombing—Recreating cityscapes
Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima 75 years after the atomic bombing—Recreating...
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Jun. 17, 2021
Features
Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima
Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima, Part 1: Names fall into oblivion Strivin...
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May 31, 2021 Features
Thoughts from Hiroshima: No applicants last year for A-bomb survivors who convey experiences, first time since program’s start
With declining speaker numbers as aging survivors retire or die, debate about ho...
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May 11, 2021 Features
Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima 75 years after the atomic bombing—Recreating cityscapes: Kokutaiji-cho schoolhouse, where dreams were fostered
by Miho Kuwajima, Staff Writer The area in and around Kokutaiji-cho, now pa...
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Apr. 19, 2021 Features
Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima—Recreating cityscapes: Three photos taken one year before A-bombing show daily life at Army clothing depot
by Miho Kuwajima, Staff Writer One of the photos was taken of the general...
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Apr. 7, 2021 Features
Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima—Kudentai’s work in August 1945, Part 3: A-bomb journalist
by Masami Nishimoto, Staff Writer Pursued career as editor after end of war...
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75% of Japan’s public backs TPNW, in poll by U.S. researchers, revealing divide with resistant Japanese government
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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
by Kyosuke Mizukawa, Staff Writer On February 12, in response to the entry ...
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Jan. 23, 2021
Opinion
Editorial: TPNW and Japan—Nation should play a leading role, not simply as mediator, to realize world free from nuclear weapons
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) came into force yesterda...
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Jan. 8, 2021
Opinion
Prime Minister Suga does not mention topic of TPNW when describing meeting with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden
by Seiji Shitakubo, Staff Writer At a news conference held on January 7, ...
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Dec. 3, 2020 Opinion
On utilizing the former army clothing factory buildings
Yasuko Claremont Honorary Senior Lecturer Japanese Studies The Universi...
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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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