Nagasaki Youth Delegation 2019
School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University,Riho Atsuta
Hello. I am Riho Atsuta from Kurume, Fukuoka. I came Nagasaki to enter
Nagasaki University, and have been acting as a member of "PeaceCaravan″. ″Peace Caravan ″is a group which is of university students,and presenting lectures about nuclear weapons to elementary school pupils, junior high school
students and high school students. There are quite many differences about peace education
between my hometown in Fukuoka and Nagasaki. I found that students in Nagasaki arethinking about atomic bomb as if it were about themselves. Sometimes, my friends as well as
my family asked me “Do you really believe it is possible to abolish nuclear weapons?” I know
there is a long and rough road to achieve it, however I expect that when we human beings
cooperate each other, there must be a change in the world. That is the reason why I would
never stop sending messages to the world.

School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University,Kanji Uchihasi
My name is Kanji Uchihashi. I’m from Nagasaki. A book, titled“Introduction to Human security” makes me think that we have to make aneffort to realize a world where every single person can live at peace. I foundthat there are many people out there who suffer from terror, conflict, hunger and poverty.
Even though we live on the same planet and the same era, these things happen in some partsof this world, which makes me sad. I convince myself that I want to do something for those inneed. Come to think of it, taking action for the world free of nuclear weapons is one way
toward the peaceful world because nuclear weapons do threaten all of us as long as they exist.
I want to be a man who plays an active part in the international community. To this end, I am
going to do my best as a member of Nagasaki Youth Delegation.

Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki
University, He Yunyan
My name is He Yunyan. I come from Fujian Province of China. My
hometown is a small city lies on the foot of Wuyi Mountain. Wuyi

Nagasaki Youth Delegation 2019Mountain is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as both a cultural and natural site,
and it is also known as the birth place of the black tea and oolong tea years ago. So it isnatural for me to have interests in cultural aspects of a history of tea. As we know, there is along history of cultural exchanges between Fujian and Nagasaki including those concerning
tea. Following the footprint of Ingen (a monk of Linji Chan Buddhism from China) I cameto Nagasaki 6 years ago.
Since I like to communicate with others, I take part in many activities positively, while I’m
studying in Nagasaki as a foreign student. I noticed that not only the cultural exchange
activities, but also the peace movements are prosperous in Nagasaki. Now I am doing a
research about non-governmental peace movement in Nagasaki, and also the problem of
foreign hibakusha. I think it is very important for all of us to understand that, Japan is the
only nation on Earth to have been attacked by nuclear weapons, but the victims were not
only Japanese.
In order to make a nuclear-weapons-free world come true, we should work together acrossthe borders of racism, nativism, and ideology. Especially, we young generation should take theresponsibility to build a world without nuclear weapon and war. I hope I can make acontribution to world peace and cultural exchange from now on.

School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University,
Sunao Takami
Hello! My name is Sunao Takami, a second year student of School ofGlobal Humanities and Social Sciences of Nagasaki University. I was bornin Tochigi Prefecture and came to Nagasaki in the spring of 2018 to enter
the university.
I experienced the accident of the nuclear power plant in Fukushima in 2011 and I listened tothe story from a Hibakusha in Nagasaki. That is why I got interested in the Nagasaki YouthDelegation.
Through the experience of the nuclear power plant accident, I really felt the “threat” ofnukes.
“Nukes” may become nuclear weapons and we cannot see any radiation with our eyes.
Nuclear is a threat and at the same time, very familiar for all the people in this world.
And, as a part of a class, I listened a Hibakusha’s story.
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inhumanity of the atomic bomb. I think the voice of citizens is quite important to abolish thenuclear weapons.
I want to tell people the “ threat ” of nukes that I personally felt in 2011, the nukes
surrounding us and the situation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki when the atomic bombs weredropped.
And, I want to meet people who have the same kind of interests from different countries andlearn a lot of ways of thinking.
I will do my best.

School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University,Saki Nagae
Hi, I am Saki Nagae, undergraduate student of School of Global
Humanities and Social Science in Nagasaki University. This is my second
time to be a member of Nagasaki Youth Delegation. Through the activities
I worked on as a member of previous 6th batch, I have realized that the memory of atomic
bomb in Nagasaki is somewhat isolated from the rest of Japan, needless to say the rest of theworld. We strongly believe this fact is a big obstacle for the world to regard the issues ofNuclear Weapons as their own problem though those should be considered by all humanbeings. I LOVE my family, I LOVE my friends always there for me and I LOVE foods. They
are all over the world, but forced to live under the threat of large numbers of nuclear weapons.
The problem of nuclear weapons is not only for those victimized in Nagasaki and Hiroshima,
but for every creature living today on the earth. For me, nuclear weapon is not an issue like,“oh, I do not care, because my country doesn’t have any nuclear weapons, so it doesn’t matter”
anymore. Same is true for the international community. I think there is no longer a point totalk about nuclear weapons issues from national positions, but we must talk about them as ourown individual problem since we are all potential victims of nuclear weapons. I am going toshare this idea with more and more people in the world this time.
Thanks to the efforts made by our predecessors and elder generations, I can enjoy my daily
life and I firmly believe that it is our task to receive, keep and then forward historical steps
toward the peace and nuclear disarmament. With so much excitement, I will “Keep Active andChange the World.” Thank you.

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School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University,Taiki Nakashima
I am Taiki Nkashima, a senior student of the School of Global Humanities
and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University. This is the second time that I
have been going along with tackle the problem of nuclear weapons abolition
as a member of Nagasaki Youth Delegation. We hope to create something
newly more based on beyond the outcomes we produced last time.
Last year, the Preparatory Committee meeting conference in Geneva made me realized how
hard to achieve nuclear weapons free world, which is because we did not seem to I personally
did not see any progress in nuclear disarmament as nuclear weapon states were reluctant towork for that. Someone would might think nuclear weapons free world is ultimately just anideal theory.
However, it can be said that Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has been gradually
stepping forward, that legally binding framework for total elimination of nuclear weapons willenter in to force would legally promise elimination of nuclear weapons in the foreseeable
future. Also, the participation attendance of youth from the world at the Committee meeting
conference was worthy of admiration was a promising and encouraging sign for the future.
It is not that people are less likely to have an interest in such an issue as many people joinedin Nagasaki Global Citizen’s Assembly for Elimination of Nuclear Weapons last year. Of
course, it would not be easy to realize nuclear weapons free world.
We, Nagasaki Youth delegation 7th members, will be seeking to work for nuclear weaponsabolition and the future without them with you all.

School of Dentisty, Nagasaki University, Honoka Nakayma
I am Honoka Nakayama, a sophomore of Nagasaki University, and mymajor is dentistry.
I’ve grown up in Kanto area, which is far from Kyusyu area, then in order
to go to the university, I came to Nagasaki. I enjoy the life in Nagasaki, butI was surprised to know how poor my knowledge about nuclear situation is. I took peaceeducation in Kanto, but I felt that it was nothing to do with me personally. However, students
in Nagasaki always offer silent prayers on August 9th. I strongly suppose that, as the only
nuclear attacked country, solving the problem of educational gap between Hiroshima,Nagasaki and other area in Japan is really important.

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Hibakusya, the people who experienced the situation under atomic bombings, are getting
older year by year. In the future, we may not have the opportunities to listen to the stories
from Hibakusya directly anymore. So it is necessary for us, young people, to try to retell thestory.
We Nagasaki Youth Delegation have the tasks to know the fact, think, and convey themessages to the next generations. As the first step, I would like to transmit the information toJapan.
I will try to deepen the understanding of the world including international affairs.

School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University,Urara Muta
I was born and raised in Nagasaki and received the peace education forevery year. Actually, I always had the idea that “I’d like to help to build thepeaceful world.” Despite my desire, I have never taken any action for that. Three years ago, I
visited various international organizations, including the United Nations Headquarters in NY,and I had opportunities to exchange opinions with many people who were working there. At
that time I realized that I wanted to take an active role in this youth delegation and transformmy desire to action.
In near future, we will lose opportunity to hear the a-bomb survivors’ voice directly. I wantto convey these voice of survivors to the next generation and make opportunities for as manypeople as possible to be interested in peace.
People overcome the many suffering and sadness caused by atomic bomb disaster, and now
I rethink the meaning that I am now in the same place. And also I want to learn, think, andact from various angles. Through this youth activity, I want to grow up to be a person who canthink for our future society with my NYD 7th member and the person who turn it into action,
not just words.

School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Daiki Yano
Hello, my name is Daiki Yano, a second year student at Nagasaki
University and my major is engineering. I am glad to be accepted as amember of Nagasaki Youth delegation 7th. I want to make effort toNagasaki Youth Delegation 2019
contribute to realizing the peaceful world. One of the reasons why I applied for Nagasaki
Youth delegation is because my 90 years old grandmother is an atomic bombed survivor in
Hiroshima prefecture. Although I was raised in Kanagawa prefecture, she told me the story ofher experience since I was a little boy. She told me that she saw a man shouting that you would
die if you would drink water not knowing what was going on at that time. I know it might bevery hard for us living in an affluent society to understand such stories. However, we live inthe world where there are still about 15,000 nuclear weapons. Now, I am wondering what wecan do and how we can do in order to realize the peaceful world without nuclear weapons.
Thinking about those things, I want to devote myself to the activities of Nagasaki YouthDelegation.