Our Declaration of Peace on 2014
August, 6th, 2014 Hiroshima
It has been 69 years since the Atomic Bomb
had been dropped on the two cities and it
haunts us forever. It took very little time to killmore than 100,000 truly innocent people intotal. When we overcame the burning red-hot
storm, we only saw the dark barren land andpiles of casualties. Even in such an
unimaginably extreme landscape, people whowere lucky enough to survive helped each other,encouraged themselves, served water to thosepeople who were about to ascend to heaven
during their very last moments, and buried
remains in the field, expressing profoundrespect from their hearts. People who could
escape the attack visited the burnt out land by
any means possible and kept saving victims.
We are now extremely proud of their orderly
deeds, and their dignified and selfless spirit
revealed in their countless voluntarily actions.
Although time enabled most of them to go toheaven, the strong voices from their remains,
their meaningful actions and pride in theirachievements… all of those still echo in ourminds and we are very touched and even heartbroken. We are here now to politely bow ourheads, and express our sincere respects for our
ever-lasting gratitude to them.
Right now, we still witness endless conflicts
and these are still occurring, with lesser
examples of the U.S.-led interventions outside
their country. The disastrous civil war is on inSyria, and Iraq is on the edge of collapse as astate with much domestic conflict. Russia'sannexation of the Crimean Peninsula and thefollowing domestic battle in Ukraine arevirtually accepted by Europe, whose natural
gas sources depend on Russia, and the Indian
Ocean became dangerous waters because ofslowing self-defense requirements in India that
depends on Ukraine. This means an indirect
threat to our country. The Nuclear issue in Iranis leading to the confrontation between the U.S.
and its European allies and the China-Russia
bloc, and we are trapped to choose to recognize
a Nuclear Iran, or to close the Strait of Hormuz.

This means a direct threat to our country. Andin Asia, China is moving against the countries
around the South China Sea in order toenhance its clout with military posturing in an
aggressive way. China's provocative action
towards our Senkaku Islands is only increasing.
The same story applies to the situation
regarding the development of ballistic missiles
and Nuclear weapons in North Korea. The
delicate balance which has managed to keep
global peace and safety has now broken down,
and we are in a situation where permanent
members of the Security Council themselves
forgot the important commitments to the U.N.
and instead are seeking benefits for their own
countries.
What happened to the meanings of theregulations in the Constitution of Japan, "thejustice and faith of the peace-loving peoples ofthe world" and "no nation is responsible to itselfalone"? In fact, the pacifism which we have longheld as the ideal motto turned out to be amirage which an army commander has
produced in secret during the occupation of ourcountry after World War II, according to thehistorical documents. Before the birth of theConstitution of Japan, there was a line "Japanrelies upon the higher ideals which are now
stirring the world for its defense and its
protection" and this concept became mostimportant part of the Constitution. However
since the end of war, victor nations rapidly
started to show their military power in order torecover their influence prior to the war, andthey actually proceeded to do so in certain
areas; France and the Netherlands for theSouth East, the U.K. for its former colonies
around the world, Soviet Union for the land in
Poland and Finland, and the U.S. for the
Pacific Islands. And just before theInternational Military Trial Far East, theSupreme Commander of the Occupation Armysuddenly established the definition of crimes
which never existed before the War, and judged
against only Japanese, with no other legal
action against members of the Allied Forces
who committed same crimes. Even Mr. Thorpe,
who was then a Commodore in GHQ and in
charge of listing the war criminals, later1confessed about the foregoing Trial that "thecrime, starting the war under the nationalpolicy, was defined after the War, and thisamounts to an ex-post facto law of hypocrisy forthe court of torture." The Supreme Commander
MacArthur in GHQ also testified at the U.S.
Congress that "Japanese purpose, therefore, ingoing to war was largely dictated by security."
Yes, we have long enjoyed peace andprosperity after the War. However, if wecontinue to be viewed as criminals, and accept
that judgments with no knowledge of thereality of global society, and hold a groundlessmotto of "Blind Pacifism," that equals
meaningless disregard for the toil andendeavor of our ancestors who fell in the war
but reworked the ruins. The U.S. dropped theAtomic Bomb, even after they were notified
about the Japanese intention to surrenderright after the battle in Okinawa. The GreatTokyo Air Raid killed more civilians than theAtomic Bomb victims in a single night. Theactions of both the Atomic Bombing and GreatTokyo Air Raid are obvious violations ofInternationalLaw,tothepointofindiscriminate attack on non-combatant people.
Internationally speaking, even during the war
time, we should follow International Rules wehave previously established, the International
Humanitarian Law. Even a commander of theGreat Tokyo Air Raid recognized his action
constitutes a war crime. The story "BarefootGen," which has been decorated as an
educational material to promote peace, is infact targeting utterly the wrong people ascriminals. Moreover, this material also ignoresthe fact that the U.S. planned and approved theattack on the Japanese mainland almost fivemonths before the attack on Pearl Harbor andJapan expressed its intention to surrender
before the Atomic Bomb disaster. These are
distortions of real history. We can see the denialof our country by giving special treatment only
to the Atomic Bomb survivors, and ignoring thedignity of the victims caused by other means
than the Atomic Bomb. This appears to beelitism, the idea of being part of a chosen people.
Although strongly declared by ourConstitution "no nation is responsible to itself

alone," we will not be able to restrict the actions
initiated by each country, as international laws
are superior to domestic laws. Theinternational laws even allow the value ofsupremacy based on sovereignty, including therights of belligerency. Moreover, many
countries are now strongly committed toprotecting their own security and prosperity byusing any kind of means. The conflicts andwars between countries have been occurring
before the birth of Nuclear weapons. Therefore,
even if human beings could abolish Nuclear
weapons, the confrontation or fight between
countries would not disappear. So, we hereby
voice up: We never choose only the AtomicSurvivors as the missionaries of peace by thephrase "Let's not make memories fade out". We
reject the notion that the Atomic bomb
survivors are to exist only to ask forcompensation from others. We open our eyes tothe reality of global society and face theregulations of International Laws, instead ofreciting "total ban of nuclear weapons" that isbeing voiced by others. The things we mustnever make fade away are the memories ofindiscriminate mass murder of civilians, andthe strong voices from the people who were
groaning after nuclear exposure and facing
their deaths: "Please take revenge for us… Mr.
Soldier," "You bloody, America…," were theirvery final state of mind. The things we must
not forget are the footsteps of the people whohave never blamed to anybody, butreconstructed our cities and country in very
humble ways. Without the security of ourmother-land, we cannot say we haveindependentsovereignty.
Without
ourindependent sovereignty, we cannot find adefinition of peace. For our country and for ourfuture generations, we hereby make ourresolution: we overcome the mirage of "Blind
Pacifism," and make a strong commitment toour endeavors for a truly ever-lasting peaceand guarantee of security.
To prevent ever repeat of such illegal error!
"The society structured by survivors of A-bomband relatives to seek peace and security"
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