Muse No.24: Japanese Citizens Network of Museums for Peace
Newsletter: March 2011
The Editorial Office: Peace Aichi
2-820 Yomogidai, Meitoku, Nagoya City, Aichi 465-0091
Tel/Fax: 052-602-4222 http://www.peace-aichi.com/
Editor: Kazuyo Yamane, Masahiko Yamabe, Ikuro Anzai
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The 10th Exchange Meeting Report

off comments from all attendees, which could deepen
relationship with each other.
On the second day, Keiichiro KAJI presided and a
discussion was held based on reports by Taketomo
TAKAHASHI from Kike Wadatsumi no koe Museum
and Takayuki KODERA from Maruki Gallery. The
discussion over the two days covered how to makeattractive displays and activities, how to nurture peace
power, and how to pass on war experiences.
The attendees also visited Yamanashi Peace Museum
and Tanzan Ishibashi Memorial Museum before andafter the meeting.
Thanks to advanced publicity given by media
including news papers and TV, there was large
attendance also from outside the Peace Museum
network, which totaled 57 participants in all. The
meeting was reported in newspapers such as Dec. 5
edition of The Akahata and Dec. 6 edition of
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun.

Tamotsu ASAKAWA from Yamanashi Peace
MuseumThe 10th Exchange Meeting was held on December 4
and 5, 2010 in Kofu City in Yamanashi. The attendees
counted 40 for the first day and 17 for the second.
Committees Kazuya YASUDA and Keiichiro KAJI
presided the first day and reports and discussions on
three themes were given. The three themes are (1) how
to convey war experiences to younger generations, (2)how to enrich museum activities, and (3) how to workwith local citizens.
For the first of the agenda, the proposition of theaccounting and annual reports and new administration
made by Secretary Masahiko YAMABE wereapproved, followed by Kazuyo YAMANE’s call on
joining the international network of Museums for
Peace.
Next, Kazuya YASUDA presented issues related tothree themes providing the actual example of Daigo
Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall. Then, there were three
special reports; “The 3rd anniversary of Peace Port” by
Tamotsu ASAKAWA from Yamanashi Peace
Museum, “The 4th year of Peace Aichi” by Daisuke
MIYAHARA from Peace Aichi, and “Revival of war
museum under the name of science technology” by
Morio MINAMI from Aichi University of Education.
The others included the report by Kazutoshi
TSUKADA and Mari OBUCHI from Auschwitz
Peace Museum and the report of the effort to preserve
the hangars for airplaines by Hiroyuki TAKEUCHI
from the citizen group for peaceful use of old battle
sites in Suzuka City.
After the first day of the meeting, a fellowship banquet
was held at the Hotel Crown Palais and 19 people
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government, our visitors have been increasing.
Regarding the display, the section of Korean students
who died in the war has the potential to be richer byinteracting with Korean researchers more deeply as
the domestic situation in South Korea improved.
Marking the 5th anniversary next December, themuseum will integrate all efforts described above tohave a larger exhibition.
Tel, Fax: 03-3815-8571
http://www.wadatsuminokoe.org●New Board Members
Secretary General: Daisuke MIYAHARA
Secretariat: Peace Aichi
Editorial board: Kazuyo YAMANE, Masahiko
YAMABE, Ikuro ANZAI
Steering board: Tamotsu ASAKAWA, Eriko IKEDA,
Keiichiro KAJI, Daisuke MIYAHARA, Kazuya
YASUDA, Masahiko YAMABE

The 3rd anniversary of Peace Port	  Director of the Yamanashi Peace Museum,Tamotsu ASAKAWANOTE: While the secretariat will be moved from The
Center of the Tokyo Raid and War Damages to
Peace Aichi, MUSE will continue to be on the Web
site of the center. Also, the center will manage theMailing List of MUSE for a while.

Since the Yamanashi Peace Museum (aka YPM or
Peace Port) opened, more than three years have past.
The event commemorating the 3rd anniversary with awriter, Mr. Magoroku IDE, was successfully held in
July 2010 and the number of visitors exceeded 6,000
last November. On this occasion, I’d like to define themeaning and tasks as a private peace museum, looking
back at the last three years.
At the section of “War and Peace” on the first floor,
the very first exhibition was “Facts of US Raid on
Kofu City”. The exhibition stereoscopically duplicatedthe raid with the facts which had been uncovered by
the conversation between a survivor, Mr. Hiroo
MOROBOSHI, and a B29 pilot, Mr. Roland Ball,along with a full-scale model of B29, the panels of all
1,127 victims and the witnesses. The exhibition named“Genealogy of Strategic Bombardment” displayed thehistory of war and peace in the world including the
Guernica air raid by Germany, the Chongqing air raid
by Japan, and the atomic bombing on Hiroshima andNagasaki. The exhibition of “History of Kofu
Regiments”, opened from November 2007, showed
the establishment of the 49th regiment and its
relocation to Manchuria, the silent triumphal return of
the 149th regiment, and the tragedy of the 49th
regiment in the battle of Leyte Gulf, getting to thebottom of the 15-year war through the history of local
force. As well as the witnesses as victimizer ofSino-Japanese war, the exhibition placed great
importance of multilayered view both of victim andvictimizer. From June 2008, “Life during the WorldWar II” displayed the fact that people had not been

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Report from Kike Wadatsumi no koe Museum
Taketomo TAKAHASHIFor the approach toward younger generations, wewould like visits of especially college students who
are the same age with the students died in the war, as
well as of high school students studying peace. It isgood to know the fact that the number of those visitors
has been increasing and some groups of college
students that organized by their own have been
visiting more frequently for activities andintercommunications, including hearing stories on war
experiences (as exemplifies by the Korean-Japaneseyouth camp listening to the experience of a survivor of
Himeyuri, and the voluntary group “Blue birds”,
which tried to reconsider that victimized students were
just people around by studying the history of one ofthem with graduate students).
The Museum joined “Bunkyo Muse Net” organized by
the government of Bunkyo City where the museum islocated. Thanks to strong influence of the local
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informed of the reality of the war, and ousted theirliberty of thought. Also it included school educationand children’s life at the time, and recruitment ofstudents and Korean laborers. This section now
consists of all the three exhibitions condensed tocomprehensively consider peace and war in the world.
The exhibition “Memory and record of battlefield”
from February 2010 approached the reality of the
Sino-Japanese war and Asia Pacific War withmaterials donated by the citizens and the panels we
had made. In early August, “The War to Hand on, vol.
II” was published, which is collection of war
experiences from the residents. Since October 10, themuseum is holding the exhibition “Battle in
Okinawa”.
The permanent exhibition on the 2nd floor “Life andideas of Tanzan ISHIBASHI” was renewed withadditional materials and opened as the first memorial
museum of Tanzan in the country. The exhibition
consists of (1) his childhood and youth in Yamanashi,(2) his activities at Tokyo Keizai, Inc., (3) Tanzan as a
postwar politician, (4) current importance of his ideas,(5) monuments and materials in Yamanashi. In
November in 2007, the opening symposium was heldwith Prof. Jiang Keshi from Okayama University andcouncilor of Tanzan foundation Mr. Yamaguchi. In
2009, the exhibition of the books of Tanzan was heldin cooperation with the National Diet Library in
October, and the 2nd Tanzan symposium was held with
Prof. Takayoshi Matsuo from Kyoto University inNovember. For the 3rd anniversary, booklet “Life andideas of Tanzan Ishibashi” was published in June 2010.
In July, the 98-year-old former attending doctor of
Tanzan, Dr. Shigeaki HINOHARA visited the YPM.
One of the prior features of the YPM activities isgrass-roots operation. This style must be the key tomaintain the YMP. The museum has been working formonthly events to hand on the record and memory of
the war and to study modern history through war
experiences. Every event has 30-50 participants and it
has been becoming a main event of Port for Peace.
These events always give new discoveries and broader
relationships. We focus on looking for a new reporterand operating responsibly. Also, interaction of otherpeace museums is essential.
For the 1st anniversary, the honorary director of Kyoto
Museum for World Peace, Mr. Ikuro ANZAI, gave alecture in June 2008. The lecture was titled “Peacefrom community” and he raised a new definition ofpeace. The 6th exchange meeting of peace museums
was held in Kyoto in October 2008, where six
members of the YPM took part in and we could learn
the current situation of peace museums in the world.
For the 2nd anniversary in June 2009, the director of
the Center for the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, Mr.
Katsumoto SAOTOME, gave a lecture. The YMP willcontinue to place emphasis on intercommunication
with peace museums inside and outside the country.
The major question of the YPM is how to increase
young visitors to hand on the experiences as people
having the war experiences are now gradually
decreasing. Without knowledge of modern history
around Japan, there’s no hope to maintain a good
relationship with eloquent statements in 21st century
global community. It is important to nurture acomprehensive knowledge of the war, including China
and Korea. In this context, local peace museums must
play important roles.

Peace Museum in Yamanashi and Korea
	  	  Administration officer of Yamanashi Peace
Museum, Jou AYUSAWA
In May 2007, the Yamanashi Peace Museum was
opened in the hope of sharing war memories andrecords. The museum has displays on Kofu air raid,
the history of Kofu regiment and the life during thewar, and holds a monthly event including lecture
meetings on the war. The display includes Korean
laborers’ situation during the war in Yamanashi.
During the war, more than 10 thousands Koreans were
living in Yamanashi. They were recruited for
dangerous works such as construction of a tunnel,
dugout or air station. The exhibition was made to
inform the public of the reality that the war damaged
those people under the war. The brothers from Hokuto
city, Noritaka and Takumi ASAGAWA who had goneover to the Korea peninsula before the WWII, were
two of a few Japanese who could see the fact of Korea
from the view of Koreans. In 2001, the Asagawa
Brothers Museum was opened in Hokuto city as an
information base of the relationship of Japan andSouth Korea. The museum displays the works of
Noritaka and Takumi’s diary as well as theirchronology and a diorama.
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Wadatsumi gathering on December 8, 2010, as well as
being held in Statue of Mother and Child in the Storm
gathering on December 6, 2010.

Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan
University Activity Report: Kyoto City, Kyoto
Maki Torii (Education and Culture Division)

Asia Pacific University Presidents’ Peace Forumbased on the philosophy and activity of Kyoto
Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University
was held with around 500 participants includingpresidents and representatives, many students, faculty
members, and citizens from 10 countries and regions,as well as from 11 universities around the world. They
seriously discussed and diligently exchanged opinions
one another. In the first part, Mr. Yasushi Akashi, aformer UN secretary-general and an affiliate professorof Ritsumeikan University addressed the keynote
speech, and Mr. Kiyofumi Kawaguchi, President of
Ritsumeikan University delivered a presentation,“What can universities do to build world peace?” Asia
Pacific University Presidents’ Peace Forum Joint
Communiqué was issued in the end. In the second part,a panel discussion, Peace and Sustainable
Development in the Asia Pacific Region was held, andparticipants engaged in lively discussions, exchanging
opinions one another.

The 140th Anniversary of The Ritsumeikan Academy
and the 110th Anniversary of Ritsumeikan University
were celebrated in 2010. Statue of Wadatsumi alsocommemorated the 60th anniversary. Presidents andrepresentatives from 10 countries and regions, and 11
universities attended the memorial events including
Asia Pacific University Presidents’ Peace Forum. Ourmuseum held yearly special exhibitions, small project
exhibitions, and joint projects between the university
and the museum. Major activities in 2010 are as
follows.
Statue of Wadatsumi 60th Anniversary: From the Era
of War and Confliction to the Era of Peace andCoexistence
The missions of Kyoto Museum for World Peace,
Ritsumeikan University are to convey social memories
among generations, to take advantage of the museum
to create peace as a museum for peace, to considerate
what we can do, and to take action. Followings are ouractivities.
1. Dialogue- Wadatsumi Promise of No-war
Ms. Harune Nakamura; an ob-gyn, Ms. Chizuru
Azuma; an actress, and Mr. Ikuro Anzai; the museum
director talked one another, introducing Wadatsumi
Peace Library where original documents of Listen to
the Voices from the Sea (Kike Wadatsumi no Koe)
belongs to, and activities of Friendensdorf
International on November 28, 2010.
2. Film and Dialogue
A documentary film,“Shikashi Soredakedeha Nai: But
there are other viewpoints - Shuichi Kato converses
with ghosts” was played, delivering messages from Mr.
Shuichi Kato, the first director of Kyoto Museum forworld Peace, and Mr. Hitoshi Sakurai (the director of
the film) and the museum director Ikuro Anzai had atalk on December 4, 2010.
3. An exhibition, Wadatsumi Promise of No-War heldfrom November 27 to December 18, 2010
Documents related to Statue of Wadatsumi were
exhibited through collaboration with Wadatsumi
Peace Library.
4. The 57th No-War gathering was held in Statue ofAsia Pacific University Presidents’ Peace Forum Joint
Communiqué
In accordance with the theme of the Asia Pacific
University Presidents’ Peace Forum held here at
Ritsumeikan University on December 11, 2010, and inorder to facilitate the realization of our commitments,
we hereby agree to issue the following Joint
Communiqué:1.
We support the efforts of the international
community in the abolition of nuclear weapons. As
education and research institutions we aim tocontribute to the establishment of world peace andsustainable development.
2.
We understand the philosophy and ideals of the
Ritsumeikan Charter as well as the social andeducational significance of the Kyoto Museum forWorld Peace. These resources will be effectively
utilized in the education of the next generation.
3.
We share the view that developing
understanding that transcends interdisciplinary
boundaries as well as those between theory andpractice is essential in creating a better future forsociety. We strive to promote integration between
4knowledge and its practical application.
4.
On the basis of the partnerships between theparticipant universities of this forum, we aim toencourage more international student exchanges,
improve intercultural understanding, broaden horizons,and foster “global citizen-leaders” who have thecapacity to deal with global issues.
5.
In cooperation with the UN and otherinternational organizations, we will actively engage inhuman resources development and research with aview to furthering world peace and sustainable
development.
Participating universities: 1. American University（United States of America） 2. Hanoi University of
Science and Technology（Socialist Republic of VietNam）3. Kyung Hee University（Republic of Korea）
4. Macquarie University （ Australia ） 5. National
Taiwan Normal University （ Taiwan ） 6. Peking
University（People's Republic of China）7. Thammasat
University（Kingdom of Thailand）8. University of
British Columbia（Canada）9. University of Indonesia（Republic of Indonesia）10. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific
University (Japan) 11. Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
Regular exhibitions: The exhibition “Create Peaceagainst Violence” was unveiled in Building Peace on
the second floor on May 23, 2010. The exhibition was
set up to introduce “people who dedicated to peaceand succumbed to violence,” longing for lasting peace,and displayed the belongings of Mr. Iccho Ito, aformer mayor of Nagasaki City.

2. The exhibition, “WORLD PRESS PHOTO 10”
was held in three venues such as Museum from
September 22 to October 16, 2010, Ritsumeikan Asia
Pacific University from October 19 to November 11,
2010, and Ritsumeikan University Biwako Kusatsu
Campus from November 10 to 23, 2010. Roughly
13,000 people visited the exhibition in total. The
winner of 2010 was Pietro Masturzo, Italianphotographer who took the photo in Iran where
disputed presidential election drew emotional protest.
The photo of women shouting their dissent from a
Tehran rooftop acquired a good reputation; “It’sdepicting that a huge story is beginning. Appealing
both visually and emotionally.”
The commemorative exhibition, “Shooting Conflicts
and Poverty in the World” by Mr. Yasuhiro Kunimori
was held in Kyoto, and the commemorative speech,“War is not over- Post war of Iraq and the Base
Problem in Okinawa” was delivered by Mr. Suguru
Mori in Shiga. Both had a profound impact to thevisitors.
3. The exhibition, “Peace Collection- The history of
Peace Museum” was held in Kyoto Museum forWorld Peace from October 26 to December 18.
Although the museum has more than 40,000
collections, only a few hundreds of them are regularly
displayed. The exhibition was to introduce documents
not being displayed regularly, activities of the museum,
and what documents regarding Peace are. The
related project, “How do you use Peace Museums?”
was held with Associate Professor of Ritsumeikan
University Masasi Kakuda, an expert of Social Study,
and Mr. Tomoyuki Takamatsu, an art teacher of
Kamakura Elementary School affiliated with
Yokohama National University, who teaches inclasses using Mugon-Kan, a commemorative museum
for art students who died in war to talk about how toutilize museums to learn peace in classes.

Special exhibitions: 1. The exhibition “The World ofKarel Čapek- Peace through Literature andPursuance of Humanity” was held from June 15 toJuly 31, 2010. Karel Čapek (1890- 1983,) a major
Czech writer is known for his wide range of activities,
such as a civilization critic, sci-fi writer, gardener, anda dog lover. The exhibition introduced footsteps andthe world of Karel Čapek by displaying his belongings
and a book bound by Josef Čapek, Karel’s brother
who worked with Karel as an illustrator.
In connection with Karel Čapek who was seemingly
invented the coined word; Robot, Mr. Sadao
Kawamoto, a professor of Ritsumeikan University
delivered a commemorative speech, “Science andtechnology of Robot,” and the summer family project,“Demonstration of Murata Seisaku kun and Seikochan” was shown to introduce peaceful uses of robots.

The titles and the details of other exhibitions
Mini-Exhibitions
The 55th: ‘Photos of Philippine ~ Be Philippine!! ’April 6th ~ 25th
The 56th: ‘Museum’s Collection: Posters of the Week
of Protecting Children’ May 2nd ~ 13rd
The 57th: ‘History of Radio Exercises’ July 17th ~August 29th
The 58th: ‘Against the control of free speech’
5September 14th ~ October 15th by Asahi
Simbun Newspaper Co. Osaka HQth
The 59 : ‘Students’ visit and study about Okinawa andHiroshima’ October 10th ~ 15thby
Hiroshima University of Economics
The 60th: The 4th exhibition of peace education at theattached schools of Ritsumeikan University,
October 17th ~ December 23rdst
The 61 : The real situation of drafting researched fromabandoned official documents – Unearthed
document which was used to back a Yuzen
dyeing design sheet in Taisho era, January
13th ~ 30th 2011
The 62th: Kyoto Sightseeing and picture cards,
February 13th ~ March 31st
Other Exhibitions
1. ‘Posters of the A-bombs dropped on Hiroshima andNagasaki’, April 7th ~ May 26th
2. ‘Ritsumeikan Graduates prominent in the fields ofPeace, Culture and Sports’, May 29th ~ June
12th
3. The 5th anniversary of the inauguration of
Mugonkan/ Kyoto Annex ‘The Studio ofLife’ A special exhibition ‘Picture
Postcards from the battle fields’ May 26th ~July 7th
4. ‘The 30th War Exhibition for Peace in Kyoto’
August 2nd ~ 7thInternational Peace and Human Rights Lectures ~Aspects of Peace
The 2nd: ‘Conflicts resolutions and peace building inGermany’ by Volker Stanzel (The German
Ambassador to Japan) April 22nd
The 3rd: ‘Review of the restructuring of the US Armyand the life of the citizens in Okinawa ~ asa mayor of Ginowan City’ by Yoichi Iha, amayor of Ginowan City May 29th
The 4th: ‘Memory and War: Comparison of the history
in Israel and Japan after WW2’ by Ran
Zwingenberg (a fellow researcher of theJapan Foundation, New York City
University) June 16th
Film Screening
The 17th: ‘Hiroshima’ (by Hideo Sekigawa in 1953)
with comments by a film maker Ippei Kobayashi andan honorary director of the Museum Ikuro Anzai
Statements by the honorary director and the director of
the Museum

1. Statement on the Nuclear Test under Obama
Administration─
Expectingan
Advancement toward a World without
Nuclear Weapons October 21st
2. Urgent statement on the Military Friction between
North Korea and South Korea November
24th
Other Activities
1. Joined the 17th conference of Association ofJapanese Museums for Peace held on November
10~11 at Kanagawa Plaza for global Citizenship andoffered a list of available collections for rent of Kyoto
Museum.
2. Supported workshops regarding peace learningorganized by Ritsumeikan University students incooperation with peace NGO such as Amnesty
International (on July 18th) and Alter Trade Japan (onDecember 18th).

Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum
Activities from July to December 2010:
July the 19th: The 6th study session regarding theachievement of Masaharu Oka by Ryoichi Yajima
July the 24th: A lecture by Su Zhiliang of Shanghai
Normal University showing the shocking result of his
research that more than 200 thousand Chinese women
were forced to be comfort women by the JapaneseArmy and how harsh their sufferings have been so far.
August 13th~19th: A visit to Nanjing by the member ofthe10th friendship tour to China. It was regretful that
there was no participant of university student thistime.
September 13th: A visit by German conscientious
objector, Julian Sander, the fifth and the final one as
the conscription system is abolished
September 18th: The 1st ‘tudy session to re-learn themodern history’ about the Japan-Korea Annexation
presented by Tomohiro Shinkai, a board member
October 1st ~11th: A photo exhibition commemorating
the 100th anniversary of Japan-Korea Annexation
hosted by a citizens’ network, also as the 15th
anniversary event of the museum’s establishment
October 2nd: A lecture by Shin Sugo titled ‘theJapan-Korea Annexation and Japanese society’ as apart of the memorial events. The whole story wasrecorded on the special issue of the museum’s
newsletter.
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October 9th: The 2nd ‘study session to re-learn themodern history’ about Meiji Restoration and themodern monarchy of Japan presented by Shinobu
OkuyamaNovember 13th: The 3rd ‘study session to re-learn themodern history’ about the civil society in Meiji era
and the Meiji Constitution presented by Masako
Kunitake
November 23rd: The 8th annual general meeting
deciding new year’s plans and new board members
December 11th: The 4th ‘study session to re-learn themodern history’ about the international situation of
The Great Empire of Japan presented by Yoko Kasai
December 12th: The 10th gathering of ‘Listening to thetestimonies by the Nanjing Massacre survivors in
Nagasaki’ presented by Ms Cheng Wan Shi associatedwith Ms Xie Hong Xia, a staff of Nanjing Massacre
Memorial Hall Against an opinion from an audience
denying the fact of the massacre, one of the board
members refuted it.
Tel&Fax: 095-820-5600
http://www.d3.dion.ne.jp/~okakinen

Furthermore, a convention was held for the original
students of Himeyuri School who are still living sothey could share their direct experiences of war andexchange thoughts with those visitors who also
attended. The turnout at the convention hall was
beyond expectation in regard to the wide range of agesof those who attended: all total 46,218 individuals
visited the convention and there was an overwhelming
response.
Kawara Museum of Takahama City Pottery Village(4/3-5/16)
Nagano Prefectural Museum of History (5/29-7/11)
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum (7/21-9/5)
Mito City Museum (9/19-10/24)
Osaka Human Rights Museu(11/16-12/26)
From June 23, 2010 to January 3, 2011 the “Himeyuri
Anime Project” public exhibition was held in
Himeyuri Peace Museum Exhibition Hall 6. The“Himeyuri Anime Project” was launched in 2006 (andwork begun) so that surviving students who
experienced the war could communicate theirexperiences and thoughts in the form of animation—aform that would be understandable to primary school
children. The main objective of the anime project was
to incorporate the thoughts of the surviving students,
and thus the animation was not preconceived, butrather the anime project was one that relied upon the
public to author and collaborate in its creation.

Himeyuri Peace Museum
From April to December, 2010, the exhibit“Himeyuri’s Prayer for Peace: 65 Years After
Okinawa,” the first such exhibit to travel outside
Okinawa, was inaugurated in museums throughout
five prefectures (Sponsors: Himeyuri Peace Museum,
Asahi Newspaper, etc.). This exhibition, held on the65th year after the war, is presumed to be one of thelast opportunities for those who went through the war
65 years ago to personally express their experiences. It
was created so that many individuals who live outside
the prefecture could learn of the anguish and sufferingexperienced at Himeyuri and the importance of peace.
The exhibit displayed 90 artifacts discovered at thebattlefield, from the school badge of a female highschool student to shrapnel, that could convey the storyof the Battle of Okinawa in Himeyuri. This time, theexhibit also devoted itself to highlighting the“memories of survivors” and the “desire to begin totell” those experiences that survivors have not beenable to talk of up until now. The reason for conveying
wartime experiences that have not been revealed for somany years is evident: there is a necessity to entrust
the next generation with the desire for peace.

The anime project debuted from January 2008, andtraveled six months outside the prefecture, supported
by 20 private individuals and groups, and displaying a
total of 191 works. The works included in the anime
project exhibit not only depicted the testimonies ofsurviving students, but also incorporated, among
others, original anime stories that had been conceived
with the global community in mind. As a result of acareful review conducted by the surviving students ofHimeyuri and a panel of expert judges, the works of
two individuals were chosen to be made into an
animation and picture book.
Tel:098-997-2100 Fax:098-997-2102
http://www.himeyuri.or.jp

Ebetsu Ceramic Art Center: Hokkaido
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The 65th postwar anniversary exhibition ‘The time ofsubstitutes production’ was held from July 3 to August29, 2010.
During the 15 years-war (1931-1945), civilian demand
was restricted due to priority of military demand,
which recommended to develop ‘substitute products’.
Especially from 1938, since the metal restriction wastightened, ceramic products instead of metal, came tobe spotlighted. ‘The Substitute Goods Exhibition’ washeld by Shoko-sho (the Ministry of Commerce andIndustry) in August of the year to introduce various
ceramic alternative itmes.
In this exhibition, ceramic products were exhibited ateach section such as ‘Clothing, food, and housing’,‘learning and playing’, and ‘the military, manners, andcurrency’.
The exhibits (371 items)
Door knobs, handles of drawers, hangers,
irons, cuff buttons, pans, pots, knives, forks,
kettles, bolts, nuts, nails, electric sockets,
gramophone needles
Referential exhibits to show the reality of metal
donation in the wartime
Posters of ‘Iron and copper donation’,Documents, such as ‘the guidelines of metal
donation for an average household’, Photosof Ebetsu town
Promoting a better understanding of relationships
between people and ceramics during the war, thisexhibition expected visitors to remind them of theperiod, and hand down the memory and thoughts tothe next generation through the items. A booklet isavailable.
Tel: 011-385-1004
http://www.city.ebetsu.hokkaido.jp/ceramic/

Kamaishi City War Damage Museum: Iwate
On August 9, 2010, the Kamaishi City War Damage
Museum opened in the Kamaishi City Hall Hama-cho
Annex, Hama-cho 1, Kamaishi City.
Kamaishi City was bombed by the Allies Fleet twice
65 years ago. Finally a memorial place for war andpeace was established in the city. 80 out of the 400
items which had been stored in Kamaishi City Folk
Museum were transferred into the new museum. There
are four themes of the exhibition:
1.
Civilian life before and during the war
2.
The prison camp
3.
Naval bombing
4.
Restoration after the war
At the entrance, you can see 756 names on the list ofbombed victims, including 753 victims in ‘Kamaishi
naval bombing damage report’ published in 1976
together with newly identified three victims.
The exhibits include shell fragments (8 and 16 incheslong), photos of the devastated downtown, wooden
propellers for aircrafts, a national flag that belonged toyoung soldiers and women’s clothes with air-raid
hoods
Tel:0193-22-3551
http://www.city.kamaishi.iwate.jp/kyoudo/sensai/sens
aisiryoukan.html	
 Yurihonjo Municipal Local Material Museum:
Akita
From July 10th to September 20th, a special exhibition‘A Memory of War Part ’was held showing how the
local people went through the war since Manchurian
Incident happened in 1931 and how they managed tosurvive the hardship during the war and after the war.
Real materials such as diaries and photos at that time
were displayed. On August 7th, a talk session tellingthe war time experiences was held.
Tel: 0184-24-3570 Fax:0184-24-3571
http://www.city.yurihonjo.akita.jp/icity/browser?ActionCode=content&ContentID=1184051514906&Site
ID=000000000000

Otaru Museum: Hokkaido
A themed Exhibition ‘Our Diary---The Picture Diaryof Shiomidai National School in 1941’ was held from
November 27, 2010 to February 13, 2011. A classdiary written by the sixth grade students in Shiomidai
National School from fall to winter in 1941 was on
exhibition to show the circumstances of the children
during the period.
Tel:0134-33-2523	
  Fax:0134-33-2678
http://www.city.otaru.hokkaido.jp/simin/sisetu/museum/

Sakata City Material Hall: Yamagata
From August 5th to September 5th, the 164th special
8exhibition “War and Life of People” was held. The
city was attacked by the U.S. Air Force at the end of
WWII. There were two hundred eighty five
war-related items such as a Blue-Eye Doll and ceramic
hot-water bottle aiming to tell the visitors how the
local residents endured the sufferings during the war
time and how important the peaceful world is.
Tel&Fax: 0234-24-6544
http://www.city.sakata.lg.jp/ou/kyoiku/shakaikyoiku/bunkazai/180602.html

There were displays related to Hiroshima andNagasaki hit by the A-bombs such as photos, real thematerials owned by Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Museum and peace cranes.
Tel: 04-2934-7711 Fax: 04-2934-7716
http://www.alit.city.iruma.saitama.jp/

Warabi Municipal Museum: Saitama
The 21st peace exhibition was held from August 1st to
September 26th to commemorate the 25th anniversaryof the Peace City Declaration made by Warabi City.
Duting the war, Warabi City was damaged three times
by the US air raids. Fifty people were killed and four
hundred buildings were destroyed. To hand the war
time history to the next generation, the exhibition was
created focusing especially on the commemorative
train tickets issued after WWII ended and other items
related to the war time as well as after the war. A lotof real materials such as wrapping paper of the packed
lunch sold on trains and war time fliers including thenews of the Potsdam Declaration were displayed. A
booklet of the exhibition is published.
Tel: 048-432-2477
http://www.ctiy.warabi.saitama.jp/rekimin/index.html

Mito City Museum: Ibaraki
On August 15th, a talk event “I Never Forget the War”
was held and three people gave a speech about their
war time experiences such as destruction of the city by
the U.S. air raid and the dairy lives of the citizens atthat time.
Tel: 029-226-6521 Fax: 029-226-6549
http://business4.plala.or.jp/shihaku1/

Peace Museum of Saitama: HigashimatsuyamaCity
A special exhibition “Friedly and young painters - fourthousand pictures drawn at Terezin Concentration
Camp” was held from October 2nd to November 28th.
During WWII, about 15 thousand children weredetained at the concentration camp and Friedl Dicker,
an art teacher, organized an art crass for children sothat they could live with hope. A writer, Michiko
Nomura made panels with the copies of thesethousands of pictures painted by the children anddonated twenty of the panels to the museum.
From December 21st 2010 to January 30th 2011, an
exhibition “War time memory – with the newcollection of 2009” was held. In 2009, 625 items were
newly donated from 16 individuals and 70 of themwere displayed to recall the war time history.
A gathering to listen to the war time experiences was
also held on August 15th 2010.
Tel: 0493-35-4111 Fax: 0493-35-4112
http://homepage3.nifty.com/saitamapeacemuseum/

Abiko City Shirakaba Literature Museum: Chiba
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the
Taigyaku Jiken treason, a special exhibition ‘Letters
written with needles and the Taigyaku Jiken treason― the influence of the incident on literature’ was heldfrom November 2nd to 28th. By the repeated researches,
the letters originally regarded as blank sheets, found in
the Sugimotos’ house in 2005, were revealed to be thesecret letters related to the plot. This exhibition
focused on these letters which were newly-exhibitedin public and explained the course of the event andhow the writers at that time were influenced by theevent. Newspaper and other materials such as lettersfrom Shusui Kotoku, one of the major members of thetreason, were displayed. A booklet about theexhibition is available.
Tel: 04-7169-8486
http://www.city.abiko.chiba.jp/index.cfm/21,0,41,614,
html

Iruma City Museum Alit: Saitama
The 14 Memorial Exhibition for Peace was held from
August 3rd to 8th to discuss the issue of war and peace.
th9Setagaya Peace Gallery: TokyoA special exhibition ‘During and After the War –agony and progress’ was held from August 1st to 31st.
Photos and utencils related to the war time weredisplayed and everyday an animation film about peace
was run.
Tel&Fax: 03-3703-8100
http://www.city.setagaya.tokyo.jp/030/d00005024.htm
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War Disasters, “The current status and future
prospects of the activity of museum for peace - from
Peace Aichi” by Tsutomu Kaneko of Peace Aichi.
Then, there were commentaries: “Research on U.S.
military documents” by Isao Yamanaka of the
Association to Remember the Great Toyama Air Raidand “My views on the reports made at the 40th annual
conference” by Seiichi Imai of the Association to
Record the Yokohama Air Raids. Masako Nakata of
the Association to Record the Kobe Air Raids andDaisaku Niida of the Association to Record the
Imabari City Air Raids expressed their opinions forthe history and future prospects of the regional
associations.
N the second day of Aug. 22, there was a report fromthe following regional associations: the Association to
Record the Aomori Air Raids, the Association to
Remember the Fukui Air Raids, the Association to
Record Omuta Air Raids, the Association to
Remember Sasebo Air Raids, the Association to
Record the Gifu Air Raids, the Association to Record
the Musashino Air Raids and War Sites, the editorialcommittee of the testimonies of one hundred survivorsof the Chiba Air Raids and Asian-Pacific War, theAssociation of Survivors’ Families in Kanagawa, theAssociation of the Tokyo Air Raid Lawsuits Plaintiffs
and the Association of the Tokyo Air Raid Victims’
Families.
In the afternoon, the participants visited the war sitesof the Great Tokyo Air Raid located in downtown
Tokyo such as Tokyo Metropolitan War Victim’s
Memorial Park, Yokoamicho Park Tokyo, Sumida
Heritage Museum, Kototoi-bashi and Senso-ji. The
information on each site was provided in the bus, andShizue Osa of the Association to Record the Kobe Air
Raid explained the subject, “The Tokyo Metropolitan
War Victim’s Memorial Park during and after thewar.”
Prior to the conference, the workshop “Research andutilization of U.S. military documents” was held in theafternoon of Aug. 20 and in the morning of Aug. 21,
2010 at the Center for the Tokyo Raids and War
Damage. The report of the symposium, “Forty-year
history and future prospects of the Association to
Record the Air Raids and War Damages” was issues
on Dec.27, 2010. It contains the issued to be addressed,
reports, commentaries, views, and questionnaire as tothe activities of regional associations.

The Center for the Tokyo Raids and War Damag:
Koto Ward, Tokyo
The 40th annual conference of the National Liaison
Council on Recording the Air Raids and Other War
Disasters was held on Aug. 21 and Aug. 22, 2010 at
Kanda Campus of Senshu University, organized by theCenter for the Tokyo Raids and War Damage inTokyo..
On the first day of Aug. 21, the symposium,“Forty-year history and future prospect of the National
Liaison Council on Recording the Air Raids and Other
War Disasters,” was held.
The aim of thesymposium was explained
as follows: “After forty years have passed since thelaunch of recording of air raids and war damages, it
has become a theme for young researchers. The
leadership of the activity is also being transferred fromthe survivors to the next generation. Under the lead ofthose young researchers, we will examine the historyof recording activities from the scientific point of viewand find the future prospect of the activities.”
Tadahito Yamamoto of The Center for the Tokyo
Raids and War Damages presented issues to beaddressed, and other participants gave reports asfollows: “History and future prospect of the National
Liaison Council on Recording the Air Raids and Other
War Disasters” by Atsushi Kijima, “History and future
prospects of the research of the air raids in Osaka bay
coastal area” by Kazuko Sasaki of the Research
Association of Fifteen Years War, “History andprospects of the activities to remember the air raids by
the survivors in Toyama” by Yujiro Wada of the
Association to Remember the Great Toyama Air Raid,“The achievements of the activity of recording air
raid and war damage, and the role of Air Raid Report”
by Yozo Kudo, Secretary-General of the National
Liaison Council on Recording the Air Raids and Other
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The 4th symposium, “The Empire and Air Raids Investigation of the U.K. and Taiwan Air Raid,” washeld on Oct. 23, 2010 at Meiji University organized by
the Study Group of War Damages of the Center for the
Tokyo Raids and War Damage.
The Study Group of War Damages has been holding a
symposium of “Indiscriminate Bombing” every year
since 2007 as part of the joint research project of“Recording of actual situation of the Tokyo Air Raids
and display of war-related materials.” At the final yearof the joint research project, the symposium selected ararely-discussed subject, the City Air Raids in the U.K.
by German military and the City Air Raids in Taiwan
by U.S. military. The symposium was focused on theexamination of actual situation of the two air raids andhow the air raids were recorded, remembered anddelivered to people after the war mainly by the effortsof museums. The examination of the air attacks thatthe empire received and the empire made on its
colonies, was useful to expand our views on thehistory of air raids in the world.
The symposium was started with a presentation ofissues to be addressed by Satoshi Ooka, the associate
professor of Nihon University (College of Low) and a
researcher of Study Group of War Damages. Kazuyo
Yamane made a presentation regarding the city air
raids in the U.K. with the tile of “How are German
Air-Raids Exhibited at Museums for Peace in Britain?
-The Case Studies in London and Coventry” Then,
Hung Chih Wen, professor of National Taiwan
Normal University made a report, “Air Raids in
Taiwan during World War II.” There was a lively
discussion with the participation of the survivors of
the London and Taiwan Air Raids.
Tel.03-5857-5631 Fax: 03-5683-3326
http://www.tokyo-sensai.net/

working for long hours with low wage under thesevere working conditions, receiving discriminationand oppression. The exhibition provided an
opportunity to face the facts of history and consider
the unsettled issues.
Tel. & Fax. 03-5272-3510
http://www.40net.jp/~kourai/
Sunagawa Learning Centre: Tachikawa City,Tokyo“Display Corner for History and Culture of Sunagawa
Area in Tachikawa City” was opened on Oct. 18, 2010
to show paintings and photographs related to theSunagawa Conflict, the opposition movement to the
expansion of the former U.S. Tachikawa Air Base.
Tel.: 042-535-5959 Fax: 042-535-5967
http://www.city.tachikawa.lg.jp/cms-sypher/www/section/detail/jsp?id=170
Edo-Tokyo Museum: Sumida Ward, Tokyo
The exhibition, “Reconstruction of Tokyo - History ofTokyo in the 20s of Showa Era (1945-1954) in Color,”
was held from Aug. 4 to Sep. 26, 2010.
During the ten years staring from 1945, sixty years
ago from now, Tokyo experienced a significant
upheaval of society. There were the Great Tokyo Air
Raid in March 1945, the end of the war, theoccupation, and the independence of Japan after theconclusion of the peace treaty. The city and citizens
came to a turning point and formed the new lifestylethat we are now enjoying. Various things were created
and introduced during the occupation and through thereconstruction process. In this exhibition, the life inTokyo in the 20s of Showa Era (1945-1954) was
revived with color films and photographs that wererare in those days, many of which were shown for the
first time. Through the dream and aspiration of people
who were trying to overcome the sufferings andreconstruct Tokyo, the exhibition provided an
opportunity to envision our future.

Korea Museum: Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo
The encore exhibition “The Lost Korean Cultural
Heritage – From Plunder and Drain to Return andDisclosure of Cultural Assets” was held from Sep. 1 to
Nov. 14, 2010. The exhibition “One hundred years ofAnnexation of Korea and South and North Koreans inJapan - (The first volume) until 1945” was held from
Nov. 17 to Feb. 27. Under the colonial rule by Japan,
why and how Koreans came to Japan and settled inJapan? It was reported that Koreans survived by·Chapter 1: Recovery from the Devastation
Devastated Tokyo and people standing up from thedevastation and starting to move toward thereconstruction of Tokyo were shown in the color films
and photographs, as well as the items that supported
those people’s life.
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·Chapter 2: Occupied TOKYOTokyo was occupied by GHQ for six years and eightmonths. The documents and materials of those days
exhibited how Tokyo came under the occupation andchanged into an almost different nation.
·Chapter 3: Unrealized Reconstruction Plan
There was a plan to reconstruct devastated Tokyo as
an ideal city. The film, “Tokyo in Twenty Year’sTime,” introduced a whole picture of the plan and its
consequence, and the actual process of thereconstruction of Tokyo.
·Chapter 4: TOKYO in US Soldiers’ Eyes
During the occupation, U.S. soldiers saw the city ofTokyo and the life of people making a recovery, while
the Japanese had a glimpse of an affluent life of theAmerican and started to dream of it. This desirebrought the rapid economic growth to Japan. This
chapter introduced the mixed views toward Tokyo
under the occupation.
· Chapter 5: From the Occupation to the Growth
When the occupation ended, it was the time oftransition from the reconstruction to the economic
growth. This change was exhibited by the material
showing the social conditions and trends in those days,
and the color photographs taken by the Japanesepeople.

Shibusawa Memorial Museum: Kita Ward, Tokyo
From August 7th to September 23rd, the 3rd exhibition
regarding Peace titled ‘Eiichi Shibusawa and The
Kanto Great Earthquake – His effort for rebuilding thecity’ was held.
Facing the devastation by the Great Earthquake in
1923, Shibusawa made a big effort to help people as abusiness leader. This was held to commemorate the80th anniversary of the incident and to honor him andhis activities aiming at healing the victims as well as
the reconstruction of the town.
Tel：03-3910-0005
http://www.shibusawa.or.jp/museum/

Meiji University	  Noborito Museum for Peace
Education: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa
From November 3rd to December 18th, the first
special photo exhibition titled ‘The Old War Sites in
Kawasaki - from the view point of the Noborito
Institute’ was held. Photographs related to the old war
sites within Kawasaki City and the Noborito Institue
were displayed. With the cooperation of aphotpgrapher, Hiroshi Koike, it aimed to present the
study about the realtionship between the war-related
facilities and the former Japanese Army.
On November 3rd, as a part of the memorial events, amovie ‘The Case of the Imperial Bank and the
Death-Row Convict’,in which the Noborito Institute
was used as a shooting site, was run and a lecture
about the Institue and the secret war was given by themuseum diretor Prof. Akira Yamada.
Tel:044-934-7993
http://www.meiji.ac.jp/noborito/index.html

The exhibition “Post-War Tokyo in Photographs from the records of U.S. soldiers” was held on Aug.27
2010. Curator Hiroyuki Kutsusawa talked about color
films and photographs taken during the period of theoccupation and explained the background of theobjects in the pictures.
Tel.03-3626-9974
http://www.edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp/

Museum on Life in Showa Era: Ota Ward,Tokyo
A special exhibition ‘The Scars of the War in the
Koizumis’ was held from August 1st to 31st The
museum has held this exhibition annually to send thepeace message, ‘No more war’ to the public since it
was inaugurated. War time items such as a picture
diary, a cloth with one thousand stitches and an air
raid hood were displayed.
Tel＆Fax:03-3750-1808
http://www.showanokurashi.com/

Aikawa Local Museum: Kanagawa
A special exhibition ‘A Memory of War’ was heldfrom August 1st to 31st to hand the war experiences tothe next generation and to enhance a wish for peace
among citizens. Real materials about Sagami Army
Airport and the local residents who joined the war assoldiers and as immigrants were mainly displayed.
Tel:046-280-1050	
  Fax:046-280-1051
http://www.town.aikawa.kanagawa.jp/shisetsu/cul/cul_01.html
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Tel:058-391-2234	
  FAX-058-391-7663
http://www.hashima-rekimin.jp/
Achimura Community Center: Nagano‘A Poster Exhibition during the War Time’ was heldfrom August 21st to 29th. Yoshifumi Hara, whose
father was a village mayor, donated one hundred andthree war time posters inherited from his father. He
kept them not to forget the war to create peacefulsociety. Ten of them were displayed at the exhibition.
At the same time, ‘An Exhibition of the History ofManchuria Settlement’ was held. Among all of thesettlers from Japan, 14% of them were sent from
Nagano Prefecture. A lot of residents moved toManchuria from Achimura, too. The history of thesettlement was divided into four sections and the eachpanels displayed the reality of the life there andsufferings of the Chinese people as well as the reasonof the construction of Manchuria.
Tel:0265-43-2061
http://www.vill.achi.nagano.jp/info/tyosya.html

Shizuoka Peace Center: Shizuoka City
Under the co-sponsorship of the Association toestablish Shizuoka Peace Museum and Shizuoka City
Municipal Board of Education, an exhibition titled‘Manchuria Settlement’ was held at the Shizuoka city
hall from August 10th to 15th. In 1931, a lot of Japanesecitizens were sent to northeast China or Manchuria
after Japan occupied the area by armed forces. WhenJapan lost the war, Japanese settlers were attacked by
the army of Soviet Union and the Chinese residents
who were taken their farm land away by Japanese.
More than 80 thousand settlers were killed and there
are still lots of Japanese who were left in China at thattime and can’t come back home yet. The aim of theexhibition was not to let the truth of Manchuria
Settlement fade away and to hand the returnees wish,
never war again, to the future generation. In addition
to the exhibition, returnees’ testimonies, a slide show
as well as picture story telling for children were given.
Another special exhibition about Manchuria
Settlement which consisted of 13 testimonies by both
the returnees originally from Shizuoka prefecture andthe Chinese farmers was held from October 15th 2010
to February 20th 2011.
On October 31st, a study visit to the old battle fields
within the city was carried out along with a guide who
experienced the war.
The Association to establish Shizuoka Peace Museum
published a booklet named ’65 years after WWII‐
Letters from the battle fields, the Shizuoka Air Raids
and the lives during the war time’.
Tel:054-247-9641	
  Fax:054-247-9641
http://homepage2.nifty.com/shizuoka-heiwa/

Yanaizu Folkoer Museun: Gifu City
An exhibition of the government-issued posters during
the WW was held from August 3rd to September 5th.
The aim of the posters was to promote fund raising for
war expenditure from the citizens such as buying
government bonds, deposit and donation. The picturesof women and children were often used in the posters
and it implied how strongly the people were forced tooffer money.
Tel:058-270-1080
http://www.city.gifu.lg.jp/c/40120461/40120461.html

Hashima Folk History Museun, Hashima Movie
Museum: Gifu
From October 9th to December 18th, a special
exhibition ‘Traditional life styles and tools – War andpeople’s life’ was held in cooperate with Hashima
City and the Association to Record Gifu Air Raids.
Watching the photo panels showing the terrible
damages on the city caused by the US air raids as wellas the real materials such as used incendinary bombs,
visitors learned how people’s life was destroyed by thewar. It was for the first time that the exhibition of the
traditional life and tools focused on the war-related
issue.

Fuji Municipal Museum: Shizuoka
A new standing exhibition named ‘War and Life –Peace Resources’ was inaugurated on July 27th 2010 at
the Folk History Center. It was opened to show how
the citizens lived during the war time and how
important peace is. There are war-related realmaterials donated by the residents including Mary, oneof the 12 thousand friendship dolls sent from the US topromote friendship between America and Japan in
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1927. Though the dolls were welcomed and loved by
Japanese children, when both countries started war in
1942, most of the dolls were destroyed by Japanesecitizens. About 300 dolls are confirmed to be kept at
present. One of the 300 is Mary, which was secretly
kept at Fujikawa Daiichi Kindergarten. The old doll isa precious real material teaching us the importance ofpeace at present time.
Tel:0545-21-3380
http://museum.city.fuji.shizuoka.jp/cms/

Rittou History Museum: Shiga
From July 31st to September 5th, an exhibition ‘A
Foundation for Peace2010 – Asia-Pacific War andPatriotism’ was held. Since 1990, based on the peacedeclaration adopted by the municipal government, apeace exhibition has been held annually. This year, it
focused on the people’s life under the patriotic moodat the war time when everything was organized tofollow the orders to promote war. A lot of realmaterials such as commodities, propaganda posters,
photos, bankbooks and newspaper were displayed.
Tel:077-554-2733	
  Fax:077-554-2755
http://www2.city.ritto.shiga.jp/hakubutsukan

Verkehl Museum (Shimizu Port Terminal Museum,a foundation): Shizuoka CityA special exhibition ‘Requisitioned boats banishedinto the sea’ was held from August 14th to October 3rd.
Requisitioned boats were originally commercial boats
which were drafted by the government during thewartime and remodeled into battle ships. The tradingboats and the crew members representing peace andprosperity of the world were gathered and forced tosupport the war.
The exhibition focused on the suffering of theshipping companies which had to obey the order of thegovernment and to send their important assets into thefront line. The exhibition mainly consisted of a modeland pictures of the boats.
Tel:054-352-8060
http://www.suzuyo.co.jp/suzuyo/verkehr/

Mukou City Museum: Kyoto
Summer exhibition ‘War and People’s Life’ was heldfrom August 1st to September 5th. It displayed the
war-related materials donated by local citizens to tellwhat the life at the war time was like and to ask people
to think about peace.
On August 22nd, one of the Museum staffs gave a talkabout the exhibition in public.
Tel:075-931-1182	
  Fax:075-931-1121
http://www.city.muko.kyoto.jp/bunka/shiryokan.html

Ohyamazaki-cho Museum of History : Kyoto
The 12th peace exhibition titled ‘A Foundation of
Peace’ was held from August 10th to 29th. This year, it
focused on how children learned at the war time.
About forty items including writings of elementary
school children, pictures and play cards weredisplayed. They implyed the atmosphere of the society
at that time.
Tel&Fax:075-952-6288
http://www.town.oyamazaki.kyoto.jp/contents_detail.
php?co=kak&frmId=159

Setogura Museum: Aichi
An exhibition commemorating the 65th anniversary of
the end of WWII was held from October 2nd to
November 28th. It focused on the time when lots ofsubstitute ceramic utensils were produced instead of
metal.
Since the Sino-Japanese war had started in 1937,
places such as Seto, which were famous for ceramic
production, became busy to produce substitute items
made from ceramic as everything made of metal wereconscripted. Things like gas ranges, irons as well as
coins were specially made from ceramic. It aimed torecall the ceramic industry and people’s life at war
time.
Tel:0561-97-1555	
  Fax:0561-97-1557
http://www.city.seto.aichi.jp/sosiki/setogura/002492.ht
mlOsaka International Peace Center (Peace Osaka):
Osaka CityA special photo exhibition ‘War and Peace inAfghanistan’ was held from July 27th to November
23rd. Afghanistan, one of the countries in whichconflicts continue unceasingly, used to be a country
14where diverse ethnic groups had enjoyed living
together in peace. It aimed to show the difference
between the country of 30 years-ago and now and tolet visitors think the result of the war. About 60 realmaterials including photos taken by a photo journalist
Yoshiaki Nagashima, pictures painted by the children
in Afghanistan and folk costumes were displayed.
Another special exhibition titled ‘Animal victims in
the War’ has been held from December 5th to February
20th. Real materials such as pictures and stuffedanimals which were killed to promote war are shownto tell how brutal the war was.
To commemorate the day of commencement of the
Asia-Pacific war, a lecture titled ‘War and Animals –the importance of peace and lives’ was given by a vet
Masanori Takahashi on December 5th.
Tel:06-6947-7208	
  Fax:06-6943-6080
http://www.peace-osaka.or.jp/

the trainees to be curators were involved in displaying
them. A booklet of the exhibition is available.
Tel:072-723-2235	
  Fax:072-724-9694
http://www2.city.minoh.osaka.jp/KYOUDO/
Izumisano Human Rights and Culture Center:
Osaka
st
The 1 exhibition ‘War and Peace’ was held from
August 4th to 16th with displays which consist of realmaterials and panels explaining the damage by the
A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima and the people’s lives
during the war time.
Tel:072-464-5725 Fax:072-469-2284
http://www.city.izumisano.osaka.jp/ka/n-kaikan.html
Former Yasunaka Shinden Kaisho ― Old Ueda
Family Residence: Yao City, Osaka
The exhibition of the life during the war was heldfrom July 15th through August 29th, 2010. With thematerials that had been left at the old house, it showed
how the life had been at the time and how they had
obtained information about battle fields.
Tel & Fax: 072-992-5311
http://kyu-uedakejutaku.jp/

Sakai City Peace and Human Rights Museum(Phoenix Museum): OsakaA special exhibition ‘Records of Hiroshima andNagasaki’ was held from August 1st to September 30th
to express how disastrous the result of the nuclear
wars are and how important peace is.
Tel:072-270-8150	
  Fax:072-270-8159
http://www.city.sakai.osaka.jp/city/info/_jinken/

Osaka Municipal Tennoji Zoological Gardens
The special exhibition “Zoo in war time” was held at
the lecture room of the zoo from August 9th to 24th,
2010. During the WWII, Tennoji Zoological Gardens
had to cull 10 types of 26 savage animals such as lions
and tigers. The exhibition included five stuffedanimals, photos and newspaper articles of the zoo andwar-related materials. The documentary film of thezoo taken back in those days was screened and alecture was given by a staff member of the zoo.
Tel: 06-6771-8401
http://www.jazga.or.jp/tennoji/

Suita Peace Memorial Center: OsakaA special photo exhibition titled ’90 days oflife-and-death battles in Okinawa’ was held from
August 17th to 31st. It focused on the local residents
who were victimized in the land war.
Tel＆Fax:06-6387-2593
http://www.city.suita.osaka.jp/home/soshiki/div-jichiji
nken/jinken/original/000338.html
Minoo City Museum of Folk : OsakaA special exhibition ‘Living necessaries under the war
time’ was held from August 6th to 30th. Since theMuseum opened in 1989, this exhibition has been held
annually with a wish to keep the present peacefulsituation in Japan and to stop conflicts all over theworld. Real materials related to the war time were
donated by the local residents and displayed. Some of

Himeji Historical Peace Center: Hyogo
From September 11th through 26th, “Peace exhibitionof city junior high school” was held.
As the autumn exhibition, “School life during andafter the war” was held from October 2nd throughDecember 23rd, 2010. It included 42 photos and 282
actual materials related to transition in education
system, textbooks and school lunch. It included the15modern schooling system, the imperial rescript on
education and the change of the system after the war.
The exhibited textbooks were those of before, during
and after the war. The textbook in war time had
militaristic and nationalistic descriptions, which wereenshrouded with solid ink after the war. The displays
at the corner of school lunch introduced the firstschool lunch in Japan, the cut-off during the war, andresumption by the Licensed Agencies for Relief in
Asia and the Government Appropriation for Relief in
Occupied Area.
The associated event for listening to the experience ofHimeji air raid was held on October 31st, 2010, in
which Mr. Gondai KURODA told his story.
Tel: 0792-91-2525, Fax: 0792-91-2526
http://www.city.himeji.hyogo.jp/heiwasiryo/of volunteer citizen corps, (2) Building demolition, (3)Community volunteer citizen corps, (4) Picture
storytelling show, (5) Workplace volunteer citizen
corps, (6) Entire picture of volunteer citizen corps
casualties, and Conclusion. The exhibition catalogue isavailable.
Tel: 082-241-4004, Fax: 082-542-7941
http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/

Hiroshima Prefecture Art Museum: Hiroshima
City
The special exhibition “95 years of Atomic Bomb
Dome” was held from August 5th through September
20th 2010. Today's Atomic Bomb Dome wasconstructed as Hiroshima prefectural hall for industrial
development in 1915 with the most advanced designof the time belonging to the school of Vienna
Secession. It was the symbol of Hiroshima as well as
the pride of the city. After the atomic bombing on
August 6, 1945, it became a symbol of peace.
Ninety-five-year trail of this memorable building, now
registered as a world heritage, was displayed in
combination with the transition in the cultural aspects
and cityscapes of Hiroshima. The exhibition catalogue
is available.
Tel: 082-221-6246, Fax: 082-223-1444
http://www1.hpam-unet.ocn.ne.jp/

Suiheisha History Museum: Gosho City, Nara
The 11th exhibition “Korea and Japan ― 100 years
after annexation of Korea” is opened since December
10th, 2010 through March 27th, 2011. Looking back thehistory, the exhibition raises the question of therelationship between the two countries in the future.
Tel: 0745-62-5588, Fax: 0745-64-2288
http://www1.mahoroba.ne.jp/~suihei/

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum: Hiroshima
City
thFrom July 16 through December 15th, 2010, thespecial joint exhibition was held by the Hiroshima
Peace Memorial Museum and the Hiroshima National
Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims:“Volunteer Citizen Corps”. Volunteer corps was anorganization for preparing battle on the mainland,
which was made up also in Hiroshima. Many
members of them were mobilized to demolishbuildings at the center of the city and A-bombed on
August 6th. Although the whole picture of the processof its organization, and mobilization and damage on
the very day was not given because of little records
left, the exhibition tried to show the damage ofvolunteer corps and grief and tribulation of surviving
people through the records of governments andcompanies, stories of survivors and A-bomb pictures
painted by citizens.
The displays included Introduction, (1) Organization

Human Rights and Peace Museum Fukuyama
City : Hiroshima
The exhibition “August 15th for 122 manga artists”
was held from August 3rd to September 15th, 2010. It
displayed the works that were drawn by the manga
artists who had experienced the day of the end of thewar. Their collections keep their feelings of happiness,anger, sorrow and bitterness at the time.
An exhibition of “History and culture of Okinawa”
was held from September 19th to November 28th, 2010.
The year of 2010 marked the 40th anniversary of theagreement of Okinawa reversion between the U.S. andJapan. Tracking the modern history of Okinawa ―from the era of Ryukyu Kingdom, through thedomination by Shimazu clan, abolishment of the
kingdom by Meiji government and the annexation as
Okinawa prefecture, problems during the WWII andoccupation by US military, and the reunification to16

Japan, to the difficulty of US bases ― the exhibition
was made to consider the problems in today’s
Okinawa.
The exhibition “Human rights and peace photos by
Fukuyama citizen 2010” was held from December 1st
to 26th, 2010. It was set out for public participation,
displaying photos taken by various people, which
present our peaceful society and everyday moments ofpeople having fulfillment lives with their hope, andrespecting human rights of each other.
The tour of war sites in Fukuyama city was conductedon August 28th, 2010. The people visited the traces of
war in the city and the remains of military facilities tolearn the mindlessness of war and importance ofpeace.
Tel: 084-924-6789, Fax: 084-924-6850
http://www.city.fukuyama.hiroshima.jp/jinkenheiwash
iryoukan/

Takamatsu City Cultural Center Peace Museum:
KagawaThe special exhibition, “For peace study – the life
during the war” was held on the first floor lobby of the
Cultural Center from August 20 to September 5, 2010.
Weekly picture magazines (shashin shuuhoo), record
discs, picture-story cards, and other items weredisplayed to show the life at school and at homeduring the war.
“Takamatsu War Damage and Atomic Bomb Photo
Exhibition” was held in the Citizen Hall on the firstfloor of the Takamatsu City Hall on August 2nd and 3rd,
2010. Displayed in this exhibition were the photos anddrawings of the war-damage in Takamatsu and thedevastation caused by the A-bomb, and the belongingsof the victims, as well as the photos of the devastation
caused by the air raids in Gaza strip.
“Lecture on Peace Education for Educators” was heldon August 24, 2010, in which Mr. Kiyoshi Kita fromthe Association of Recorders of Takamatsu Air Raids
talked about his experiences during the air raids in
Takamatsu.
Tel：087-833-7722	
  Fax：087-861-7724
http://www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/1794.html

Onomichi Town Gallery: Hiroshima
The exhibition “Onomichi during the war – reading
the war from kairanban (community notice)” was heldfrom July 31 to August 31, 2010. The 261 community
notices circulated from the pre-war until around 1942
were discovered in the house of an old family in
Hiroshima, and about 40 of those were displayed inthis exhibition. The notices were circulated in the
tonarigumi (neighborhood community association)and show us the reality of ration, forced war-timegovernment bonds, and anti-air-raid training.
Picture-story cards are also displayed in the exhibition,
which reproduces the life of the citizens during thewar.
Tel:0848 25 7366
http://ecobb.jp/onomichi/www2/index.php?act=spot&
spot_id=845

Museum of theTown of Tadotsu : Kagawa“War-time Materials Exhibition 2010” was held from
August 1-29, 2010. Museum of	  The Tadotsu Townholds the War-time Materials Exhibition every August
to aid in the reflection on the senselessness of war andto think about the importance of peace. In addition to
the materials that show the life of the people during
the war in the area such as substitute goods,
belongings of the victims, and the documents of thegroup of evacuated children they accepted that are
displayed every year, the 2010 exhibition also featured
the picture panels related to atomic bombs that were
provided by the Kagawa Prefecture Council Against
Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, totaling to about 200
displayed items.
Tel：0877-33-3343
http://www4.ocn.ne.jp/~t-kaikan/siryou1.html

Sera Town Otanosho Museum of History:
Hiroshima“Testimony for Peace – 65th anniversary exhibition of
the war” was held from July 30 to September 12,
2010.
Tel:0847-22-4646 Fax:0847-22-4647
http://www.town.sera.hiroshima.jp/boe/rekisikan.html

Kochi Liberty and People’s Rights Museum
The 2010 special exhibition “Kotoku Shusui – his life17and thought” was held from September 11 toNovember 14, 2010, on the first floor gallery. 2010
was the 100th anniversary of Shusui’s apprehension in
the High Treason Incident, and 2011 is the 100th
anniversary of his death. This exhibition divided hislife into the following phases: 1. His Childhood andfamily, 2. Child of democracy, 3. His Work as Student
of/Apprentice to Chomin, 4. His Marriage, 5. His
Socialist
work
6.
His
Advocacyfor
anti-Russo-Japanese war movement, 7. His time in
America, 8. High Treason Incident and Execution.
Shusui’s life and thought are introduced using thematerials and panels borrowed from the facilities in
the prefecture. The special exhibition aimed at seeking
the answer with the visitors to questions such as:“Why did Shuisui become a socialist?”, “Why did headvocate for the anti-war movement?”, and “Why did
he have to be executed in the High Treaty Incident?”
On a related note, the memorial lecture“Russo-Japanese War and Anti-war Movement” washeld on the first floor Democracy Hall on October 16,
2010, in which the director of the Kochi Liberty and
People’s Museum Mr. Matsuoka was the keynote
speaker.
Tel:088-831-3336 Fax:088-831-3306
http://www.i-minken.jp/

A small special exhibition, “Commemoration of theend of the war” was held from August 3-29, 2010.
Tel：0996-20-2344 Fax：0996-20-2848
http://rekishi.sendai-net.jp/index2.htm

Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum:
Itoman Cityth
The 10 anniversary special exhibition “Deliver
Okinawan Heart to the World” was held from October
10 to December 28, 2010. The museum’s history,“selected 100 materials” from the museum’s collection,and the peace messages from children were displayed.
The third special exhibition on children, which
introduces the children from 18 countries, was heldfrom October 10 – November 14, 2010.
The fourth special exhibition children, “What are
Human Rights? – Let’s think about them together”
was held from December 4 – 28, 2010.
Tel：098-997-3844 Fax：098-997-3947
http：//www.peace-museum.pref.okinawa.jp

DVD “I was also at the sea of death”“I was also at the sea of death” (the latest, revised
edition of the documentary film that received the 2004
Picture of Countryside Award) by Nankai
Broadcasting, which was aired in Ehime Prefecture inlate June, has been recorded on DVD. It contains theculmination of the seven-year investigations of the
Bikini nuclear test in 57 minutes. Recorded using the
precious video tapings are the voices of the affectedfishermen and their bereaved family. The level ofradiation contamination of the air, water, and fish
revealed by the government research vessel“Shunkotsumaru”, and the grievous health conditionof the crews of the cargo vessel “Yayoimaru” which
was exposed to the radiation are also part of the video.
The United States Atomic Energy Commission’s“Fallout Record of the 6 Nuclear Tests from March 1– May 14, 1954” confirms that the “fallout” (“deathash”) occurred repeatedly on American land, andAmerican citizens seem not to know about it. This is arecord that proves that the Pacific Ocean nuclear tests
caused damage internationally, including the USA, thetesting country, and also caused the global
environmental pollution mainly in the north
hemisphere.

Iizuka City Historical Material Hall: Fukuoka
Special Exhibition “War and people’s life” was heldfrom August 5 to 29, 2010. Fifty items of commodities
that tell us the life under war, such as textbooks usedin National People’s Schools, textbooks withcross-outs in black ink, fabric air raid helmet (bokuzukin), comfort candy bags, and shogi (Japanesechess), were displayed.
Tel&Fax:0948-25-2930
http://www.city.iizuka.lg.jp/rekishi/index.htm
Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the
Atomic Bomb Victims: Nagasaki City
A-bomb photo exhibition, “The Photographer who
shot the atomic bomb in Nagasaki” was held from
August 2 – 8, 2010.
Tel:095-814-0055	
  Fax:095-814-0056
http://www.peace-nagasaki.go.jp/
Sendai History Museum: Kagoshima18

If you would like to watch the DVD, please contact
me. I have received permission from the Nankai
Broadcasting Company and made the DVD. Revealing
the reality of more than 1000 nuclear-affected boats
during the Bikini Atoll Nuclear Tests including Daigo
Fukuryu Maru will be the first step toward eliminating
nuclear weapons. I urge you to join this effort.
￥1000｛including tax｝Shipping fee ￥500
Masatoshi Yamashita
Kochi Support Center for the affected by the Pacific
Ocean Nuclear Tests Office2779-2, Yoshina, Yamana-cho, Sukumo-shi, Kochi,
788-0785
Tel & Fax:0880‐66‐1763
masatosi.sky@orannge.zero.jp

OTHER NEWS
Professor Ikuro Anzai, Honorary Director of
Kyoto Museum for World Peace Ritsumeikan
University, Recipient of the 22nd Kubo Medical andCulture Prize
The content of the award is as follows:
Kyoto Museum for World Peace was established at
Ritsumeikan University to take its social responsibility
as a university of researching and unearthing thereality of war history as well as educating those whowill become future peace makers.
You had made great efforts to establish the museum.
And since it started, as the second director for morethan ten years as well as an honorary director so far,you have been devoting yourself to study every issue
regarding war and peace in the world including the
war crimes committed by the Japanese government.
You have verified that war is the most devastative
destruction of the environment and the most brutal
violence of all. Your contribution as a leader invarious peace movements such as a board member ofInternational Network of Museum for Peace is also
highly appreciated from the international society.
We are very proud to present the Kubo Medical andCulture Prize to you for your many-year efforts andachievements.
February the 19th 2011,
Kubo Medic and Culture Institute

Grassroots House: Kochi
Ai Nakauchi (Secretary General)
On October 3rd, a peace lecture ‘Afghanistan Now’
was held under the cosponsorship of Citizen’s
Seminar for Peace. A free journalist Fumikazu
Nishitani, a chairman of a NGO called “Rescue theIraqi Children”, gave a presentation showing a DVD‘GOBAKU: Accidental Bombings’ and talked about
the present situation in Afghanistan and Iraq, which is
not covered by mass media in general. There wasactive discussion on what we can do for them.
On October 28th, the 12th issue of Grassroots House
Booklet ‘Reconsider the Philosophy of Chimon
Nakae’ was published as well as the 10th issue of thetestimony and research report named ‘Wars in Kochi’on November 1st.
On November 14th, to celebrate the 21st anniversary ofGrassroots House’s establishment, a lecture by Kim
Yong whang, former secretary general of this museum
and an activist at Peace Museum in Korea at present,
was held and more than 120 people joined the meeting.
He contributed a message to the newsletter No.109
telling: ‘Slow but the most certain process for peacebuilding is to abolish guns’
On December 15th, there was a talk session by Seo
Jaechul of Green Korea United, titled ‘The Bombing
against Yeonpyeong Island, what the memory and thetruth of Korean War tells ’. Director Masahiro
Okamura’s speech and a field visit to war-related sites
were also shared by the visitors.

The Kubo Medical and Culture Prize, which issponsored by Kubo Medic and Culture Institute, isbestowed to the individuals whose works areoutstanding in the medical field. The institute wasestablished by Dr. Masao Kubo, who was a chairmanof the New Japan Doctors Association and contributed
himself into medical studies and practices such as
eradication of polio. Those who work in the field ofenvironment and peace could be awarded, too. Dr.
Kubo, born in 1911, joined the New Japan Doctors
Association after the WW2 terminated and hepromoted a medical movement for people. In 1980, he
was appointed to be a chairman of the association andhe always worked on the stand point of citizens. For
example, he supported organizing mothers’
movements and realized an emergent import of polio
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live vaccine from the former Soviet Union. He wrote
books such as “The condition to live―History ofdestruction of health and environment: theunderstanding” (Junpo-sha), the series of “Life andhealth” (Chobun-sha).
The previous awardees: (a part)
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Length and size: 24 A2-sized (60cm x 44cm/24”x17”) landscape style laminated panels.
If you are interested in borrowing this exhibition
please contact us for more details.
http://www.peacemuseum.org.uk/peace-of-yorkshire-t
he-ridings-in-war-and-peace

Dr. Jun-ichi Harada: a professor of Kumamoto
Gakuen University, the 14th awardee for his
long-year efforts to study Minamata disease torescue the victims and to establish a course of “theMinamata Study” at universities
Dr. Tadasu Fujino: awarded for his medical
practices devoting to the victims of Minamata
disease as well as his achievement to clarify theclinical picture of the disease.
Dr. Akio Hata: a professor of Osaka Municipal
University, awarded for his study about
environmental evaluation, not only in Japan but
also in China and in Korea.
Dr. Masahide Ohta: former mayor of Okinawa
and an honorary professor of Ryukyu University,
awarded for his effort to call for the solution of
Okinawa issues.
Dr. Kiyohiko Katahira: a professor of Toyo
University, awarded for his social achievements
such as eradication of drug-induced sufferings andstudies regarding social welfare.
Junko Yui: an actress awarded for her activities in
the field of drama, also received an Art Festival
Award from the Agency for Cultural Affair in
1999.

The Peace Museum, Bradford, has a superb temporary
exhibition opening
on Tuesday 11th January, in the Pop Up Gallery inCentenary Square in
the heart of the city centre. It is called 'Visible Voices:
The Art of
Women's Protest'.
"Drawing from the largest collection of peace banners
in the UK, basedat The Peace Museum, Bradford, this exhibition brings
together banners
and other art of protest created by women over the
past 100 years.
Women's protest art has uniquely encouraged, rallied
and dared us toboth imagine and work towards building a morepeaceful world."
The exhibition is open Tuesdays
10am-6pm but only until
28th January, so there is not much time.

toFridays,

Although small, this is one of the most exciting
ventures The Peace
Museum has been involved in. We have selected alarge number of themost iconic and dramatic banners from the Peace
Museum's collection,
making for a superb exhibition. We want to encourage
as many people aspossible to come - media, museums and galleries,
peace movement,
women's organisations, political groups, art fabric andcraft groups...

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This exhibition (new in 2010) highlights the conflictand peace work across the county of Yorkshire – fromearly peace activists, peace societies and social
reformers to the present day. Using a thematic
approach, it cites examples from many places
throughout Yorkshire, touching on well known andalso little known topics.

Please come to see this marvellous exhibition yourself,and spread theword around all your contacts. There has never been abetter time to20

come to Bradford to see The Peace Museum and our
new temporary
exhibition!

Some of the programs we have initiated to oppose thewar of humans against humans and against nature
have included: monthly anti-war play readings, annual
August commemoration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
and other victims of war, rallies and forums opposing
the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, an annual
United Nations Day Celebration, Peace Poles (atschool, church, and park, and over 1000 mini-poles),World Peace Gardens, celebration of nonviolent
heroes, annual PeaceWriting awards for unpublishedbooks, book forums, celebration of the Bill of Rights
and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a Teen
Leadership
Corps,
WomensEmpowerment
Group, alternative careers information at aHigh
School, a conference on "Faith Communities, Peace
Traditions," a Climate Change Task Force, and an
e-newsletter 350 PPM. Many of our activities ofprotest and affirmation are inseparable, such as
OMNI’s monthly Open Mic for Peace and Justice,where people sing and read in protest and celebration.
We also network with many like-minded area groups
who work for sustainability and justice, though wefind that work for world peace is ignored by mostothers. Omni provides several endowments at the
University of Arkansas for student and faculty
development (for example, for nonviolence education,
diversity and toleration, refugee students). AndOMNI has purchased its own building.

The Revd. Dr. Clive Barrett
Chair,The Peace Museum, Bradford
www.peacemuseum.org.uk

SEEKING A CULTURE OF PEACE
By Dick Bennett, Co-Founder of OMNIThe OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology
began in 2001 to protest and to affirm. Recognizing
the war-nurtured identity of the United States--fromthe two hundred years of Indian wars to the many
invasions of the last fifty years (from Vietnam
andGuatemala to
Nicaragua andPanamato Afghanistan and Iraq)--the founders of OMNI
sought to oppose the causes and relieve theconsequences of violence locally and nationally. We
were only a few people in one small town, but ourconviction was that a small beginning might acquirelarge results—and silence and passivity were not analternative. Obviously, since such a national history
would not be changed in our lifetimes, we tried fromthe beginning to create lasting structures of resistanceagainst the ancient, entrenched structures of violence.
One of those structures, inseparable from theimperialism, is militarism. Former Senator J. William
Fulbright was one mentor. In The Pentagon
Propaganda Machine he describes our "chronic stateof war" in which "patriotic militarism" has become "amonster bureaucracy" that replaces legitimate
government and human needs and with its emphasis
upon patriotism suppresses dissent.

OMNI is above all a group of people who affirm
values they believe will create a more just andpeaceful world. If the present culture has been madewarlike, a future culture could be peaceful. What is a
Culture of Peace? A peace culture, according to Elise
Boulding, “promotes peaceable diversity" through"institutional arrangements" for "mutual caring andwell-being as well as an equality that includes
appreciation of difference, stewardship, and equitable
sharing of the earth’s resources among its members
and with all living beings."

Believing that local and national violence feed eachother (school shootings and air war), our motto is"think and act globally and locally." From the
beginning we supported local anti-violence/abuseorganizations, such as the Arkansas Coalition Against
the Death Penalty and the Project for Victims of
Family Violence, and we sought connections withnational and international peace, justice, and ecology
organizations.

Gladys Tiffany, President
OMNI Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology"OMNI Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology actively
educates, empowers and connects to build anonviolent, sustainable, and just world"
www.omnicenter.org
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3274 No. Lee Ave, Fayetteville, Arkansas USA
479-935-4422 -- gladystiffany@yahoo.com

10.00 h. – Debate and conclusion

Lessons of Education to Peace at Third Age
University

Museo Italiano per la Pace – Milano (Italy)
Report October 2010

A meeting took place on June 9 at Umanitaria, an
important Milan Association which has a branch
dedicated to Third Age University, with the presenceof:
Avv. Franca Magnoni, for Umanitaria;
Pietro Carulli, Piera Caramellino, Emanuele Carlo
Ostuni, Anna Piccinini, Marzia Maffioli, for the
Association Museo Italiano per la Pace.
Purpose of the meeting: presentation of our
Association and request to carry out lessons of
Education to Peace at Umanitaria University during
the school period 2010/2011.
Umanitaria has agreed to our request, hence therepresentatives of our Association will hold thelessons at 17.00 h to 18.30 h on the following dates:
October 19, 2010
November 23, 2010
January 18, 2011
February 22, 2011
March 22, 2011
April 12, 2011
Pietro Carulli and Piera Caramellino are responsible
for this project.

Web Site
The web site www.museoitalianoperlapace.it isalready operative. Other contents will be added infuture, especially in the page dedicated to “virtual
museum”.
Also a brochure of our Association has been printed.
Education to Peace
Two events took place on May 27 and 28 with thestudents of 2 classes of the Technological Institute“Marco Polo”, namely 2 hours per day in each class inwhich we organized an Education to Peace with thefollowing program:
Convention “If you want the Peace prepare the Peace”
May 278.15 h. – Presentation of Museo Italiano per la Pace,
by Pietro Carulli President
8.25 h. – Education to Peace, direct witness Prof.
Piera Nanetti Caramellino
9.10 h. – The slaughter of Fontana Square, direct
witness Giancarlo Caramellino
9.20 h. – View of Gorla air raid on Internet
9.35 h. – Direct witness of Pietro Fabbris, survivor of
the Russia campaign
9.50 h. – Debate
10.00 h. – Conclusion
May 288.15 h. – Presentation of Museo Italiano per la Pace,
by Pietro Carulli President
8.25 h. – Education to Peace, Claudia (class 4°) reads
the memories of Piera Nanetti Caramellino
9.10 h. – What happened in 1940 and around, Prof.
Francesca Mazara
9.25 h. – The soldier children, direct witness of
Father Nerio Broccardo, Missionary in Congo (exZaire)
9.35 h. – Direct witness of Pietro Fabbris, survivor of
the Russia campaign

Event at Gorla on October 22, 2010
A Convention will take place on October 22, 2010 toremember the Gorla air raid of 1944. It will involvethe students of 2 Schools who will meet at the Churchof Clarisse Nuns. A flower will be given to each
student who will leave it at the monument to thechildren victims of the air raid, then the students will
be entertained in the first school with a DVD,
education to peace speech, artistic contest, exhibition,etc. A musical concert will be performed during theevening.
Pietro Carulli, President
Levati, Secretary

Envision Peace Museum
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"ultimate" Museum will be presented. Exhibits
currently und! er study and development by Envision's
exhibits committee include:

On June 4th & 5th, 2010, Envision convened aStrategic Planning Conference to engage key"stakeholders" in helping the Museum‘s Board
develop an inspired and compelling strategic visionand five-year plan. For 11 hours over two days, 83
highly motivated and knowledgeable individuals
worked together with passion and energy to further
this one idea: a peace museum in the city ofPhiladelphia.

The Roots of Peace
A Force More Powerful: Active Nonviolence
Peace-building Throughout the World
Building a Peace Museum
Stories are a principal tool to be used - accounts ofsuccessful use of nonviolent action involving both
famous peacemakers and everyday people.
Particularly powerful accounts will be dramatized ininteractive exhibits, giving visitors a first-hand senseof what it is like to be a peace-builder - the challenges,
excitement, even dangers at times - but also, themeaning and fulfillment. For the soldier, war often
has been described as adrenalin rush. One challenge
for the Museum is to compete with war's appeal as
adventure, particularly among the young. Throughpowerful exhibit media, the Museum will reach toexcite and inspire the visitor. Equally important, theMuseum will provide tools for follow-up via action in
one's personal life.

One key recommendation of Envision's strategicplanning conference was to move decisively towardbuilding an exciting, initial "mini-museum." Whatconsiderations must be taken into account in planningsuch a facility, and what might it look like? The
Museum's building committee has explored answers:
Target audience: The Museum will reach out to thegeneral public - the Delaware Valley community, plus
the millions of national and international visitors
attracted to the city each year. Target groups will
include children and youth - the world's future including school groups and individuals, plus families
who visit and attend classes and workshops.

(This is from Newsletter of Fall, 2010.)

Location: The space will be on the first floor of an
existing building, in a heavily traveled pedestrian area
- the city's historic district, with its synergy of multiple,
high-profile museums and strong visitor attractions.

Halabjah Monument
We as halabjah Monument and peace Museum alongwith Mayor of halabjah and representative of halabjahchemical vicitims society Had a fruitful visit to UK,
during our visit we had a great peace conference on
4th and 5th Nov 2010 in Manchester city withattendence of Mayor of Manchester and mayors ofdifferent countries, the aim of conference was toeliminate weapons of mass destruction in all aroundthe world,

The Museum space: About 1,600 square feet in floorarea, the Museum will include, exhibition andclassroom-meeting spaces, offices, and a small
museum shop.
As peace is a complex subject, the first objective will
be to help visitors explore their own beliefs andfeelings on the subject. From there, visitors will
move on to learn about nonviolence as a way of
dealing with threat and conflict - its long history,
power, and practicality - and how they can integrate
peace into their everyday lives. From there, visitors
will move on to learn about nonviolence as a way of
dealing with threat and conflict - its long history,
power, and practicality - and how it can be used in
one's personal life, one's family, and one's community,
nation, and world. Last, plans for building thealso the halabjah delegation visited halabjah peace tree
in Manchester city which is planted in 16/3/1988 tomemory the 5000 chemical victims of halabjah.
on 7th and 8th Nov 2010 we met some British
Parlement members in London in the house ofcommens regarding the massecre of halabjah and how
to make halabjah chemical attack to be recognized agenocide by world community, the parlement
members showed their readiness to supprot us is this23

regard and they decided to visit halabjah in Jan 2011
for same purpose.

bereaved families, victims from both sides, embark on
a joint reconciliation mission while the conflict is still
active.
Consisting of several hundreds of bereaved families,
half Palestinian and half Israeli, The Families Forumhas played a crucial role since its inception in 1995, inspearheading a reconciliation process between Israelis
and Palestinians. The Forum members have all lost
immediate family members due to the violence in theregion.
The details are available on the following website.

peace and best wishesYour sincerely
mahmood Hama Amin
Directrate of halabjah monument and peace museum
www.halabja-monument.net"One Life - A Call to Consciousness" by Kevin
Mckelvy: USA
I am an artist from SW Missouri, USA that hascreated an exhibit dedicated to Peace. I call thecollection "One Life - A Call to Consciousness". The
premise is that there is only one life on this planet andthe "things" that separate us are labels, affilliations,tribalism and idealology. I created sixteen originals to
produce eight blended images of Historical Characters,
Political Icons, Religious and Social Figures...but,
within the 3-dimensional image, which one is thesinner, which one the saint? Which one is beloved andwhich one reviled? Who is the patriot and who is theterrorist? Who is the charismatic and who is the
lunatic? The answer of course, literally depends on
where you stand - your particular point of view,
perspective and approach.
Can you see beyond the labels, affiliations andtribalism that rocks the world today and threatens thevery survival of mankind? Please visit my web site toview the pieces referenced here.
Go towww.splittinimage.com and then click on the ONE
LIFE tab.

http://www.theparentscircle.org

Acknowledgement
The editors would like to thank Eriko Ikeda, Terumi
Imai, Tanya Maus, Atsuko Takeda, Yuriko Taki,
Yoshiko Tanigawa, Mihoko Yasuhara for translating
Japanese into English. Thanks to their great efforts,
non-Japanese readers will enjoy knowing what isgoing on in Japan.

Notice
The unsigned articles were written up on the editor’s
responsibility, but the sighed ones do not necessarily
express the same opinions embraced by the head
office of the Japanese Network of Museum for Peaceor the editor of this newsletter.
Overseas news that used to be published in Muse will
be available in Newsletter of the INMP (International
Network of Museums for Peace).
http://www.museumsforpeace.org/

The Parents Circle – Families Forum :Introduction"Peace is possible when we allow ourselves to bevulnerable (…) the members of the Parents Circle
have experienced this truth In the depths of their
Suffering and loss. They have found that there Is
more that unites us than Divides us, that we are All
members of one family, the human family (…)"
Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus
Letter to The Parents Circle – Families Forum, April
2004
It is, as far as we know, a world precedent that24