G7 Hiroshima Summit

PRAYER AND SYMPOSIUM BY
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
G7 Hiroshima Summit, to be held on May 19-21, 2023, will feature a frank exchange of views among theleaders of the seven nations on the world economy, regional affairs, and various global issues. InHiroshima, the "International City of Peace and Culture" chosen as the site for dialogue toward world
peace and sustainable development, a "Prayer and Symposium by Religious Leaders" will be held to pray
for a peaceful world, reaffirm the roles and efforts of religious leaders, and send a message.

PROGRAM：：：

12 00 Door Open
12 50 Prelude by Organist Ms. Keiko Segawa J.S. Bach, BWV 731, Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
13 00 PART 1: "Prayers of Religions for Peace"
Opening Remarks: Rev. Kenichiro Nakamura (Emeritus Member, Board of Trustees at Rissho Kosei-kai
A-bomb testimony: Mr. Shigeaki Mori Jodo Shinshu Buddhism practitioner
Prayers by Representatives of Religions
ShintoBuddhism
ChristianIslam
New Religion
Asia and the Pasific Interfaith Youth Network
Silent Prayer with all participants
13 45 Postlude ; L. Boëllmann;Suite Gothique（））・・・・・・：

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13：50 PART 2: "Symposium towards G7 Hiroshima Summit"

Opening Remarks: Ven. Yoshiharu Tomatsu (Chairperson of WCRP/Abbot of Shinkoin Temple of theJodoshu Buddhism)
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Moderator: Rev. Yoshinobu Miyake (President at Konko Church of Kasugaoka
Rev. Dr. Renta Nishihara (President of Rikkyo University)
Ms. Sumiko Hatakeyama Coordinator of Peace Boat
Dr. Renz Argao (Moderator of Asia and the Pasific Interfaith Youth Network)
Q&A Session
50 Break00 Speeches PartMs. Bedi Racule Representative of MISA the Pacific
Mr. Tomomitsu Miyazaki Special Editorial Writer of Chugoku Shimbun[newspaper]
Fr. Mitsuru Shirahama Bishop of Hiroshima dioceseVen. Shokyo Odake Abbot of Saijenji temple of Jodo-Shin Pureland Buddhism Hongwanji School
Q&A Session
10 Proposals for G7 Hiroshima Summit
Moderator: Rev. Masamichi Kamiya Senior Advisor of ACRP
Presenter: Rev. Akiko Fukata Chisho/ Director of Overseas Missionary Center at Ennokyo
55 Closing Remarks
Prayers for Peace in silence
00 Close Postlude) Bach; "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" BWV147：１）

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Born in Tokyo and raised in Hiroshima. Graduated from Seikei University, Department ofLiterature. In 2013, she became president of the Kurojukyo Women's Association. She isinvolved in supporting victims of accidents and crimes as an industrial counselor, and is aboard member of the NPO Okayama Crime Victims Support-Families. She has also made it
her life's work to promote mutual understanding and private exchange between Japan andChina. She is the vice president of Okayama City Japan-China Friendship Association.

Rev. Akiko Kurozumi President of the Kurojukyo Women's Association

MCBorn in Hiroshima in 1937. Graduated from Seibi, Koi National School, Noboricho Junior High School,
Kokutaiji High School, and Chuo University. Worked at Yamaichi Securities and Nippon Gakki.
At the age of eight, he was exposed to the atomic bombing in Koi, and at the age of 38 he began
researching the atomic bombing, and revealed the deaths of U.S. POWs who had been exposed tothe bomb. He received the Kan Kikuchi Award and the Japan Press Club's Special Award. He wasinvited by U.S. President Barack Obama to attend the flower offering ceremony. His translations
include "The Bomber Lonsome Lady" by Thomas Cartwright, published by NHK Publishing; and "TheSecret History of the American Soldiers Who Died in the Atomic Bomb" by Ushio Shobo Kohjinshinsha.

Mr. Shigeaki Mori

Jodo Shinshu Buddhism practitioner

A-bomb testimony

In 1983, he completed his Master's degree in Theology at Doshisha University. He has served
as a research fellow at the Harvard University for the Study of World Religions, Secretary
General of the G8 Summit of Religious Leaders, General Director of Konko Church of Izuo, andChairman of the Steering Committee of the G20 Religions Forum. Currently, he is thepresident of the Shinto International Society of Japan, the president of the United Nations
Association of Kansai, the president of Konko Church of Kasugaoka, the president of Relnet,
Inc. and the financial director of IARF International.

Rev. Yoshinobu Miyake President at Konko Church of Kasugaoka

Moderator

Born in Kyoto. President of Rikkyo University. Bishop of Chubu Diocese of the Anglican Church of Japan. Vice
President of the Peace Research Institute of the World Conference of Religions for Peace (WCRP). President ofthe Christian School Education Alliance. Executive Director of the Japan Association of Private Universities.
Professor, Department of Christian Studies, Faculty of Letters, Rikkyo University, and Graduate School ofChristian Studies, Rikkyo University. Director of the World Association of Anglican Universities (CUAC). He is amember of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC). He is a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Japan Association of Christian Studies, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, and former Executive
Director of the Japan Association of Christian Studies.

Rev. Dr. Renta Nishihara

President of Rikkyo University

Speeches Part1

Involved in the Orizuru Project and the "Earth University" educational program for young people at Peace Boat, sheinterpreted the speeches of hibakusha at the Nuclear Weapons Convention Negotiation Conference at UN
Headquarters in March 2017. Having participated in international conferences on nuclear disarmament, she has
spoken at various venues on the international situation regarding nuclear weapons and the role of citizens.
Shecurrently teaches nuclear global history at the University of Pennsylvania and Waseda University, and also
conducts a number of experiential and participatory programs on peace and war, including peace education
workshops for elementary and junior high school students. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and Sociology fromCambridge University and a Ph.D. in History of Science and Technology from the University of Pennsylvania. She
specializes in the global history of nuclear weapons and science, technology, and society. She is co-author ofNavigating Disarmament Education: The Peace Boat Model, and co-editor of Killer Robots Are Coming! From Military
Drones to Robotic Weapons.

Ms. Sumiko Hatakeyama Coordinator of Peace BoatSpeeches Part1

Coordinator of the WCRP International Youth Network, President and Chief Executive Officer of Argao Health,Inc. and an internationally certified specialist in psychological trauma. He has over 10 years of experience inclinic management, case management, psychological assessment, psychotherapy, mental health andpsychosocial support services. He is also a peace activist and organizes multi-faith actions on youth
empowerment, environmental protection, humanitarian response, diversity and inclusion. She has been aspeaker and panelist at high-level conferences and international meetings and has contributed tostrengthening interfaith youth networks in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific region. He was an assistantprofessor of psychology at the University of Santo Tomas and has taught at Far Eastern University, San Beda
University, Angeles University Foundation, and the Holy Spirit Institute of Manila.

Dr. Renz Argao Moderator of Asia and the Pasific Interfaith Youth Network

Speeches Part1

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She is the president of MISA4thePacific, a youth led organization in Suva, Fiji, which aims
to bring together youth, civil society and the wider Pacific community in solidarity for
nuclear justice. Bedi is also an intern to the Climate Justice Ecumenical Enabler at thePacific Conference of Churches and is working towards a postgraduate degree in
Development Studies at the University of the South Pacific. She hails from the MarshallIslands and Pohnpei (FSM), with roots in Hawai'i and Fiji.

Ms. Bedi Racule President of MISA4thePacificSpeeches Part2

Born in Kobe, Japan. Spent elementary, middle, and high school years in Kurashiki City, Okayama
Prefecture. In 1980, he entered the Faculty of Science at Kyoto University, where he graduated after
transferring to the Faculty of Literature and graduated. Joined the Chugoku Shimbun in 1985. He hasserved as editorial director of the Bocho Head Office and as head of the Hiroshima Peace Media
Center in the editorial bureau. He has been a special editorial writer since February of this year.
During this time, he covered the series "Radiation Exposure and Humanity," which examined the 1999
Tokai-mura criticality accident and warned against the commercial use of nuclear energy, andserved as the desk for the series "The Gray Zone: Effects of Low Dose Radiation Exposure," which wasselected for the 2017 Science Journalist Grand Prize.
Editorial Writer of Chugoku
Mr. Tomomitsu Miyazaki Special
Shimbun[newspaper]

Speeches Part2Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hiroshima. Born in Goto, Nagasaki, Japan, he graduated from Keio
University in September 1985 with a B.A. in Literature and Philosophy (Correspondence Course).
After graduating from Fukuoka Saint Sulpice Grand Seminary in March 1990, he became a priest ofthe Catholic Church. From August 1990, he studied French in Montreal, Canada, and from September
1991 to March 1995, he received a master's degree in liturgical and sacramental theology from theCatholic Institute of Paris (Institut Superieur de Liturgie), and since April 1995, he has taught atFukuoka Saint-Sulpice Major Seminary and the Catholic Theological Seminary of Japan, and heassumed his current position in September 2016.

Fr. Mitsuru Shirahama

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Bishop of Hiroshima diocese

Currently the abbot of Saizenji Temple of the Honganji of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism in Miyoshi
City, Hiroshima Prefecture. He is the co-representative of the Nenbutsuja Kujo no Kai(Association of Ninety-Nine Buddhist Priests), which was founded in 2005. He is also currently
continuing the monthly street actions "Remember Mummers" (1st) and "Peace in Ukraine"(24th) with religious and civic volunteers in Hiroshima on the 1st and 24th of each month.
His publications include "Shinran and the Problem of Discrimination" (Hozokan).
of Saijenji temple of Jodo-Shin Pureland
Ven. Shokyo Odake Abbot
Buddhism Hongwanji School

Speeches Part2In 1981, he joined Rissho Kosei-kai. In 1987, he graduated from the Fletcher School of Law andDiplomacy at Tufts University in the United States with a Master's degree. He then served as Assistant
Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General of the World Conference of Religions for Peace(WCRP). From 1998 to 2002, he was a research fellow in the field of nuclear disarmament at theHiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University. From 1998 to 2002, he served as a special
researcher in the field of nuclear disarmament at the Hiroshima Peace Institute of the University ofthe City of Hiroshima.

Rev. Masamichi Kamiya Senior Advisor of ACRP

Moderator

Born in Tamba City, Japan. Studied abroad at Oregon City High School in the U.S. in 1988 and graduated thefollowing year. After returning to Japan, she graduated from Mukogawa Women's University Senior Highschool in 1990, and studied English and politics/economics at universities in England and France from 1990,
and entered Esmod Paris in 1994. In 1997, she graduated second overall in the fashion designer and patternmaker divisions, respectively. In 1999, she won second prize in the Dinard Competition, and in 2000, she won
the Special Jury Prize at the Prêt-à-Porter Collection in Italy. In France, she launched her own brand, Akaikao,
designing and selling costumes and accessories. She has also worked as an interpreter for Japanesecompanies in negotiations between Japan and France. She returned to Japan in 2016 to take her current
position.

Director of OverseasRev. Akiko Fukata Chisho/
Missionary Center at Ennokyo

Presenter

ORGANIST

Graduated from Elizabeth University of Music, Department of Religious Music, Pipe OrganCourse. Studied organ under Mayumi Tozawa, and improvisation under the late France Born.
Took lessons in Austria with Rudolf Scholz, and in Japan with Yuko Hayashi and Umberto
Pinesky. Organist at the World Peace Memorial Cathedral. Member of the Japan Organists
Association.

Ms. Keiko Segawa Organist

Pipe Organ PerformanceWorld Conference of Religions for Peace Japan
Email rfpj-info@wcrp.or.jp
Website https://www.wcrp.or.jp