Muse no.4:

Japanese Network of Museums for Peace
Newsletter: December 2000

The Editorial Office: Ｇｒａｓｓrｏｏｔｓ Ｈｏｕｓｅ
Curator: Shigeo NishimoriInternational Exchange Section: Kazuyo Yamane (editor), Erico Tasaki (illustrator)
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News on Museums for Peace in Japan
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
There is good news on videos and posters on atomic bombing from Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Museum. Recently a video of “Hiroshima: A Mother’s Prayer. Atomic-Bomb Documentary Film” wassent to Peace Museum that was opened on December 10th as a gift. It would be nice if such a video
would be shown at peace museums in the world. The following is the content of the posters and videos
in various languages.
Photo posters of the atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki: in English, Russian, French, Italian,
Spanish, German, Hangul, Chinese, and Japanese.
Videos(1) Hiroshima: A Mother’s Prayer: English (NTSC/SECAM/PAL/ME-SECAM), Russian (SECAM),
French (ENGLISH-SECAM/ FRENCH-SECAM), Italian (PAL), German (PAL), Hangul(PAL),
Chinese (PAL), and Spanish (PAL)(2) Boys and Girls in Nagasaki: English (NTSC)(3) Testimony of Hiroshima: English (NTSC/PAL)(4) On a Paper Crane: English (NTSC/SECAM/PAL) and French (SECAM)
It is possible to get them as a gift if it is shown at peace museums and peace-related institutions.
Contact address: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum: 1-2 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City
730-0811 Japan. Tel.: +81-82-241-4004. Fax: +81-82-242-7452
According to Peace Culture, Newsletter by Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation (No.138), the numberof students who visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum has been decreasing since 1987. The
number of students who visited in 1999 is 220,000 that is less than one in 1987. Hiroshima: A
Guidebook for School Excursion was published and has been sent to schools for free. The guidebook is
not only about atomic bombing but also war remains and environmental issues.
News on Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is available in English Newsletter published by Hiroshima
Peace Culture Foundation.

Osaka International Peace Center
An exhibition of “Anne Frank” was held from April 8th to May 7th. Her life, the testimony ofpeople who went through holocaust and historical facts were shown using photos and Anne’s diary.
UNESCO photos of “Living Together” were exhibited from May 16th to June 25th. There wasan international photo contest in 1995 and 108 winning photos were exhibited. People living together

in peace regardless of different ethnicity, religion and generation were shown in the photos, which
helped people think of creating a culture of peace.
Art Exhibition of Asian Children was held from July 11th to 23rd. There was a contest of art forpeace from a fourth grader to a ninth grader in Asia. All of the art works (1012) were exhibited andwinners were invited to go on a peace trip to Hiroshima.
An Exhibition of Peace Museums and War Museums in Asia was held from September 12th toOctober 22nd. Introduced were Those in China (27 museums), North Korea (3), South Korea(13),Taiwan(2), Malaysia(3), Singapore(5), Vietnam(2), Thailand(2), the Philippines(2), Indonesia(2),Australia(2), Papua New Guinea(1), and Japan(37).
The following is some examples with English names. Some are not necessarily peace museums or war
museums, but they included some exhibitions on war and peace.
The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders
The Museum of the Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese War
Chejudo Folklore and Natural History Museum in South Korea
The Korean Revolution Museum
Ayala Museum in the Philippines
Pacific War Memorial in the Philippines
Monas: Independence Memorial and Monumen Yogya Kembali in Indonesia
Historical Museum in Dinh Kim Son Village and Museum of Vietnamese Revolution in Vietnam
War Museum in Kanchanaburi and The Jeath War Museum in Thailand
Australian War Memorial and East Point Military Museum in Australia
Papua New Guinea National Museum
The exhibitions on China, Taiwan, North & South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore were rent from Ms.
Kazuko Yoshioka, the director of Kid’s Center for Peace and Human Rights in Osaka. It is amazingthat she visited various peace/war museums in several countries in Asia.

Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University
The biggest event this summer was the 20th War Exhibition for Peace. “Japanese-DutchIndonesians: The Japanese Occupation of the Dutch East Indies Remembered” was exhibited for the firsttime in Japan. Association of Friends for Peace was made seven years ago and the members
contributed to the success of the exhibition. There was also an exhibition of textbooks focusing on thenational flag and anthem. They are also active supporting the Association of Supporters of Making
Statue of Peace for World Children.
In fall there was a photo exhibition on War and the Performing
Arts in the World. Art was used to make people to support World War II. The exhibition made clear
how art was used to promote the war.
There is a move to change the Japanese Constitution. A play called “The Necklace of Pearls”
will be put on next year, for it shows how the Japanese Constitution was made. (Yasurou Kawabata)

Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
Exhibition on atomic bombing was held in Santa Barbara City in the United States in September.
It was reported in newspaper and many people became interested in it. Such an exhibition will lead toraise awareness of the horror of nuclear weapons and promote the movement of the abolition of nuclear
weapons.
The emphasis is put on young people in Nagasaki. Junior High School Students’ Peace Summit washeld in Okinawa City in August. Students from Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Okinawa discussed peaceissues. College students also had a meeting for peace in August. It is encouraging to know suchyoung people’s activities.
by the museum.

The information is available in Peace, the newsletter published in Japanese

An exhibit of “Japanese-Dutch-Indonesians: the Japanese Occupation of the Dutch East Indies
Remembered” was organized by Nagasaki Peace Institute and citizens in November. Photos ofprisoners of war who became victims of the atomic bombing were also exhibited.
Nagasaki Global Citizens’ Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons was held on
November 19. It was supported by Nagasaki Prefecture and City government and NGOs, which was
the first case in Japan. There were various sessions and Dr. Peter van den Dungen was a keynote
speaker at Peace Education & Peace Culture Session. His message of “Peace is possible”
encouraged the audience very much. Kazuyo Yamane was a panelist and talked about the role ofpeace museums.

War Museum for Soldiers and Common People in Fukuoka“War Exhibition: Articles left by the Deceased” was held from June 1st to August 31st. The
characteristic of the museum is to show articles that were used by ordinary people during World War II.
It was first opened at miners’ residence. Related news is in Muse no. 3.

Grassroots House in Kochi
Various activities for creating a culture of peace in summer were successful: Peace Star Festival, Peace
Concert, Peace Art Exhibition, Peace Drama Festival, Peace Film Festival, and A Picture-Story
Show for children that are written in Muse 3. At Peace Festival for high school students they studied
Convention on the Rights of the Child and discussed juvenile delinquency.
Children’s Club was founded and Yuhei Nishimori, Mr. Shigeo Nishimori’s son, supports it.
Children went to the natural farm run by Grassroots House and enjoyed digging sweet potato, cooking
and playing in a river in October. They had a very good time and stayed at a renovated farmhouse thatis owned by Grassroots House. They played so much that they slept well.
Reading Class for Children was started from September. Children enjoy reading aloud with Mr.
Shouzou Ueta’s assistance. He used to be a member of the municipal assembly and is an artist and a
farmer who grows pears. They enjoy reading poems and fairy tales that they like.
Beryl and Alistair Milner visited Grassroots House in September. We enjoyed knowing various
activities of Mothers for Peace in England and exchanging information and opinions.
A lookout place was made for Karim Reyes who was drowned while he was swimming in the Shimanto.
He was a graduate student of Kochi University and was in charge of Grassroots House homepage. Mrs.
Keiko Tamaki who took care of him as a foreign student advisor presented a plate which she got at amarket in Mexico that says, “Welcome! My house is Your House.”
Photo panels of “Hibakusha (victim of radiation) in Kochi” will be exhibited in Hiroshima Peace
Museum in January, 2001. The photos were taken by Keisuke Okamura. Hibakusha includee victims
in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Bikini Atoll. The explanation of the photos was translated into
English by Kazuyo Yamane, so it would be possible to use them as a traveling exhibit in the future.
A video on Nanjing Massacre will be shown on December 13th. An American minister secretly shot afilm in Nanjing then. It is said that 350,000 Chinese people were killed by the Japanese army in 1937

according to Chinese government. There is a move to deny such historical fact in Japan and the film
was refused because it is “too radical” by Japan Broadcasting Station.

Art Museum of Picture Books in Nagasaki
Art Museum of Picture Books on Praying Hill for Peace was opened in Nagasaki City on June, 1999.
The director is Mr. Tsuyoshi Kawabata and he named a hill “Praying Hill for Peace” on which the art
museum was built because picture books were created praying for peace and happiness of children.
There are about 10000 books for children, and original pictures for books on the second and third
floor. There is also a place for a public reading for children, a concert and an art workshop.
Address: 2-10 Minamiyamate-cho, Nagasaki City 850-0931
Tel.: 095-828-0716. Open from 10:00 to 17:30 except Monday

Children Library Opened in Tokyo
As a part of the National Library of the Diet, International Children Library was opened in January in
2000. There are children books from other countries and the library helps children understanddifferent culture.

Two Peace Museums at Elementary Schools in Hiroshima and Nagasaki(1) Peace Museum at Honkawa Elementary School in Hiroshima
When the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, Honkawa Elementary School, theschool nearest the hypocenter, suffered tremendous damages. Gutted by fire and devastated by the
explosion, the school was reduced to its outer walls. The principal, ten teachers, and 400 students
all lost their lives. A part of the school building constructed in 1928 was made into Peace Museumin 1988. The exhibition rooms display photographs of the atomic bombing and artifacts.
(2) Peace Museum at Shiroyama Elementary School in Nagasaki
Shiroyama Elementary School is almost at the center of Nagasaki City and it was about 500
meters away from the center of the explosion of the atomic bomb. Over 1400 children and 26
teachers were killed. A part of the school was made into Peace Museum in 1991, and it has beenused for peace education.
(3) Making a Part of Elementary School “Peace Museum” in Kochi
The number of empty classrooms at elementary school is increasing because the number ofchildren is decreasing. Mr. Nishimori, the director of Grassroots House, called on Kochi City tomake use of such empty classrooms as peace museums in November.
When students of Kera Junior High school went on a peace trip to Nagasaki, they decided tomake a photo exhibition of atomic bombing at a classroom during the school festival. They went toGrassroots House to borrow some photo panels. It would be nice to have a peace museum at school
even if it is small.

Oka Masaharu Memorial: Nagasaki Peace Museum
The museum was established to shed light on Japanese aggression through the presentation ofhistorical facts. The content of the museum is Japan’s aggression in the Asian-Pacific region,
Korean slave-laborers, Korean Atomic-Bomb survivors, postwar compensation and Oka

Masaharu Corner. Reproduced worker’s shack and replica of a typical meal are heartbreaking.
It is impressive to know that citizens investigate names of Koreans who were forced to work in
Nagasaki and inform Koreans of the names though such an investigation should have been doneby the Japanese government. The peace museum was introduced in Muse 1. The related news
is in activities in Matsushiro, Nagano that is introduced later in this newsletter.

Planning a Museum for Peace
National Peace Memorial for Atomic Bomb Deceased in Hiroshima & Nagasaki
National Peace Memorial Hall for Atomic Bomb Deceased will be built in Hiroshima in 2002, and theone in Nagasaki in 2003. Both peace memorials will be made to pray for world peace. The
emphasis will be put on collection and application of materials related to the atomic bombing in
Hiroshima. In Nagasaki, the emphasis will be put on the international cooperation and exchanges of
information and opinions. It will be possible to get information on experiences of atomic bomb
victims, medical treatment of the atomic bomb victims and activities for peace.
Contact address: Nagasaki Shiyakusho(City Hall).
E-mail: nmhabd@fancy.ocn.ne.jp2-22 Sakura-cho, Nagasaki City 850-0031 Japan

Association for Peace Museum in Shizuoka
Association of Making a Peace Museum in Shizuoka had an exhibition of “Memory of War” as
the 55th anniversary of the end of the war. Over eighty photos of soldiers and ordinary people
during World War II taken by Fumio Yanagida were exhibited. It was held from June 20 to 25th andthere were 3343 visitors. The exhibition was held with the cooperation of Shizuoka City, and thecost and persons in charge were shared with the City.
An exhibition of “Holocaust from Children’s View” has been held from October 6th, and it willend December 17th. Some articles left by children such as shoes, socks and shirts were exhibited.
There were also some photos of young people of German Young Men’s Association who were sent toJapan by Hitler in 1938 and 1940. Teachers took high school students there for peace education.

An Investigation of Korean Forced Labor: Matsushiro, Nagano
The movement for Preserving the Imperial Headquarters in Matsushiro, Nagano, is introduced in Muse
3. According to Newsletter of Movement for Preservation, some members of the Association ofPreserving the Imperial Headquarters went to South Korea to investigate Koreans who were forced towork in Japan during World War II. It is said that over one million Koreans were forced to work inJapan and some 6000 Koreans were forced to work in Matsushiro. The names of Koreans have notbeen made clear by the Japanese government, and it is Japanese citizens who have been trying to makethem clear. The investigation was not easy because Koreans were forced to change their names into
Japanese. Many of them couldn’t write their names because they were forced to work under Japan’srule and couldn’t go to school. Even if they could, they were not allowed to study Korean language,
Hangul. The result of the investigation will be shared with Koreans who have been searching for theirfamily members who had been forced to go to Japan to work. An old Korean man who were forced towork in Japan said to the members of the association, “Did you come to catch me to take to Japan towork?” jokingly. But he later said, “Come again!” with a warm heart, which encouraged the Japanesevisitors to do more research.

Making Museum on the History of Exchanges between Japan and Korea
The movement of making Museum on the History of Exchanges between Japan and Korea started ten
years ago. Newsletter of Korai is published and various kinds of news are reported. The tenthanniversary was held on October 27th and there was a lecture on modern history of Korea frompeople’s viewpoint.
Association of Making Museum on the History of Exchanges between Japan and Korea: c/o Inashiro
Kyoukai, 1086 Higashi Naganuma, Inashiro City, Tokyo 206-0802
Tel. & fax: 042-378-5245 Koraihaku@nifty.com

Making a Peace Museum in Tokyo
Document Center of War and Damages for Peace was founded to preserve records of air raids on
Tokyo. Citizens are trying to collect fifty million yen, and about forty million yen was collected bydonations. Institute of Politics and Economics is in charge of such activities. Now they are
discussing if it is possible not only to collect and preserve materials but also to work as a center ofpeace research. The related article is in Muse no.3.
(Hiroshi Kitamura)

Other News
Chiune Sugirana’s Reputation Recovered
Chiune Sugihara(1900-1986) was dismissed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs because he saved
about 6000 Jews issuing visas in Lithuania during World War II. A plate throwing light on his hidden
virtue was set up at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, by which his reputation was recovered.

National Conference on Recording War Damages by U.S. Air Raids
The 30th National Conference on Recording War Damages by Air Raids was held in Kobe on July 28thand 29th. Japan suffered from U.S. air raids during World War II and people have been trying toinvestigate what happened to victims using U.S. official documents. The air raids started in
November first in big cities by U.S. bombers that left Saipan in Nothern Mariana Islands. About 400
places were air raided until the end of World War II. The result of the air raids has been recorded,
and monuments have been built at various parts of Japan.

National Symposium on Preserving War Remains
The 4th National Symposium on Preserving War Remains was held on August 18th-20th in Nangoku City,
Kochi Prefecture. About 210 people got together from all over Japan and discussed how to pass war
experiences on to the next generation. The number of people who experienced the war is decreasing
fifty-five years after the end of World War II. The movement of preserving war remains is spreading inJapan. How to create peace museums was also discussed. The next conference will be held at
Kawasaki Peace Museum in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Mock Court to Rule on WWII Sex Slave System in Tokyo
An international tribunal was held in Tokyo from Dec. 8 to 12. The purpose is to rule on whether thesex slave system, in which Asian and Dutch women were forced into prostitution by the Japanese Army

during World War II, constitutes a war crime. Though the tribunal’s ruling was not be legally binding, it
could help pave the way for the ratification of a treaty adopted in 1998 to establish the International
Criminal Court, a legal institution that would have jurisdiction to rule on such cases, the experts said
according to the Daily Yomiuri dated December 4th.
VAWW-NET 2-10-10 Shiomi, Koutou-ku, Tokyo 135-8585 Japan
Tel. & fax: 03-5337-4088. E-mail: vaww-net-japan@jca.apc.org

International News
Opening of Peace Museum in Spain
The first Peace Museum was opened in La Vall d’Uixo in Valencia on December 10th. The
director is Ms Natividad Fartea who took a class of “Creating a Culture of Peace” by Kazuyo Yamane
at the Master’s Program of Peace and Development Studies at Jaume I in Spain. She learned that
there are many peace museums in the world and decided to open the first Peace Museum in Spain
with other people with the assistance of the city and the university.
Photo panels of atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were presented from Grassroots
House to the Peace Museum. The explanation of the photos was translated into Spanish by Ms
Yoshiko Yamamichi of Shizuoka University. A video of “Hiroshima” was also sent from Hiroshima
Peace Memorial Museum.

The Anti-Nuclear Peace Museum in India
The director, Dr. Balkshna Kurvey, opened anti-nuclear peace Museum in Nagpur in 1999. Somephoto panels of atomic bomb victims were donated by Japanese peace groups and are exhibited. He
decided to open the peace museum because he felt that it was dangerous for Indian people to support
nuclear weapons after the nuclear test in 1998 according to Asahi Newspaper dated August 5th.
Dr. Balkrishna Kurvey: iipdep@nagpur.dot.net.in
Indian Institute for Peace, Disarmament & Environmental Protection: 537 Sakkardara Road, Nagpur
440 009 India

The 18th Conference of International Peace Research Association
The IPRA conference was held on August 5th-9th in Tanpere in Finland. There were about 400
participants from sixty countries. It was very successful and it would be nice for International
Network of Peace Museums to cooperate with the IPRA and also the IFLAC (International Forum of
Literature and Culture for Peace). The next IPRA conference venue in 2002 is not decided yet.
If you are interested in hosting the next conference, please let us know.

Norway’s Resistance Museum in OsloIt was established in 1966 as an independent foundation for the purpose of presenting a true andauthentic picture of the occupation using objects, pictures, printed matter, etc. to give the young
people of today and coming generations truth of the evil represented by occupation and foreign rule.
Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum: Norway’s Resistance Museum at Akershus Fortress, Oslo, Norway

Museum House am Checkpoint Charlie

It was opened in 1963 to become an island of freedom right next to the border. From here, througha small window, escape helpers could observe all movements at the border crossing; escapees were
supported and made welcome; escape plans were worked out. According to the flyer, it is “the firstmuseum of international non-violent protest.” There are exhibits, film shows, library and so forth.
The flyer and the catalogue for information about books are available from the following. (Somebooks are introduced at the end of this newsletter.)Postal address: Postfach 61 02 26, D-10923 Berlin, Germany

Some remarks on Dutch Museums
The following is a remark on Muse no 3: Japanese Network of Museums for Peace,pages 10 and 11 from Carolus de Jong van Lier in the Netherlands.
Please admit me to make some remarks regarding the Museums visited by Ms Miyoko Aou

Bronbeek: Is mainly a home for very old retired N.C.O.’s. For sentimental reasons
there are some memories of positive and negative events.
Groesbeek: It is ‘descriptive’. In this region the ‘battle of Arnhem’ took place during
September and October 1944.
Overloon: exhibits the allied actions during WW II. Has not the aim to be a peacemuseum.
Westerbork: gives a very good and realistic image of the terrible prelude of theholocaust-fate of the Dutch Jews.
Hollandsche Schouwburg: The same as Westerbork but focused on the Amsterdam
population.
Though these Museums are exhibiting the horrors and consequences of preparation
for warfare, its actual horrors and loss of morality, they are no peace-museums.
The real peace-museums you find in the “United Nations Publications on Peace
Museums Worldwide”, Geneva 1998.pages 59-61.
Of the one on page 59 I still am the secretary. It has been renamed in Museum voor
Vrede en Geweldloosheid (Museum for Peace and Non-Violence). The boat ofwhich is being spoken under “aims” on page 59 has finally being purchased only a few
days ago. We hope to be able to bring the peace-message to the population byvisiting the river harbors in Holland and perhaps also Belgium. (Maybe Germany tooin the future?)
Dr. Robert Aspeslagh also sent us the following e-mail.
It was interesting to read so much about Dutch museums. I'm not sure that they are allpeace museums. At least, some of them have changed a bit, such like the National War
and Resistance Museum at Overloon, which is originally showing an arsenal of thesecond world war. The best one was missed and you can find that in the city of Utrecht.
It is based in an old fortress and established by two guys who worked with the Instituteof Building Peace and who have established their own Foundation of Peace Pedagogy.
Actually I consider that as the only peace education museum (actually peace museum)with a lot of interactive possibilities for kids.
STICHTING VREDESEDUCATIE (Foundation of Peace
Education)
GEU VISSER / JAN DURK TUINIERVEEARTSENIJSTRAAT 165
3572 DJ UTRECHT
Netherlands
030 2723 500 (TEL) 030 2723 563 (FAX)

Thank you so much for your precious information!
Pacifists in Japan
Eiko Midorikawa: Active Esperantist in China
Her real name is Teruko Hasegawa, and her Esperanto name is Verda Majo. She was born in 1912 in
Yamanashi Prefecture. She was a smart and independent girl and her father said, “I wish she were aboy!” She studied literature and Esperanto at Nara Women’s University and protested against
Japan’s invasion of China in 1931. She was arrested and had to leave the university in 1932. She
went to Tokyo and studied typing and worked for Japan Esperanto Association. She started to use
Esperanto for peace and justice; she began to contact Chinese Esperantists in 1935. She met Liu
Ren, a Chinese young man who was studying in Japan. He was also an Esperantist and they marriedin 1936. They went to China in 1937 to fight against Japan’s aggression. Their life was hard, butthey started to fight against Japan in various parts of China. She worked hard for liberating China
using Esperanto, but she was not supported by the Chinese government, which was hard for her.
She was also condemned for being “a traitor” by mass media in Japan in 1938. But she used
Esperanto as a weapon to fight against fascism and made an appeal to Esperantists in the world forcooperation and solidarity. She worked as an announcer, an Esperantist, a writer and a poet to fightagainst fascism. However, she passed away when she was only 35 in 1947 because she had an
abortion and got sick. The couple’s tomb was built by the Chinese government in China in 1983,
and the Chinese and the Japanese in her hometown began to visit one another to establish friendly
relations between them.
Reference: “A Biographical Sketch of Eiko Midorikawa: an International Fighter” by Jao Feng Mao(translated from Chinese into Japanese by Keiko Tamaki and Ma Haiien in A Beam of Light inDarkness edited by Shigeo Nishimori. Grassroots House: Kochi. 1994.

Publication
Guidebook of Peace Museums and War Museums was edited by Association of History Educatorand published by Aoki Shoten in July, 2000. 110 museums in Japan and 40 museums in elevencountries are introduced in Japanese.

A Collection of Photos of Air Raids on Takamatsu was published in Japanese by Peace Memorial in
Takamatsu Citizens’ Culture Center in 2000.
Unsre Oma by Ilse Kleberger, a friend of Dr. Ursula Maria Ruser in Germany. It was a nice surprise
to receive the German book translated into Japanese. It is fun to imagine grandma wheeling a baby
carriage on roller skates when she goes shopping. She never orders children what to do and help
them think the best way by themselves. It would be nice and interesting if this book is read aloud tochildren at a peace museum.
Ave Ferida:Poemas Pacifistas by Luiz Goulart who is the adviser of Peace Museum in Rio de Janeiro
in Brazil. Contact adderss: Maria Silvia Magalhaes de Souza, Secretary of the Museu da Paz: Museuda Paz: Instituicao Pacifista Fundada Por Luiz Goulart Rua Senador Dantas, 117-Cob.03 Centro
20034 900 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil
Books by Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie
Es Geschah An Der Mauer: It happened at the Wall by Rainer Hildebrandt
From Gandhi to Walesa: Nonviolent Struggle for Human Rights by Rainer Hildebrandt
Eine Welt obne Mauer
Ein Mensch, Rainer Hildebrandt: Begegnungen

The Human Person as the Foundation of Human Rights: Proceedings of the East Asian Regional
Seminar of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace edited by Edmund Ryden SJ. Taiwan:
John Paul II Institute for Research into Dialogue for Peace in Fujen Catholic University, 2000.
Visiting the House of Sharing: Japan’s War Responsibility. We learned from Korean Sex Slaves by
students of Doshisha University in Kyoto. Professor Kenichi Asano used to be a journalist and was
surprised at Japanese students’ ignorance of modern history. He took his students to the House of
Sharing in Korea, and they learned historical facts from Korean women who were forced to work as sex
slaves for the Japanese military. The students began to exchange opinions with Korean students andbecame good friends. (The book is written in Japanese. It is encouraging to know such activities ofyoung people for the future.)
You and I Can Change the World by Dr. Ada Aharoni.

Haifa, Israel: Lachmann Printers Ltd., 1999.

Studies of Peace Culture (in Japanese) by Nagasaki Institute for Peace Culture in Nagasaki Sogokagaku
University
536 Abamachi, Nagasaki, Japan 851-01
The Naked Nuclear Emperor: Debunking Nuclear Deterrence by Robert Green. Christchurch, New
Zealand: The Raven Press, 2000.
Aotearoa/New Zealand at the World Court by Kate Dewes and Robert Green.
Zealand: The Raven Press, 1999.
Peace is Possible edited by Fredrik S. Heffermehl.

Christchurch, New

Paris: the International Peace Bureau, 2000.

Video
Nukes in Space 2: Unacceptable Risks: presented by Enviro Video and directed by Steve Jambeck thatserves as a good educational tool of the space issues.
Newsletter of Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space is available from thefollowing.

Bruce K. Gagnon: Coordinator of Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in SpacePO Box 90083
Gainesville, FL. 32607(352) 337-9274
http://www.space4peace.org globalnet@mindspring.com

WebsiteCenter of Research and Documentation on Japan’s War Responsibility: Exhibits on Japan’s
Aggression
http://www.jca.ax.apc.org/JWRC/exhibit/Index-j.HTM
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Looking for a Grant: a PhD Candidate from Rwanda
Ms Jean-Damascene Gasanabo is a PhD candidate in peace education at the University of Geneva, in
Switzerland. She is preparing her doctorate project concerning genocide in Rwanda. Her doctoral
project is to analyse history textbooks to see if the contents had an impact on attitudes and behavior that
led to genocide in Rwnada, to investigate how Rwandan people, both Tutsi and Hutu think about thehistory of their country, to make recommendations about how the history of Rwanda can be taught toencourage peace after the genocide and to contribute to the understanding of how the teaching of history
can be used to educate for world peace. She is looking for a grant to pursue her research.
Contact address: Jean-Damascene Gasanabo: Rue du Roveray 16, 1207 Geneva, Switzerland
E-mail: jeandamas@hotmail.com

Introduction of Our Illustrator: Erico Tosaki
Erico Tasaki is a free-lance illustrator for greeting cards, stationery, cooking books and so forth. She
also paints on pottery. She lives in Nagoya City. We’d like to thank her very much for her volunteer
work for this newsletter.

Muse No.4 in Japanese was published in October. It has international and national news on
peace museums and was sent to peace museums, people who are planning to make a peace museum andso forth.

We welcome your comments on Muse Newsletter and information!
We hope you will have a Happy New Year!