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Awards Entry

2014 Jci World Congress
The Project of The Memorial Service and Peace
Promotion "Connecting The Memorial Lights WithThe Future"
JCI JAPAN
Best Long-term Local Community Program

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Entry Information
Award
Program:2014 JCI World Congress

Category:

Best Long-term Local Community Program

NOM Information
National Organization:

JCI JAPAN
Kazuya Suzuki
E-mail: japan@jci.cc

National President:

LOM Information
Local Organization:
President:

JCI Nagaoka
naoto sadaPresident Email: naonet@kikoshin.co.jp

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Basic Information
Duration : September, 2013 to August, 2014
Staff : 36 Members
Nagaoka City Office, Nagaoka Municipal Board of Education, Nagaoka air
Sponsors :raid victims family meeting
Budget : 29468 US dollar
Profit / Loss : None
In which UN MDG bestfit (if apply): ?:280 thousand people living in Nagaoka City, especially a schoolchild and a
Who is benefited ?:junior high school student.
Objective : On August 1, 1945, Nagaoka suffered the air raid by the U.S. Forces. At
least 1485 people are killed in the Nagaoka air raid.
69 years pass after the war, and people who experienced the Nagaoka air
raid grew older, and have decreased every year. We need to tell many
people including the young generation who bears the future next
generation for the historical fact of the Nagaoka air raid which must neverbe repeated.
By carrying out the project of the memorial service and peace promotion,
we have tried to achieve the purpose of the following two.
(1) By providing the children who bear the next generation with anopportunity to study the historical fact of the Nagaoka air raid, they
consider the importance of peace, notices the preciousness of a life,and have a wish in peace.
In addition, on August 1 that had Nagaoka air raid, we get them toparticipate in floating of lanterns performed by Kaki-River in which many
people passed away in the air raid.
Praying that their soul may rest in peace, we are made to strengthen athought of them memorial service and a wish in peace more.
(2) We will prepare the environment where citizens can continue
peace study in the long term.
Overview : Because there was no opportunity to learn the history of the region, many
citizens that do not experience the war, does not have the knowledge
about the historical facts of the air raid that struck Nagaoka in the past. We
hold a sense of crisis in the historical fact of the Nagaoka air raid
weathering.
In order not to weathering the historicity of Nagaoka air raid, It is importantthat get to learn the historical facts of Nagaoka air raid in children
responsible for the next generation. And this peace study needs to becontinuously performed to the children of the area.
We developed activity along with two lines. First is The peace education,and second is The preparing of peace promotion environment.
The peace education
By tell the historicity of Nagaoka air raid in children who will lead the next
generation, children considered the importance of peace, and noticed
the preciousness of the life, and the wish in peace could becherished.
We conducted two programs in order to get children to study the historicalfact of Nagaoka air raid, and get to think about peace.
(1) The peace study program Hand Down The August 1, 1945
(2) The peace study program of Nagaoka air raid and the Kaki-river
Floating Lanterns
The children who participated in the peace study program, have them
participate in the Kaki-river Floating Lanterns that takes place August 1.
We get children to pour a lantern with feelings of mourning in Kaki-river inwhich many people passed away.
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The preparing of peace promotion environment
In order for citizens to share the history of the area, we must continue totell the history of the area to the younger generation for a long period oftime. We thought it required for citizens to build continuously theenvironment which can continue peace study, in order not to weather thehistorical fact of the Nagaoka air raid.
We conducted two programs in order that citizens learn about thehistorical fact of the Nagaoka air raid, and that children may have feelingsof mourning to people which passed away in the air raid, and the wish topermanent peace.
(3) Manufacture and distribution of teaching materials DVD Hand Down
The August 1, 1945(4) Memorial program The 31th Kaki-river Floating Lanterns - Connecting
The Memorial Lights With The Future.
Results : We made the children who will bear the next generation study thehistorical fact of the Nagaoka air raid, and carried out the program which
has the importance of peace considered. And we provide an environmentthat is capable of citizens will continue to learn about peace continuously.
The peace education(1) The peace study program - Hand Down The August 1, 1945
The peace studies project, 36 participants of the adult, 102 elementaryand junior high school students of people Nagaoka city took part. Listen to
the experiences from the air raid survivors, they learned about the horrorof war. They have heard the wish for permanent peace with the people
who were to lose the family. After hearing the air raid experiences, they
considered that one could do, in order to achieve peaceful society, theywrote in writing.
(2) The peace study program of Nagaoka air raid and the Kaki-river
Floating Lanterns
The peace study program of Nagaoka air raid and the Kaki-river Floating
Lanterns, 382 people elementary and junior high schools students of
Nagaoka city took part. By participating in the lecture, they learned about
the importance of peace and misery of Nagaoka air raid.
In addition, We urged the participation in the memorial service and The
Kaki-river Floating Lanterns given to the children who participated in peace
study program.
The preparing of peace promotion environment(3) Manufacture and distribution of teaching materials DVD - Hand Down
The August 1, 1945
We have produced - Hand Down The August 1, 1945 teaching materials
DVD. We distributed this teaching-materials DVD to 61 elementary
schools in Nagaoka, 28 junior high schools, and 9 library so that thehistorical fact of the Nagaoka air raid might be studied continuously and it
might continue to consider and have got the importance of peace. The
digital picture-book on the theme of the Nagaoka air raid was also
recorded on teaching-materials DVD so that an elementary school low
grade could also be studied.
(4) Memorial program The 31th Kaki-river Floating Lanterns - Connecting
The Memorial Lights With The Future.
The Kaki-river Floating Lanterns which is a memorial program which JCI
Nagaoka undertakes every year became the 31th time this time.
By performing a memorial program continuously, we are working so that it
may get with a thought of a memorial service to an air raid victim, and thewish to permanent peace to citizens.
3100 citizens who exceed last time participated in The 31th Kaki-river
Floating Lanterns. They put feelings of mourning to many people who
passed away in the Nagaoka air raid, and pour a floating lantern, andstrengthened the wish to peace. Floating lanterns are the same as thenumber of the victim who has become clear now -- 1,485 pieces werepassed.
Actions Taken : Year 2013
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Sep. 25 digital picture-book ;August 1. 1945 of That Summer; manufacture
startOct. 20 as peace learning project, was held to nagaoka air raid
experiences save project ;the august 1. 1945 handed down fromgeneration to generation ;Oct. 23 verification of statements impressions of children about ;The
August 1. 1945 Handed Down From Generation To Generation ;Nov. 26 digital picture-book ;The August 1. 1945 Of That Summer;
completion
Dec. 2 teaching-materials dvd ;The August 1. 1945 Handed Down From
Generation To Generation ; completionfrom Dec. 3 to Dec. 10 teaching-materials dvd ; The August 1. 1945
Handed Down From Generation To Generation ; is distributed to 61
elementary schools, 28 junior high schools, and 9 library in nagaoka.
year 2014
from Mar. 1 to Jun. 20 meeting with Nagaoka city office. 8 times in total.
from Apr. 22 to Apr. 30 pr start of participation cooperation in elementaryand junior high schools
from May. 28 to Jun.6 meeting with elementary and junior high schools toparticipate in the peace study program
Jun. 2 to vocational school students in nagaoka, and asked to design
posters of the 31th Kaki-river Floating Lanterns
Jun. 17 press releases
from Jul. 8 to Jul. 17 the peace study program of the Nagaoka air raid andKaki-River Floating Lanterns is carried out in 3 elementary schools and 2
junior high school in nagaoka.
Jul. 15 the briefings on Kaki-river pre-cleaning and Kaki-river Floating
Lanterns to volunteer vocational school students in Nagaoka
Jul. 21 pre-cleaning of kaki-river is carried out with the volunteer of
elementary and junior high school students and a vocational school
student.
Jul. 23 appeared on the program of the local radio station, and the pr Kakiriver Floating Lanterns
from Jul. 24 to Aug. 1 the notice image of Kaki-river Floating Lanterns isbroadcast in a local cable tv office.
Jul. 25 pr the 30th Kaki-river Floating Lanterns in news from municipal
Aug. 1 held memorial service ;the 31th Kaki-river Floating Lanterns Connecting the Memorial Lights With The Future.;
Aug. 12 the hearing of the 31th Kaki-river Floating Lanterns is verified.
Recommendations : By 69 years after the war has passed, weathering is proceeding graduallymemory of war damage. JCI Nagaoka continued from 1984 at the long
period of time, and through The Kaki-river Floating Lanterns, it has worked
so that citizens may know the historical fact of the Nagaoka air raid widely.
We have raised a thought of a memorial service to a war devastation
victim, thanks to the people who have been involved in post-war
reconstruction, and the wish to permanent peace with many citizens.
We thought it necessary to tell the children who is responsible for the next
generation. Following: misery of the war and the historical fact of Nagaoka
air raid, an air raid victims regret, grief of bereaved families left.
We have conducted four program with the cooperation of Nagaoka City
Office and Nagaoka air raid victims family meeting.
The peace education(1) The peace study program - Hand Down The August 1, 1945
(2) The peace study program of Nagaoka air raid and the Kaki-river
Floating Lanterns
The preparing of peace promotion environment(3) Manufacture and distribution of teaching materials DVD - Hand Down
The August 1, 1945(4) Memorial program The 31th Kaki-river Floating Lanterns - Connecting
The Memorial Lights With The Future.
By the expansion of these program, the following results were obtained.
(1) It has been requested by the Nagaoka City Office to continue as thememorial program Kaki-river Floating Lanterns next year or later.
(2) We received a demand from elementary and junior high school who
participated in the program, and wanting to conduct lectures Kaki-river
Floating Lanterns and Nagaoka air raids to continue next year or later.
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(4) The theater dealing with the Nagaoka air raid was manufactured in one
elementary school and one junior high school which participated in the
program. The peace play of the elementary school was performed towards
citizens in the Nagaoka lyric hole.
We get the following comments from Nagaoka City Hall.
(1) It is especially wonderful also in the peace enterprise held in Nagaoka.
We will continue and will want you to tell a thought of a memorial service
to the historical fact and victim of the Nagaoka air raid to the Nagaoka
citizen.
(2) As a city that is a nuclear-free peace city declaration, the activities of
JCI Nagaoka is worthy of praise.
We get the following comments from Nagaoka air raid victims family
meeting.
(1) In 68 years have passed since the Nagaoka air raid, memory of war isgoing to weathering, I appreciate that JCI Nagaoka held Kaki-river Floating
Lanterns for 30 years, and commemorating the family who passed away inthe air raid.
(2) Please continue to give me continuing Kaki-river Floating Lanterns
succeedingly. We ask that you activities people living in Nagaoka to order
not to forget, that our family died a result of the miserable war.
We get the following comments from an elementary school teacher
embodying the lecture.
(1) I appreciate having told children the history of the Nagaoka air raid of
the area in which one live.

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Objectives, Planning, Finance and Execution

What were the JCI Nagaoka has been carried out as Kaki-river
long-term Floating Lanterns memorial program since 1984. We
objectives of this have performed Kaki-river Floating Lanterns, inprogram? order to tell the Nagaoka citizen a thought of amemorial service to the air raid victims by the
Nagaoka air raid, and the wish to permanent peace.
However, 69 years passed after the war and people
who actually experienced the Nagaoka air raid aged.
They are decreasing in number gradually. It has
become harder and gradually to convey to children
the history of the war that struck the community.
But we, also in order not to weathering the historicalfact of Nagaoka air raid, we must tell this thing tochildren is responsible for the next generation.
The objective is to consider the importance of peace
through the children who bear the next generation
studying the historical fact of the Nagaoka air raid.
And to get to participate in Kagi-gawa Floating
Lanterns to children, to get praying for memorial tothe many people that died in the air raid. In addition,
it is to prepare an environment that is capable ofcitizens will continue to learn about peace in thelong term.
How does this We focused on collaboration among jci action plans.
program align to In order to run the project of the memorial service
the JCI Plan of and peace promotion, we have been collaborating
Action? Nagaoka city office, Nagaoka air raid victims family

meeting, Nagaoka war damage exhibit hall, andelementary and junior high schools in the city. By
this collaboration, many participants were able to be
far invited in to the project rather than having
worked only by us. Moreover, we were able to let
many people know the project of this memorialservice and peace promotion by cooperating alsowith media.

Was the budget an We made civic participation fees zero, in order to get
effective guide for many citizens to participate in a project.
the financial In order to achieve this, we have devised the
management of the following budget.
project? A) From the trust relationship with the government

obtained through the performance of Kaki-river
Floating Lanterns over 30 years, carrying out of the
project, I got a grant of 8000 US DOLLAR from
Nagaoka city office.
B) The request for help from local media cable TV
station, local radio station, and municipal paper, wewent the publicity of each business for free.
As a result, many citizens have to admire thisproject more, the number of visitors 119% increased
compared to the previous year.
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How does this Promotion of JCI MISSION
project advance Nagaoka Citizen, including children living in the area,
the JCI Mission we provided the opportunity to learn the misery ofand Vision? war. By citizens and children are aware of theimportance of peace, to get to know the
preciousness of a life, and to raise the wish in peace
throughout the project, we has prompted a positivechange and growth to be active citizens aimed at
the realization of a peaceful society.
Promotion of JCI VISION
We have the opportunity to learn about the historyof the community and citizens children in a local
network for a global network aimed at the realizationof a peaceful society.
Studying local history, we forced so that a
participant get to know the preciousness of a life,
and to raise the wish in peace. We grew up theparticipant and forced to become an active citizen
aimed at the realization of a peaceful society.

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Membership Participation

By number, howmany members
were involved inthis program? 36 Members
By percentage,
how manymembers of the
Local Organization
were involved inthis program? 78%
Describe the main General manager (1 person): Supervision of theroles of the entire project
participating Assistant General Manager (4 person): Assistant themembers in this supervision
program. Project chief (2 person): Leader of each program

Negotiator (4 person): Negotiations with otherorganizations
Sound and image design (2 person): Management ofsound and video to be used in the projectPR agent (6 person): Implementation of PR tocitizens
Site management (11 person): Construction of thevenue
Hearing (6 person): The hearing for the participant

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Community Impact

How did the Local In the memorial service, as measured by theOrganization impact the rate of increase in the number ofmeasure visitors and hearing to participants.
community impact
for this program? Why is the reason to which you participated in thememorial service?
(1) In order to comfort the soul of those who passed
away in the Nagaoka Air Raid. 46%(2) Wish realization of the peaceful world. 36%(3) Thanks to the person who did the reconstructionof the city after War. 13%(4) Because was invited. 5%
Do you want to participate in next year?
(1) Yes. 89%(2) No. 11%
In addition, the number of visitors was 3,100 anincrease of approximately 120% from 2,600 last year.

Describe the actual This project especially focused on children. In ordercommunity impact to get the children who bear the next generation to
produced by this learn a wish in peace and preciousness of a life fromproject the historical fact of the Nagaoka air raid, We got

them to learn about the Nagaoka air raid.
We provided them with the opportunity to consider
that one can do for peace. Furthermore, they
participated in Kaki-river Floating Lanterns, andmourned for many people who passed away there.
We hope from the bottom of our heart they grow up
and hand down the Nagaoka air raid to the next
generation.
We have been focusing on environmental
improvement, such as can be children and citizens,
learn about Nagaoka air raid continuously in the
future.

In addition, I can be expected that teachingmaterials DVD that we have produced, peacelearning about Nagaoka Air Raid is carried out in the
future in elementary school and junior high school in
Nagaoka.
Throughout the project, We let many citizens know
about the Nagaoka Air Raid, so that the historicalfact of the Nagaoka air raid may not weather. Think
about the importance of peace, they became
active citizens aimed at the realization of apeaceful society.

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4Impact on Local Organization

How did the Local JCI Nagaoka has continued the project of a memorial
Organization service and peace promotion for 31 years. We
benefit from continued at the long period of time of 31 years, andrunning this have managed a memorial service of those who
project? passed away in the air raid, and peace promotion

activities as continuing projects.
We has been obtained the trust of the highest
degree from the families of those who died by air
raids and Nagaoka City Office.
By this, we have often obtained cooperation moneyfrom Nagaoka City Office with the enterprise forcitizens. Also We are quite popular also Nagaoka
citizen. Citizens of many business that we plan haveparticipated.
How did the The Nagaoka citizen centering on the children who
program advance live in the area studied the misery of war
the JCI Mission? devastation, and we developed four programs as anopportunity to wake up to the importance of peace.
(1) The peace study program - Hand Down The
August 1, 1945
(2) The peace study program of Nagaoka air raid andthe Kaki-river Floating Lanterns(3) Manufacture and distribution of teachingmaterials DVD - Hand down the August 1, 1945(4) Memorial program The 31th Kaki-river Floating
Lanterns - Connecting The Memorial Lights WithThe Future.
Cooperating with the Nagaoka city office, theelementary school, and the junior high school, wegave the opportunity to study the historical facts of
the Nagaoka air raid which attacked the community
to children. By this, we urged children to become an
active citizen who aims at realization of peacefulsociety.

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5Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the Long-term effects to be expected, is that the
expected long-term Nagaoka citizens, will create a community that can
impact of this development a healthy citizens who tries to aim
project? the realization of peaceful society that they learn

from the tragic history of Nagaoka air raid.
(1) By providing an opportunity for children can learn
the history of the community, and were preparedenvironment for learning continuously, the historicalfacts of Nagaoka air raid will no longer weathering.
(2) By learning the the historical facts of Nagaoka air
raid, to know the misery of the war, children will get
to know the preciousness of life, and to raise thewish in peace..
(3) Thus, children tell the citizens thought about thewish in peace and preciousness of life and theimportance of peace, and expand to a community
with time.
What changes By this project, the following improvements can bewould you make to considered.
improve the resultsof this project? (1) Although the schoolchild and the junior highschool student were set as the main objects, extend
an age and develop the programs for more citizens.
(2) To help to be able to expand the project citizens
on the theme of the history of Nagaoka Air Raid.
(3) Use the mass media, such as a newspaper andtelevision, and perform an effective promotion by
citizens.
(4) To activities by working closely with government
and private organizations of other engaged in peace
activities. And To expand the project to get to know
the the historical facts of Nagaoka air raid morecitizens.

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