Muse No. 21: Japanese Citizens’ Network of Museums for Peace
Newsletter: October, 2009
The Editorial Office: The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damages
1-5-4 Kitasuna, Koto-ku, Tokyo 136-0073 Japan
Tel: 03-5857-5631
Fax: 03-5683-3326
Editor: Kazuyo Yamane, Masahiko Yamabe, Ikuro Anzai
Translators: Nicole Kato, Yoshiko Tanigawa, Hisako Masuda, Atsuko Takeda, Kazuyo Yamane
Illustrator: Erico Tosaki

The following is news on museums for peace in Japanand other countries.
National Conference of Japanese Citizens’ Network ofMuseums for Peace
Masahiko Yamabe
The 9th National Conference will be held on December 5-6 inTokyo. Participants can visit Wadatsumino Koe Memorial andShoukeikan (Museum on Injured Soldiers).
On 5th three persons will present a paper: (1) Peace Osaka (thepresent situation of the public peace museum), Himeyuri Peace
Memorial museum (how to hand down war experiences to the young)and the Center of the Tokyo Raids and Damages (the research of
air-raids). On 6th we will discuss how to manage a museum and ourfinance.
Three themes for discussion are as follows:
1. How to hand down war experiences to younger generation
2. How to promote activities (citizens’ use of museums, how tocooperate with teachers and peace activists)
3. How to enrich exhibitions, collection of materials, researchworks, etc.
It is free for members of the network. If you’d like topresent a paper, please contact the secretariat.

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The projects for the first half were an exhibition incommemoration of the 50th anniversary of the movie “Daigo
Fukuryu Maru” and a special screening of the movie(mid-May – June 30). The movie is valuable to relive thehistorical incident. The director Kaneto Shindo describes that
he took the movie in a factual manner as a documentary
although it was a play.
The movie is very impressive. It movingly depicts the poor,
but honest, people living in the homeport town of Daigo
Fukuryu Maru, the fishermen suddenly contaminated withradioactive fallout, and the relevant people involved in theevent. In the film, you can enjoy impressive performance ofgreat actor Jukichi Uno and actress Nobuko Otowa
respectively playing the chief radio operator Aikichi
Kuboyama and his wife, and their heartfelt affection toward
children, and warmth of surrounding people, in addition to
three thousand get-well letters to Mr. Kuboyama, which havebeen preserved by the Exhibition Hall. Audience is shocked by
the tremendous destructive power of the hydrogen bomb usedin the nuclear test which was 5 times as great as the total
yield of all the weapons used in the World War 2 including
two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
On May 16th, the composer of the film music Hikaru
Hayashi performed his first concert of “Lucky Dragon V”

ArticlesDaigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall
Kazuya Yasuda: Chief Curator
This year marks the 55th anniversary of the disaster of Daigo
Fukuryu Maru (Lucky Dragon No.5) caused by the hydrogenbomb test on the Bikini Atoll.
Given the fact that about 70% of Japanese people do notknow the tragedy as a direct experience, a theme we share withmany other peace museums is how we hand down the Bikini
incident to younger generations and wide range of citizens.
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current displays show larger consideration of war and peacefrom the region. Popular displays include the name list of 1127
victims of Kofu air raid, the drama of Mr. Hiroo Moroboshi,
the reality of Jukei air raid, and Shanghai incident: Silent
Triumph.
The exhibition of “Life and Thought of Tanzan Ishibashi”
on the 2nd floor was reopened in February, with enlarged
displays of his adolescence such as the writing in the alumni
magazine when he was in junior high school. This renewal isreceiving favorable comments. As the first Tanzan museum,
more visitors and inquiries have come from outside Yamanashi.
In commemoration of 125th anniversary of his birth, the second
symposium of Tanzan Ishibashi will be held on October 18,
featuring Takayoshi Matsuo as a lecturer.
Many valuable materials and books were donated including
the campaign diary in Sino-Japanese war by Mr. Uchida from
Takane town, which was reported in the February 26 issue ofAsahi Shimbun. The display space and the library on the 2nd
floor have approached their capacity and not being able toshow all of them is another concern.
Monthly events (witness of war experience, peace efforts,etc.) always gather 20 to 50 people and have been become apart of main events of Port for Peace. The events are expanding
our discovering, interaction, and connection through them.
Exchanges with the museums both inside and outside Japan
were further promoted including the lecture by the honorary
director of The Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan
University, Ikuro Anzai, in the 1st anniversary event last June,
participation in the International Conference of Museums for
Peace last October, and the lecture by Mr. Saotome this year.
Last November, we were authorized as a NPO.
Our major task is to increase student visitors. Although thenumber of visitors from local junior high and senior highschools have been increased since April, that is not enough.
We will make a stronger effort to increase younger visitors
who are future sovereigns.
As we celebrate the 2nd anniversary, we expect more visits
and utilizations of the Yamanashi Peace Museum, andcooperation and exchanges with the peace museums over thecountry.

completed version in front of the remained ship body and 180
people listened raptly to the play of the piano quintet.
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The exhibition of Daigo Fukuryu Maru was held at thePeace Aichi (March to April) and is being held at the Peace
Osaka (May to September) and the Auschwitz Peace Museum
Japan (July to August) followed by other cities including
Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Sendai, and Tondabayashi in Osaka.
A photo picture book of “Suibaku no Shima, Marshall no
Kodomotachi (Children of the Marshall, Islands of H-bomb)”
written by photo journalist Kosei Shimada is republished by
Marshall 55 Project and a cooperative promotion is being
asked. Mr. Shimada lived with atomic bombing victims in
Marshall for six years to report on them. In commemoration of
the republishing, some events will be held at the Hall,
including a summer workshop for children and a small photo
exhibition.
URL: http://d5f.org Tel: 03-3521-8494
The Second Anniversary of the Port for Peace
Director of Yamanashi Peace Museum:Tamotsu Asakawa
Yamanashi Peace Museum (YPM) or Tanzan Ishibashi
Memorial Museum held the second anniversary celebration on
June 21st. The lecture delivered by Katsumoto Saotome, anauthor and the director of the Center for the Tokyo Raids and
War Damages, was a success gathering of 230 participants at
the Pure Sogo in Kofu city.
After a little play “Story of Lola-mashing” by Yamanashi
Kempo Musical and screening of a puppetoon “Kahchan
Gomenne (I’m Sorry, Mom)”, Mr. Saotome gave a lecture
titled “Passion for Peace; from Experiences of an Author)”.
Giving specific examples, he told in every direction of timeand events, from his own experience of the great Tokyo air
raids at age of 12 to the testimony in the lawsuit of the air raids
which is expected to conclude and adjudge in this summer, andgot a lot of applause. The most impressive words he said were“learn the past from the socially vulnerable people’s point ofview” and “learn if you don’t know, convey if you know”.
In the following general meeting of supporting members,
the activity report, the financial statements, and the action
policy were suggested and approved. Also the director
Masanobu Kasuga and other board members were approved.
The active report and future tasks reported in the meetingare as below.
The exhibition of “War and Peace” on the 1st floor wasadded “Footstep of Kofu Regiment” and “Life during the War”
to the original exhibition “Reality of Kofu Air-Raids”; theGrassroots House: Kochi
Researcher: Yoshikazu Fujihara
There have been various events in Peace Wave including an
exhibition on War and Peace from July 3rd to 9th. We asked
citizens to draw paintings based on their experiences of U.S.
air-raids of Kochi that was conducted on July 4th 1945. Ms
Chieko Nishimori (born in 1968) made comics which is based2

· May 9 - The second lecture by Ms. Jeon titled “Modern andContemporary Korean History and Historical Debate”. The
detailed account of the present situation and historicalbackground regarding the rise of affirmative historical view ofcolonial and military regime periods, and heated debate over its
pros and cons drove home to the audience their deep-seatedgrievance against colonial rule and the seriousness of theconflict. There were many participants from Fukuoka, whichindicated a high concern for the problem.
· May 27 - A professor of the Webster University in US and hiswife visited us with many “Paper Hands for Peace” works.
They had a pleasant talk with Mr. Freise and the director, andpromised future exchanges.
· Jun. 6 - The third lecture by Ms. Jeon titled “The Voices that
Make Me Weep Deep Inside; Korean A-bomb Victims”. The
lecture focused on the problem of children of A-bomb victims
and was followed by an enthusiastic discussion session.
· Jun. 22 - Two students were appointed as dispatchedrepresentatives of Japan-China Friendship Association called“Wings of Hope”. They will visit Shanghai, Nanjing andXuzhou from Aug. 13 to 19 this year. The delegation consistsof 8 people including the 2 students and Mr. Freise.
· Jun. 27 - The final lecture by Mr. Freise titled “The Culture ofMemories and Disregard”. The lecture that capped his 9month-long service at our museum including inspection tours,
lectures, and Q&A sessions made a deep impression. Amongthe participants were correspondents from Fukuoka and Tokyo.
Next CO will arrive in September.

on war experiences of Mr. Masahiro Okamura, the director of
Grassroots House. The title is “Great Kochi Air-Raids that I
Saw”. Ms. Nishimori listened to Mr. Okamura’s war
experiences over and over and she started to think of writing
comics. It was not easy to do so because she was notprofessional. She had to research a shape of the US Bomber
29 at Kochi Library. She worked hard for six hours every
day and finished the comics in June. It was published as No.
6 of a series of journal called “War in Kochi: Testimony andResearch” edited by Kochi Network for Preserving War
Remains. The comics became popular and some womencome to Grassroots House to buy some more for their daughterand grandchildren. The size is A5 with 32 pages and theprice is 200 yen. If you’d like to order it, please contact
Grassroots House: GRH@ma1.seikyou.ne.jp.
Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum
Director: Yasunori Takazane
The following are our activities during the first half of this year
and near-term action plans:· Jan. 17 - Copies of Nishisaka Newsletter no. 52 weredispatched.
· Jan. 23 - The German conscientious objector (CO) Georg
Freise, who is at our service alternatively, gave a lecture titled“The Culture of Memories” at the peace lecture series of the
University of Nagasaki. Following the university director’s
introduction why they decided to invite a CO, Mr. Freiselectured in English on how each culture memorizes historicalfacts drawing a cross-cultural comparison between history
education in Japan and Germany, and stated that the memory
itself inevitably involves a judgment between right and wrong,.
His lecture was satellited from the Siebold campus to Sasebo
campus.
· Mar. 18 - A Korean peace and human-rights activist Jeon Eun
Ok volunteered for our support activities. She will use thisopportunity to learn Japanese language and culture, and willinteract with the teachers in charge of the peace lecture seriesof the University of Nagasaki.
· Apr. 12 - Copies of Nishisaka Newsletter no. 53 weredispatched.
· Apr. 25 - A lecture titled “The Korean Candle Demo 2008
and its Outcome” was given by Jeon Eun Ok, which was thefirst of 3 lectures we planned responding to the local peoples’
requests for information about South Korea. She talked about
the protest demo triggered by US beef import and how it
developed into a broad campaign including human-rights
issues. The detailed account based on her experiences wasreceived well and was followed by a fruitful Q&A session.

Life is Treasure House: Okinawa
Director: Etsuko Shabana
I’d like to write about Shoukou Ahagon’s peace movement.
He said as follows: “What is war? Man kills man and takes
away things one after another to satisfy greed. In a country
aiming at war, people tend to be made stupid and mechanical.
War is the cause of unhappiness of the world. War is not anatural disaster but a man-made disaster. Then what should
we do? The weapon for peace is to study. I was deceived
by false education during the war sixty-four years ago. We
need to know the danger of ignorance and how stupid wewere.”War started on April 16th 1945 and ended on April 21st.
Everything was destroyed and even a tree and a house wereannihilated. We learned the horror of armament and the factthat 75 percent of U.S. military bases exist in Okinawa.
Therefore, we have been fighting demanding military bases beremoved. However, both the Japanese government and the3unexplored former war theatres in Bintuni Bay. The targeted
destinations are “Yakachi” and “Idore”.
The details are available in its newsletter.
Tel：0197-52-3000 Fax：0197-52-4575
Email mppjapan@cameo.plala.or.jp.
http://www14.plala.or.jp/senshikan/

U.S. government don’t try to listen to us and they keep
ignoring us and strengthening the U.S. military roles.
Human happiness comes from living together withmutual concession, enlightening and cooperation, doesn’t it?
Let’s make efforts for the happiness of our future children andbetter society together.
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~wabiai/index.html
Tel: 0980-49-3047

Sendai City Museum of History and Folklore:Miyagi
Report on an investigation No.27 “ Folk Customs lookedfrom a close point „ was issued on Mar.31th,2009, including“Memorial Service in Modern Sendai- the transition of ritualsof the war dead“ by Masaya Sato.
Tel:022-295-3956 Fax:022-257-6401
http://www.city.sendai.jp/kyouiku/rekimin/

News of the Japanese Citizens’ Network ofMuseums for Peace
Historical Museum of Hokkaido: Sapporo City
A report on exhibitions on war-related history in Japanesemuseums since Meiji era(1868-1912)and on awareness ofinternational relations was published by researchers
represented by Nobuaki Terabayashi in March 2006. A
questionnaire on exhibits of Japan’s modern war and theiractivities was sent to history museums, peace museums andwar museums. Researchers also visited those museums.
Thirty-nine museums are researched such as Hokkaido Pioneer
Memorial, Kyoto Museum for World Peace and so forth.
There are also papers on an analysis of the investigation of
museums, exhibits on war and peace at human rights museums
and so forth.
Tel：011-898-0456 Fax：011-898-2657
http://www.hmh.pref.hokkaido.jp/

Peace Museum of Saitama: Higashi-Matsuyama city
Exibition IV 2008 titled “Railway Transportation in andafter the war” was held from Dec.20th ,2008 to Mar.1st,2009.
With the shortage of goods and the controlled economics
in the war time, the improvement of physical distribution was
the important problem. The exhibition introduced thetransportation by railway in the war time. A pictorial record
was made. The papers of lunch boxes sold in stations or theparts of steam engine were shown in Close Up Section.
There were 6 sections to exhibit the transportation by railway.
1. The golden age of railway
2. Dark wartime
3. Strong demand for transportation
4. Transportation Restriction got stricter
5. Shortage of goods and labor
6. No solution for disorders after the war
Other programs:
Mar.7th,2009 to May 10th: Gallery ”Sketches by soldiersand drawings by children”
May 16th,2009 to June 28th: Exibition of new materials“Memory of War seen by donated materials“Once a month, movies featured the sadness of war orimportance of peace and love are shown.
Tel:0493-35-4111 Fax:0493-35-4112
http://homepage3.nifty.com/saitamapeacemuseum/

Pacific War History Museum: Iwate
Commemorating the 10th anniversary of reopening of theJapanese government’s official missions to recover the fallen
soldiers’ remains left behind in Papua Province of Republic ofIndonesia, Pacific War History Museum obtained thegovernment’s agreement to dispatch totally 10 NPO members
within the calendar year of 2009 to such former war theatresas Biak-Numfoor and Hollandia. The first mission in 2009
brought back in March,totally 108 cremated remains of
ex-Japanese soldiers, and the 2nd mission with another5-man team is scheduled to leave Japan on September
30th,2009. for Jakarta, Jayapura and Biak-Numfoor islands,
together with government officials of both Japan andIndoneasian Foreign Affairs and Health and Welfare.
Pacific War History Museum, in late November, 2009,dispatch a first team ,after the end of WWII, consisting of bothofficials of the Japanese ministry of Health, Welfare and Labor
and NGO: Pacific War History Museum- Iwate Japan to

Maruki Gallery: Higashi-Matsuyama City, Saitama
An Exhibition focused on Ohtsu Sadanobu, a modern artist
who is 71 years old. It was held from Jan.17th,2009 toFeb.28th. He used the soil and sand taken from the groundzero of Hiroshima to make his works with Atomic Bombthemes. He has been doing a performance for peace every

45th, 2009. Korean children at schools have been suffering fordiscrimination. Ethnic education still has a lot of problems.
Related lecture titled “The history of Edagawacho and ethnic
education” was held on Mar.28th, 2009.
Tel＆Fax:03-5272-3510
http://www.40net.jp/~kourai/

year on Aug.6 , for example, drawing “peace” in many kindsof language.
An exhibition titled “Drawing on Ashio mining pollution by
Maruki Iri and Toshi” was held from Mar.7th to June 6th,2009.
Maruki Iri and Toshi covered the pollution at Ashio and drew
six series of drawings together.
An exhibition titled “Maruki Suma and Oomichi Aya” washeld from June 13th to Sep.5th ,2009. They drew colorfulworld with the joy of life. It is the valuable chance tocompare the works of the two.
Tel:0493-22-3266 Fax:0493-24-8371
http://www.aya.or.jp/~marukimsn/top/kikaku.htm

The Center for the Tokyo Air Raids and War Damages:
Koto-ku
An exhibition on the tragedy of telephone operators washeld on February 25th – April 5th. A telephone exchangebuilding in Sumida of Tokyo was air-raided by US bombers on
March 10th 1945. Operators were told not to leave theirworkplace even if they die. An alarm was given one hour
after the air-raid and it was impossible for operators to escape:31 persons including 28 operators were killed then. Mr.
Katsumoto Saotome published a picture book of Hold on a
Phone Machine even if You Die in 1981 and Teruyo Endo
painted pictures. The 14 original paintings and photos of thetelephone building and its memorial were exhibited so that
visitor would know the tragedy and why so many people
became victims as well as the misery of the war and thepreciousness of life and peace.

Chiba Folk Museum: Chiba
A special mini exhibition on the history of Chiba“Shimoshizu military base and the post-war development” washeld from November 1st 2008 to March 15th 2009. To widely
inform the work of compilation of historical materials by thecity office, small exhibitions have been held at the corner of an
exhibition room on the 2nd floor since 2008. A fact-finding
research related to the development work in Shimoshizu
military base is ongoing. In this exhibition, documents
concerned with this research were displayed focusing on thehistory of the developed area which is now rapidly changing.
Tel: 043-222-8231 Fax: 043-225-7106
http://www.city.chiba.jp/kyoiku/shogaigakushu/shogaigakushu/kyodo/kyodo_top.html

Before the exhibition, an opening ceremony of the special
exhibition was held on February 24th. A person who was off
duty on March 10th 1945 and could survive talked how sad she
was when she lost her colleagues by the US air-raid. Ms.
Akiko Kuroiwa, a singer, sang a song on the tragedy above.
The picture book by Mr. Saotome was read by Ms Kunika
Kitahara and others on April 4th.

Korea Musuem：Sinjyuku-ku,Tokyo
The exhibition titled “Thinking about Forced Labor upon
Koreans - Memory of assailant and reconciliation” was heldfrom Oct.29th,2008 to Jan.11th, 2009. Many Koreans wereforced to come to Japan for the compulsory labour. The
purpose of the exhibition was to listen to the Korean laborers
and to make an appeal to Japanese government so that they
investigate the facts, apologize, and compensate them.
“Ukishima-maru incident and Japan’s responsibility for the
postwar - keep faith with the neighbor” was held from Jan.14th
to Mar.22nd, 2009. On Aug.24th, 1945, Ukishima-maru
sank off Maizuru. About 4000 Koreans were on the ship andover 500 people including little children died. Japanese
government compensated only Japanese, not Korean. A trial
for apology, compensation and getting back ashes by Koreans
was lost.
Two related lectures on Ukishima-maru incident were given
in February and March.
An exhibition of “Thinking about the present ethnic edudation- focused on Korean Schools” was held from Mar.25th to July

Two study meetings were held by Study Group of War
Damages. A report on an investigation of tentative burials
was made by Ms. Miki Hirose, a photographer, on January 31st,
2009 as the 22nd study meeting. The 23rd study meeting washeld on April 12th and two books of The History of Air-Raids
and War History in the Air were discussed by Associate
Professor Eiichi Kido of Osaka University specializing inmodern history of Germany and Ms. Masumi Ueno of Instituteof Politics and Economy. The authors of Mr. Shinichi Araiand Professor Toshiyuki Tanaka responded to the criticism of
the books.
As for the research result of the Institute of War Damages,
Mr. Tetsuo Aoki wrote an article on The Civil Protection of the
Civil Air-defense in Japan while Mr. Satoshi Ohoka wrote anarticle on challenges in the history of the recovery of war
5damages referring to a book of Reconstruction of the Blitzed
city in Japan and Britain by Takao Matsumura, Nick Tiratsoo,
Junichi Hasegawa and Tony Mason. They were published ina journal of Study on Politics and Economy in June 2009. Mr.
Atsushi Kijima wrote an article of “The Development of theMovement of Recording Air-Raids and Damages in the 1970s
with an emphasis on the Association of Recording Tokyo
Air-Raids” in Research of Japanese History No. 32 in June
2009. Mr. Masahiko Yamabe wrote an article of “Museums
for the Pursuit Peace and Historiography” in Journal of
Historical Sutudies No. 854 in June 2009.

Toyoshima Historical Museum : Tokyo
An exhibition which shows the stored materials in themuseum is being held from Jul.4th to Oct.4th, 2009. The
exhibition includes drawings, pictures of air raids inToyoshima district and those of the black market, and tools
used in the postwar time.
Tel:03-3980-2351 Fax:03-3980-5271
http://www.museum.toshima.tokyo.jp/top.html
Showa-kan: Chiyoda-ku ,TokyoA photograph exhibition of Werner Bischof, aphotographer from Zurich, Switzerland, belonging to Magnum
Photo (1916-1954), was held from Feb.28th to April 19th,
2009. He left a lot of photos taken all over the world, and he
was sent to Korea and Okinawa as a war correspondent during
his stay in Japan around 1951. In the exhibition, there are his
photos which captured various aspects of Japan going forward
to the new era after the war.
At Lobby, books, movies and photographs are shown at any
time.
An exhibition titled “Tokyo Air Raids - from photographs
by Koyo Ishikawa ” was held from Feb.1st to Mar. 20th, 2009.
His photos of the air raid, for example, the governmental
printing bureau enveloped in raging flames or the air-raided
area in Tokyo are shown.
An exhibition of movies, photos and magazines titled “Japan
from prewar to postwar seen in movies, photos andmagazines” was held from April 25th to May 10th, 2009,
celebrating 10th anniversary of the museum. The exhibition
includes following materials: news films for children, movies
with themes of wartime or postwar time, photographs taken by
Koyo Ishikawa, photographs offered by the U.S. National
Archives and Records Administration, magazines for boys
and girls and for women, movies on Okinawa tragedy or
Hiroshima Atomic Bomb.
Tel:03-3222-2577 Fax:03-3222-2575
http://www.showakan.go.jp/

The seventh anniversary of the opening of the Center forTokyo Raids and Damage was held on March 7th 2009 at
Cameria Hall in Kamedo in Koutou-ku. Activities forconveying the tragedy to future generations were introduced.
Ms. Michiko Kiyooka talked about her experiences on March
10th 1945. Ms. Misako Watanabe, an actress, gave a lecture
titled “Tokyo in those Days” and talked about her experiencesof the air-raids on Tokyo in Azabu.
Tel：03-5857-5631 Fax：03-5683-3326
http://www.tokyo-sensai.net/
Katsushika City Museum: Tokyo
Museum volunteers’ group “Katsushika Explorers”
organized an event named ‘Tokyo Raids and Katsushika/ Field
Study at the ruin of the air raid shelter of the Yamamotos’
residence in Shibamata.’ on March 7th in 2009. There was atalk about air raid damages at Katsushika and fighter planes
made in Kanamachi.
Tel: 03-3838-1101 Fax: 03-5680-0849
http://www.city.katsushika.lg.jp/museum/index.html
Sumida Heritage Folk Museum : Tokyo
Special exhibition named ‘Tokyo Raids－Personal memory
and Town memory’ is being held from July 4th to September
23rd in 2009. This Museum has practiced unearthing personal
memories of those who experienced air raids and has tried tounderstand the history as a whole. As a person, an individual isregulated by the society and the family s/he belongs to. In thisexhibition, the realities of the society at that time are shown
aiming to make it clear how a personal memory was regulatedby the society. It consists of town history based on records, afeature of the town explained by personal memories and theraids damages on the town and aftermaths and so forth.
Tel:03-5619-7034 fax: 03-3625-3431
http://www.city.sumida.lg.jp/sisetu_info/siryou/kyoudobunka/inde
x.htmlAizu Museum,Waseda University:
Sinjyuku-ku,Tokyo
An exhibition of “The Last Baseball Match between
Waseda University and Keiou University: life of Kiyoshi
Kondo” was held at Aizu Museum of Waseda University fromMarch 25th to April 25th. It was held to commemorate thepublication of a book of The Last Match between Waseda
University and Keio University in 1943 (published by Kyoiku
Hyoronsha). The focus was put on Kiyoshi Kondo who wasa student and attended the last baseball match, but was sent to a6

battlefield as a commando in World War II. The exhibition
was held to think of war and students. An illustrated book
was published.
An exhibition of “Paintings on War by Manshu Hanaoka”
was held from June 15th to July 11th. They were donated by
Mr. Shigeki Sumino in 2006. Most of them show battlefields
and marches of Japanese soldiers in China. An illustrated
book was published.
Tel:03-5286-3835 FAX Fax:03-5286-1812
http://www.waseda.jp/aizu/index-j.html

Kawasaki City Peace Museum: Kanagawa“Keeping records of wartime experience” was held fromFeb.21 to Mar.13th, 2009, showing interviews by high school
students to the people who experienced the war, generalmerchandise used in wartime, etc.
An exhibition “Kawasaki Air Raid” was held from Mar.20th to
May 6th, 2009. The purpose of the exhibition is to remember
the air raid, in which 1000 people died, and to think about
peace.
Tel: 044-433-0171 Fax:044-433-0232
http://www.city.kawasaki.jp/25/25heiwa/home/heiwa.htm

Local Museum of Chofu city: Tokyo
Chofu city has issued a collection of people’s experienceduring the war, “Still in our heart - war experiences to bepassed on to the next generation” on Mar.23rd, 2009.
Tel：042-481-7656 Fax：042-481-7655
http://www.city.chofu.tokyo.jp/www/contents/1176118850606/index.html

Nagaoka War Damage Center: Niigata
A book of Conveying Air-raids on Nagaoka: the History of
Nagaoka War Damage Center after Five Years was publishedon March 31st 2009. Introduced are how the museum wasfounded, the collection of paintings drawn by victims of US
air-raids of Nagaoka, making its exhibition, the publication of
the paintings, the publication of the records of war experiences,making a documentary and so forth.
Tel:0258-36-3269 Fax:0258-36-3335
http://www.city.nagaoka.niigata.jp/kurashi/sensai/siryoukan.ht
mlHachioji City Historical Museum: Tokyo
A small exhibition titled “From hometown to the battle
front—Men left for the front” was held from Jul.10th toAug.30th, 2009. Materials left in Hachioji, related to“soldiers” and “going to the front”, were exhibited.
Tel：042-622-8939 Fax：042-627-5919
http://homepage3.nifty.com/hachioji-city-museum/

Yukinoshita Peace Museum: Fukui city
It was opened on November 23rd in 2001 as a private peacemuseum. It is possible to learn people’s history and life by
exhibits collected by Yukinoshita Association of Culture about
fifty years. They were donated by citizens who support theassociation and they are precious to know people’s lives. Its
newsletter is included in Yukinoshita which is published by
Yukinoshita Association of Culture. There are not only
exhibits on US air-raids of Fukui but also exhibits on literature,
culture, nuclear power stations, etc. It is necessary to make areservation before you visit there.
Tel&fax: 9776-52-2169
info@yukinoshita.net
http://www.yukonoshita.net/

Fussa Local Material Hall: Tokyo
Special exhibition “Exhibition of War for Peace” is being
held from June 27th to September 27th in 2009. More than sixty
years have already passed since the WWⅡterminated and thememory of war is fading. Annually, Fussa Local Material Hallhas had an exhibition concerned with war around August 15th:
the end of the WWⅡ. This year, the local materials related tothe history between Shino-Japanese War and Asia Pacific War(1894~1945) are displayed. It aims to give people an
opportunity to ponder over indispensable peace at present days.
Tel:042-530-1120 Fax: 042-552-1722
http://www.museum.fussa.tokyo.jp/event/03.html

Nagano Prefectural Museum of History: Chikuma CityOn January 24th in 2009, Mr. Akiyoshi Hara gave a talk titled“War sites in Nagano－around the cemetery of Japanese
Army” as a part of Shinshu Community College program.
Tel: 026-274-2000 Fax: 026-274-3996
http://www.npmh.net/

Kanagawa Plaza for Global Citizenship: Yokohama city
“The 15th Kanagawa Biennial World Children's Art
Exhibition” was held from July 4th to 26th, 2009. Out of
20723 applicants, prizewinning 520 pictures were exhibited.
Tel: 045-896-2121 Fax:045-896-2299
http://www.k-i-a.or.jp/plaza/7

Shizuoka Peace Center: Shizuoka City
“An exhibition of war materials of Shizuoka citizens Part 2― Citizens sent to the battle fields ” was held from December
5th in 2008 to May 31st in 2009. Real materials such as wills,
soldiers’ letters from the battle fields and pictures weredisplayed. Part 3 of the exhibition: “Citizens’ life during andafter the war” is being held from June 12th to November 22nd in
2009.
On March 15th in 2009 at Shizuoka City Central Welfare
Center, there was a talk session by the survived soldiers who
belonged to the Shizuoka 34th Regiment of Infantry.
Tel: 054-247-9641 Fax: 054-247-9641
http://homepage2.nifty.com/shizuoka-heiwa/

Yokkaichi Municipal Museum: Mie
A study support exhibition titled “Air raids on Yokkaichi
City and the life during the war time” is being held from June
13th to August 30th in 2009. Aiming to promote peace study, it
gives information about how the city was devastated by air
raids and how the people lived at that time by displaying realmaterials, photos and models.
Tel: 059-355-2700 Fax: 059-355-2704
http://www.city.yokkaichi.mie.jp/museum/
Otsu City Museum of History: Shiga
The 49th special exhibition titled “War and Citizens” is being
held from July 25th to August 30th in 2009. In Otsu City, lots of
war-related facilities such as the Headquarters of Otsu
Regiments, an aviator academy for young people and a base of
special attacks were established until more than sixty-year ago.
In this exhibition, the war history in Otsu is displayed. It starts
from the time when the 9th Army Regiment was established in
1875 and ends with the post WWⅡ period when US army
was being stationed. Above all, the war-related facilities andcitizens’ life at that time in Otsu are mainly displayed alongwith the materials including pictures.
Tel: 077-554-2733 Fax: 077-554-2755
http://www2.city.ritto.shiga.jp/hakubutsukan

Peace Aichi: Nagoya City
An exhibition of Daigo Fukuryu Maru (Lucky Dragon
No.5) was held from February 24th to April 11th. Not only
panels but also articles of newspaper, deadly ashes from UShydrogen bomb test, Geiger counter, etc. were exhibited. Mr.
Kazuya Yasuda, a curator of t Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition
Hall, gave a lecture on March 7th, and Mr. Matashichi Oishi, aformer crew of the boat, gave a lecture on March 10th.
A special exhibition of “War and Peace in Textbooks” washeld from May 12th to July 11th 2009. This showed how
school textbooks changed in periods. Textbooks were also
exhibited and an illustrated book in CD was published.
Tel/Fax 052-602-4222
http://www.peace-aichi.com/index.html

Higashioumi Notogawa City Museum: Shiga
Higashioumi City Exhibition for Peace 2009 “Never repeat
mistakes: Learn and tell about wars in Koto region” was heldfrom June 24th to July 19th in 2009 at the exhibition room andthe gallery co-organized by Shiga Prefecture and Higashioumi
City and others. The aim was to give an opportunity to thecitizens to think of how tragic war is and how indispensable
peace is by showing real materials concerned with war donatedby the local residents. There were displays such as children’s
picture diaries at the war time, letters from local soldiers inbattle fields, documents and reports regarded with draft notices,materials and pictures of the prisoners’ camp in Shiga
prefecture, peace messages and pictures by present elementaryand junior high school children, a work named ‘Peace making
process 2009 by youth’, the original pictures by a picture bookartist Shigeo Nishimura. A lot of workshops related to peace
study were organized, too.
A concert by a local group (on July 4th), an art workshop (onJuly 11th) and Nishimura Shigeo’s peace talk were also held at
Notogawa library hall. There will be held a local war site visit
on August 16th in 2009.
Tel: 0748-42-6761
http://www.town.notogawa.shiga.jp/

Sakuragaoka Museum: Toyokawa City, Aichi
An exhibition on “Toyokawa Naval Arsenal” is on goingfrom July 18th to August 30th in 2009 at the Folk Library. Everysummer, Sakuragaoka Museum holds “An Exhibition on
Toyokawa Naval Arsenal” to show the information about thehistory of war in Toyokawa.
In December 1939, Toyokawa Naval Arsenal was built
extending over Toyokawa, Ushikubo and Yahata to produce
naval weapons such as machine guns, bullets and binoculars. It
was the biggest machine gun producer nationwide. As thearsenal was expanded, the population of the city increased andcooperation among the related towns grew more intimate.
However, on August 7th in 1945, the arsenal was devastatedby the US air raid and more than two thousand and five
hundred people fell victims to it. Materials owned by themuseum including the products and the tools used at thearsenal as well as pictorial records are displayed.
Tel: 0533-85-3775 Fax: 0533-85-3776
http://www.city.toyokawa.lg.jp/tanto/bunka/museum.html
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people can reconsider the crimes against Asian countries. The
exhibition introduced his caricatures conveying his shrewd
eyes toward wars.
The 45th mini exhibition “Unearthed Weapons in Kyoto 2:
Weapons Buried by 16th Division” was held at the Mini
Exhibition Room (Apr. 1 – Apr. 17). In research on the old siteof the Japanese Army 16th Division in 2008, some abandoned
and bent weapons were discovered. They included the type of
weapon displayed in the exhibition held in 2007, which had
been discovered in an elementary school in Kyoto City. The
research found that weapons were discarded also by thedivision and suggested a possible connection between thedivision and the weapons discovered in the school. The
exhibition included the result of the research in 2008 with theresult of the previous research and the discovered weapons.
The 46th mini exhibition “No War No Base: Okinawa andKorea” was held at the Mini Exhibition Room (Apr. 25 – May17). In the exhibition, the problem of U.S. military bases in
Okinawa far from the main land was introduced by students of
Ritsumeikan University belonging to WILPF Rits, who hadlearned the problem through the study tour of Okinawa. The
exhibition included the various problems caused by the bases
and feeling of Okinawa people living alongside them, and also
the violence against women around the U.S. bases in Korea.
The 47th mini exhibition “Annexation of Korea Drawn in
Yuzen Design” was held at the Mini Exhibition Room (May
23 – Jun. 21). Yuzen and Nishijin weaving are traditional
textiles representing Kyoto. There used to be some designs
showing an aspect of another war at the home front: colonial
occupation. The exhibition displayed the designs drawn forcommemorating Annexation of Korea as well as popular
designs in the end of Meiji era to Taisho era (early 1900s). It
showed the relationship at the time between the traditional
crafts that had developed under the influence of modernizationand the social conditions.
Associated with the exhibition, a symposium was held at theMuseum Conference Room on May 30th.
The 48th mini exhibition “Rosemarie Koczy—Artisan of
Shrouds” was held at the Mini Exhibition Room (Jun. 27 – Jul.
26). The exhibition included her rough sketches, 25 pastel
drawings, and private papers. Koczy was born of Jews inGermany in 1939. She was deported to a Nazi concentration
camp with her mother in 1942 and then to the camp in France
alone. She survived harsh working life there between age offour and six. Even after liberation, she had a hard life with herfamily breakup and life at an orphanage. Had a disorder both
physically and mentally, she was introduced water painting by
a nun. She left for Geneva to study decorative art and gained

Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University:
Kyoto City
Itsuko Okabe Memoir exhibition was held at the Nakano
Memorial Hall (Apr. 28 - May 31). Itsuko Okabe was an
essayist (deceased in Apr. 2008 at 85), who represents
Japanese literature of the late twentieth century. Pursuit ofhumanity in her wide variety of works, ranging from thebeauty of nature to war and prejudice, has been capturing her
reader’s hearts. The exhibition displayed her most loved
possessions, such as her early manuscript, drawer, koto(Japanese harp), and dressing table. Through looking at them,the exhibition offered closer look at Itsuko Okabe and herwork.
The 41st mini exhibition on Japanese Coming-on-Age
ceremony was held at the Mini Exhibition Room on the 2nd
floor (Jan. 10 – Feb. 1). Things about the old ceremony thatpeople had before WWII were displayed.
The 42nd mini exhibition “Tragedy of Gaza” was held (Jan.
9 – Feb. 15). Israel and Palestine have conflicted for a longtime since the foundation of Israel in 1948. The clash between
an armed organization of Gaza called Hamas and Israeli troops
continued from the end of December 2008 to the next January
and resulted in heavy collateral damage against the civilians.
Although the warring parties have their causes, lives ofordinary people should not be taken including children. There
are growing calls to resume the effort for immediate ceasefire
and peace in the international community. The impromptu
exhibition was to make people think again what we can do.
The 43rd mini exhibition on the life in the wartime in Kyoto
was held at the Mini Exhibition Room (Feb. 5 – Mar. 1). In thewartime, Japanese people have a system of neighborhood
community named Tonari gumi. It was organized over thecountry since 1940 to deliver labor forces and goods, distributesupplies, and perform defense against air-raids. The exhibition
focused on Tonari gumi in Kyoto to introduce its feature androle.
The 44th mini exhibition “Arthur Szyk” was held at the Mini
Exhibition Room (Mar. 5 – Mar. 28). Arthur Szyk, aPolish-born Jewish artist, had not been much known in Japan.
After working as a master of miniaturist in Paris, he defected to
the United States because of Nazi’s persecution as WWII
started. In America, he gained popularity by his political
caricatures on magazines and newspapers, which sharply
stabbed at the totalitarian leaders such as Hitler, Mussolini, andHirohito. These days in Japan, there is a tendency to forget the
war crimes Japanese troops committed during the war and to
put off reflection on the past as a masochistic view of history.
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recognition as a tapestry maker. Meanwhile, she drew picturesof unforgettable Nazi concentration camps to mourn thevictims throughout her life. On her drawings numbered over
12000, she inscribed “I Weave You A Shroud”. Her works
weaved with delicate lines sharply stab deep in your heart.
During this period a Joint Statement by Director andHonorary Director was announced: twice on Gaza issue,
nuclear test issue by the Democratic People’s Republic ofKorea, a case of a black staff member who was killed at
Holocaust Museum in the United States and so forth.
Tel: 075-465-8151 Fax: 075-465-7899
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp

１． The situation in northeastern China before theManchurian Incident
２． The Manchurian Incident and ‘Manchuria’
３． Soviet Union’s participation into a war and Japanesepeople’s return home
４． The internment of Japanese People in Siberia
About one hundred real materials such as picture postcards,
paper currency of Manchuria, photos, maps and pictures
painted by those who had survived the internment weredisplayed.
A special exhibition titled “Daigo Fukuryu Maru (Lucky
Dragon No.5) －Fifty-five years after a H-Bomb test by US at
Bikini Atolls” is being held from May 14th to September 20th in2009 in cooperation with Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hallin Tokyo. In the early morning on March 1st in 1954, US
conducted an H-bomb test at Bikini Athol in the Pacific Ocean
and the Daigo Fukuryu Maru, a Japanese pelagic fishery boat,
was exposed to radiation from it. Under the ash with a massive
dose of radiation falling, twenty-three of the whole crew got
exposed to radiation and Aikichi Kuboyama, a head radio
operator, passed away after six months from the incident. To
tell people how inhumane the nuclear weapons are, there aredisplays including about sixty real materials and about eighty
explanatory panels over the damage of both the Daigo Fukuryu
Maru and the Bikini islands’ residents.
On February 8th in 2009, a peace seminar titled “AWorkshop for Building Peace－How to teach children whatpeace is” was organized by Kyoko Okumoto, an associate
professor of Osaka Jogakuin College and the members ofTransend Study Society. In the twenty-first century, there arestill a lot of violent conflicts in the world and innocent children
and women are under threat. In this seminar, with key words
such as “empathy”, ”non-violence” and ”creativity”, theparticipants learned how to understand personal orinternational problems properly and multilaterally to transformconflicts into dialogues and to solve them in a peaceful way.
A special talk for peace to commemorate March 13th Osaka
Raid titled “Handing down the air raids experience ~a relay
talk: from those with the air raids experience to the young
people” was given by Hiroshi Yano, a lecturer of Kansai
University on March 7th in 2009. In 1945, Osaka wasdevastated by more than fifty air raids including a largest one
on March 13th and approximately fifteen thousand citizens fell
victims to them. Sixty four years have already passed sincethen and those who have war experiences are growing older
and older. It is important to hand down the vivid memory of
war to the younger generation. In this session, both those whohave given a talk about their war experience and those who

Maizuru Repatriation Memorial:Kyoto
An exhibition on the construction of railway by Japanesedetainees in Siberia was held from February 1st to April 20th by
Association of Returnees in Maizuru. The railway thatconnects the Far East and Europe through Moscow is full of
the miserable history of Japanese detainees. Paintings by
Shizuo Yamashita were exhibited: his book of Internment inSiberia for 1450 Days was published by Tokyodo in 2007.
An exhibition of “Picture Book of a Story in Siberia” by
Seiichi Yasuda was held from April 25th to July 31st. It wasplanned and made by the Association of Returnees in Maizuru.
He was given poor sketchbooks and watercolor paints by a
USSR officer to pain May Day in Irkutsk. The watercolor
paintings that had not been confiscated then were exhibited.
Tel:0773-68-0836 Fax:0773-68-0370
http://www.maizuru-bunkajigyoudan.or.jp
Osaka International Peace Center (Peace Osaka): OsakaCity
A special exhibition “’Manchuria’ and the internment ofJapanese in Siberia” was held from January 15th to April 29th in2009. In 1931, Japanese Army invaded northeastern China andgained control over major cities in the region. Next year, Japanestablished Manchuria, making the last emperor of the Chingdynasty, Puyi, as its puppet. Hundreds of thousands ofJapanese people emigrated to Manchuria following thegovernment’s propaganda which called it ‘a realm of peace
and prosperity’. At the end of WWⅡ, Soviet Union invaded
Manchuria and attacked Japanese Army. Japanese people in
Manchuria who were left behind were dying to escape
Manchuria heading for their homeland, however, a large
number of Japanese soldiers were captured and sent todetention camps in Siberia for forced labor under a hellish
situation. The contents of the exhibition were as follows:10have listened to those stories learned together to find better way
to convey and catch the war experience.
Every month, a public event “Weekend Cinema in Peace
Osaka” is held aiming to offer the opportunities to the public towatch the war and peace–related movies owned by Peace
Osaka.
January: “Kike Wadastumi no Koe－Listen to the Voicesfrom the Sea: Writings of the Fallen Japanese Students”
directed in 1995 by Masanobu Deme: on 10th and 11th “Shinku
Chitai－A Vacuum Zone” written by Hiroshi Noma anddirected by Satsuo Yamamoto: on 17th, 18th, 24th and 25th.
February: “The Pacific War and Himeyuri (Star Lily)
Corps” Part 1: on 1st, 7th and 14th, Part 2: on 15th, 21st and 22nd
March: “War and Youth” by Tadashi Imai depicted the Tokyo
Raids: on 1st, 8th, 14th and 15th. An animation film “The firsttram restarted in Hiroshima” and “Harp of Burma” written by
Michio Takeyama: on 22nd, 28th and 29th
April: “Geishunka” a story of young men and womenin Manchuria produced in 1942: on 4th, 11th, 18thand 25th
May: An animation film “Mother’s tree” and “Janusz
Kolczak ~ Everything for Children”: on 2nd, 9th, 16th,and 23rd
June: “Daigo Fukuryu Maru ” by Kaneto Shindo: on
6th, 13th, 20th and 27th
July: “Chichi to Kuraseba (Living with Father)” a
story of an A-Bomb survivor girl and her dead father
written by Hisashi Inoue and directed by Kazuo
Kuroki: on 4th, 11th, 18th and 25thTel: 06-6947-7208 Fax: 06-6943-6080
http://www.peace-osaka.or.jp/

Suita Peace Memorial Center: Osaka
Suita Peace Memorial Center moved into Gender Equality
Center or Duo in February 2009. It offers standing exhibitionof real materials during war time in the first meeting room on
the second floor. Monthly film screening related to peace is run
in the audiovisual room.
Tel & Fax: 06-6887-2593
http:///www.city.suita.osaka.jp/kobo/jinken/page/000338.shtml
Himeji Historical Peace Center: Hyogo
An exhibition in 2008 academic year named “Life during
war time and Himeji Air Raid” was held from January 16th toMarch 31st on the second floor. It consisted of the real materials
possessed by the Center. Every year, numbers of war-relatedmaterials are contributed by the residents. As a result, there areabout 5,600 real materials as well as about 9,700 pictures andbooks in the center at present. This year, the exhibition aimed
to offer an opportunity for people to know and think about war
and peace by viewing materials and pictures of air raids andcitizens’ daily life. Section 1 showed 50 real materials newly
donated in 2007 such as a diary in battle field and soldiers’
uniforms. Section 2 offered 60 items including picture cards
and substitutive commodities. Section 3 had 40 materials
owned by ex soldiers like cigarettes given by the Emperor andsoldiers dying wishes. At Section 4, 20 items were displayedsuch as incendiary bombs, air-raid hoods and aerial
photographs of the city before and after the air raid.
On February 11th, Hideo Takayama gave a speech about his
experience of air raid. A spring special exhibition 2009 “Foodbefore and after war ― learning from Food” was held from
April 10th to July 5th. There focused on the history of dietary
habits changing of common citizens. The situation of food was
getting worse and worse as the war intensified. Ration systemstarted and people made big efforts to cook better dishes withpoor materials. The exhibition offered pictures of cooked food
which was reproduced following the recipe at that time. On
May 5th in 2009, an actress Maki Komada recited personalaccounts of air raid experience and on June 21st, a writer
Masako Kochi gave a talk titled “A castle tower rising in aburnt ground ― Revival from Himeji Air Raid, Part 2”.
Tel: 0792-91-2525 Fax: 0792-91-2526
http://www.city.himeji.hyogo.jp/heiwasiryo/

Sakai City Peace and Human Rights Museum: Osaka
An exhibition of “Let’s Protect the Earth! Let’s Stop
Global Warming” was held from January 7th to March 29th.
The purpose is to inform visitors of the present situation of
global warming and the importance of protecting theenvironment as well as the important of life and peace.
A photo exhibition on life during World War II in Sakai
was held from July 1st to August 30th. Sakai City was
air-raided five times by US bombers and people were injured
and killed while buildings were destroyed. Photographs
show air defense exercises, people trying to fight fire after the
air-raids, life in shelters in the ruins of fires and so forth.
Tel:072-270-8150 Fax:072-270-8159
http://www.city.sakai.osaka.jp/city/info/_jinken/

Kobe City Museum of Literature: Hyogo
A special exhibition titled “Air Raid and Literature in Kobe”
was held from March 17th to June 5th in 2009. Literary works
depicted war damage in Kobe such as “Shonen H (A boy H)”
by Kappa Seno and “Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the Fireflies)”
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Materials such as a booklet of Japanese gymnastic, a picture
post card of the young patriotic colonists settled in Manchuria
and Mongolia, a driver’s license of agricultural colonists in
Manchuria and an original chart related to the colonists settled
in Manchuria from Nara prefecture were displayed.
From April 1st to June 28th in 2009, a special exhibition titled“War and Food Part 1: ration of rice and obligatory supply to
the government” was held. It focused on rice, which was thestaple diet of Japanese people. Since the General Mobilization
Law was enacted in 1938, Japanese government tightened
restriction of rice distribution. In Nara prefecture, people
tackled to reduce rice consumption under a slogan of “Savetwenty-percent of rice for soldiers in battle fields”. In April
1941, rice ration system was introduced and 330 grams of rice
were supplied per one adult each day. Imported rice was mixed
with domestic rice and later on, wheat and potato were also
rationed along with rice. The government ordered farmers toincrease production and to offer all amount of the rice which
they produced except for their family use as an obligatory
delivery to the government. In this exhibition, materials such asa house keeping accounts book, a ration tickets holder, a recipe
to cook imported rice tastily, the June 1941 issue of “Shufu no
Tomo (Friend for house wives)”, a women’s magazine and anaward certificate for an increase in rice production wereshown.
A special exhibition named “War and Food Part 2:
Vegetables” is being held from July 1st to September 29th in2009. It focuses on an increase in vegetable production and a
restriction of producing area. Under the price control ordinanceenforced in 1939, price of vegetable was decided respectively.
It was encouraged to eat vegetables thoroughly including skin,seeds as well as calyxes. Every household was required to
grow vegetables such as tomatoes and Japanese radishes inunoccupied spaces. Nara prefecture had been famous for thebest water melon producer in Japan before war started.
However, under the restriction of producing some vegetables
including water melon, the volume of water melon productionin Nara prefecture declined sharply. Materials mainly
displayed are as follows: a slogan to stimulate citizens to use
empty spaces and grow minor grains and vegetables, a
handbook for leaders to increase food production, July 1944
issue of “Shufu no Tomo” titled “Fighting dietary habit”, astatistical chart of water melon output in Nara and so forth.
Tel: 0742-34-2111 Fax: 0742-34-2777
http://www.library.pref.nara.jp/sentai/gallery.html

by Akiyuki Nosaka as well as documents and pictures
recorded by the citizens, maps and debris of incendiary bombs
were displayed.
Talks related to Kobe Air Raid were given on March 28th by
Shuichi Inoue, on April 18th by Shinichi Kikkawa, on April
25th by Masanori Ota and on May 23rd by Masako Nakata andFumitaka Mitsumori.
A special exhibition named “Air Raid and Literature Part 2 inKobe and Akashi” is being held from June 11th to August 31st.
Memorial lecture 1 by Masaaki Noda, a professor ofKanseigakuin Unversity, was given on July 7th, concerning therecent situation that “survivors guilty” among the aged people
who experienced the air raid are reviving. Memorial lecture 2
was held on July 11th by Shinichi Kishimoto, an ex organizerof Kenjiro Hitani Office, about a work by Haitani “Taiyou no
Ko (A Child of the Sun)”. Memorial lecture 3 was a talk given
by Tsukiyo Sakata, the author of “Hana Mori: People andLiterature” on July 18th. On August 8th, there will be a lecture
titled “Hiroshima, Chongqing and Kobe” by Takashi
Kashiwagi, a member of “Organization of Solidarity between
Chongqing and Kobe”.
Tel&Fax: 078-882-2028
http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/info/bungakukan/kannai.html
Nara Prefectural Library and information Center: NaraCity
A special exhibition organized by War Experience Library
titled “Manchuria seen by Children Part 2: Manchuria Building
Volunteer-Labor Corps and Young Patriotic Colonists Settled
in Manchuria and Mongolia” was held from January 6th toMarch 29th in 2009. This exhibition focused on the Japanesesettlers’ children, who were different from those who visited
there as school trip travelers. As a result of Manchurian
Incident, the number of school trips to Manchuria decreased
for a while, however, gradually it increased again and every
year, more than two hundred groups or over ten thousandchildren visited Manchuria. Reportedly, 70~80% of the grouptravelers were school children. In 1939, two years after theJapanese-Chinese War commenced, military trainings became
compulsory at boys high schools and Ministry of Education
organized “Patriotic Young Students Labor Corps for
Promotion of Asia” and dispatched ten thousand young boy
students to Manchuria and Northern China. While ordinary
people’s trips to Manchuria were restricted, the Labor Service
Corps were sent continuously. As Japanese-Chinese War
was prolonged, in 1940, every long-term school trip wasbanned to reserve war potential.

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years.
Tel: 082-241-4004 Fax: 082-542-7941
http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/

Wakayama City Museum: Wakayama
The special exhibition “Photographic Record of Postwar
Wakayama - Reconstruction and People’s Lives” is being heldfrom Jul. 18 to Sept. 6, 2009. In 1945, citizens of Wakayama
stood up in the ashes of the war and strived for recovery. This
exhibition follows the track of their struggle and endeavor in
the postwar period in 3 sections: I. Reconstruction of
Wakayama (1. The City Burned to the Ground, 2. Repairing
the City, 3. Maintaining the City) / II. Flourishing Wakayama(1. Economic Development, 2. Tourism and Municipal
Merger) / III. People of Wakayama and Rapid Economic
Growth (1. People’s Lives and Disasters, 2. Rapid Economic
Growth and the New Era).
Associated events are held in the lecture room of themuseum as follows: Jul. 25 - Special Lecture “Postwar
Reconstruction of Wakayama” by Prof. Masaaki Takashima of
Shitennoji University; Aug. 1 - Film showing “Reconstructionof Wakayama Castle”; Aug. 8 - Video showing “Wakayama
Air Raids”; Aug. 15 - Slide show “Postwar Wakayama”
Tel: 073-423-0003 Fax: 073-432-9040
http://www.wakayama-city-museum.jp/top.htm

Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic
Bomb Victims: Hiroshima CityA special exhibition titled “Memories never been hidden ~searching for aid stations” is being held from April 1st in 2009
to March 31st in 2010 at the information corner on the 1st
basement. For the hundreds of thousands of A-bomb survivors,
aid stations were built in the survived buildings to rescue therefugees. This exhibition shows twenty four personal accounts,
eleven real materials and three movies related to the aid
stations.
Tel: 082-543-6271 Fax: 082-543-6273
http://www.hiro-tsuitokinenkan.go.jp/
Human Rights and Peace Museum Fukuyama City :Hiroshima
The exhibition “’08 Fukuyama Human Rights and Peace
Photographs by the Citizens” had been held from Nov. 20 toDec. 24, 2008. Photographs that portrayed peaceful society anddaily lives of people with hopes and spiritual richness, as their
human rights were fully ensured, were collected from thegeneral public, and were exhibited under the slogan of“Citizen’s Human-rights Week”.
The Exhibition “Looking at the Global Environment” hadbeen held from Jan. 20 to Mar. 22, 2009. Damage by extreme
weather consistent with global warming has been reported
around the world, including droughts, torrential rainfall, retreatof glacier, and island nations in danger of submerging.
Ironically, poor countries suffer the most serious damage. This
exhibition groped for a way to uphold human rights inconnection with worsening environment.
The exhibition ”People Living under Burmese Military
Regime 1993 - 2005” had been held from Apr. 22 to May 31,
2009. Photographs taken by a Photojournalist Yuzo Uda
during his 13-year activity in Myanmar were displayed in 3
sections: “Living in the City”, “Living by Faith”, and “Livingin the Country”. These Photographs were the precious data inthe study of people’s lives and human rights in Myanmar.
The exhibition “60 Years since the Establishment of
Women and Minors’ Bureau – Printed Materials that Carved
Out a Women’s Era” had been held from Jun. 2 to 30, 2009.
This exhibition, on the sidelines of Gender Equality Week,
looked back at women’s situation and progress through posters,brochures, and other materials issued by the Bureau.

San’in History Museum of Yonago City : Tottori
The special exhibition “Record of the War” is being heldfrom Jul. 18 to Aug. 31, 2009. The Yonago City had 2 air
stations in Ryomitsuyanagi and Oshinozu until the end of the
Pacific War in August 1945, which had been built based on
wartime national policy. This exhibition presents the history of
the City during World War II and the period of postwar
disorder. People underwent the major changes in daily life,
including air-raid drills and rationing of food and daily
necessities. The exhibition looks back at the impact of war onsociety through documents and photos.
Tel: 0859-22-7161 Fax: 0859-22-7160
http://www.yonago-city.jp/bunka/histmus.htm
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum: Hiroshima City
The second special exhibition in 2008 “Shooting the ruins－history of movies recorded A-bomb damages” was heldfrom February 25th to July 15th in 2009 at the exhibition roomon the 1st basement in the east building. The contents wereabout as follows: movies during the war time, A-bomb
dropping and the research, making movies to record A-bombdamages, stepping into the ruins, shooting by the biology,
physics, medicine and construction teams, movie “Theaftermath of A-bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki”,
records by the producers, process of reconstruction, making
movies under the US control and requisition of the films part 1
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24th to July 9th in 2009 at a special exhibition room on thesecond basement. This exhibition displayed the pictures of
those schools to show the aftermath and characteristics of the
A-bomb damages to them. Firstly, the variety of age groups ofthe school children both at that time and at present was
explained by a schematic depiction by comparison. Secondly,
Shiroyama national school and Yamazato national school,
which were heavily damaged in particular, were focused at a
special corner. The pictures displayed proved how big thedevastation of the schools by A-bomb was. The goal was tomake visitors imagine what the dreams and the future of theschool children were through these pictures.
Tel: 095-844-1231 Fax: 095-846-5170
http://www1.city.nagasaki.nagasaki.jp/na-bomb/museum/

The Exhibition “Fukuyama Air Raid Monuments –Recollection and Lessons of the Longest Night” is being heldfrom Jul. 7 to Oct.4, 2009. Sixty-four years ago, 91 B-29
bombers attacked Fukuyama City and claimed 354 precious
lives of civilians. People arose from the ashes of war and havereconstructed the city with wisdom and energy. This exhibitionshows countless scars of war that still remain in the city.
Tel: 084-924-6789 Fax: 084-924-6850
http://www.city.fukuyama.hiroshima.jp/jinkenheiwashiryoukan/
Naruto German Museum: Tokushima
There are various events besides permanent exhibitions aswell as memorials related to German prisoners of war. The
details are available on the website which is written in Japaneseand German.
Tel:088-689-0099 Fax:088-689-0909
info@doitsukan.com

Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum: ItomanCity
The exhibition “Theaters of Masterpieces with the Themeof ‘People and War, Ethnicity, and Paean to Life’ - The
Literary World as Seen by a Photographer Tatsuo Kurihara”
had been held at the special exhibit room from Mar. 14 to 22,
2009.
The special exhibition “New Acquisitions –Newly-acquired Articles of 2008” had been held at the special
exhibit room from Jun. 16 to Jul. 31, 2009. Exhibition-related
lectures were given as follows:
Jul. 4 - “Young People Who Tell about the Battle of
Okinawa - Messages of Gama” by Eriko Namihira and themembers of Gama Project, a research group consisted mainlyof Okinawa University students, which studies natural caves
and trenches centering around Hantagawa and Maaji area.
Their activities include listening to the people’s stories of
evacuation due to intensified combat and conducting
workshops to relive their experiences.
Jul. 11 - “War-ravaged Enkaku-ji Temple – The Making of
One-tenth Model of the Ryukyu Enkaku-ji Temple” by Takuro
Kashima and the members of Enkaku-ji Temple Modeling
Project. The modeling of the temple, which took 4 years since2005, was conducted as a graduation research at the Faculty of
Housing Environment of Okinawa Polytechnic College.
The 4th Children’s Process Exhibition 2008 “Creating a
Peaceful World – No Land Mines on Our Planet” had been
held at the children’s process exhibit room (Yuimaaru Forum)from Jan. 13 to Feb. 16, 2009.
The 5th Children’s Process Exhibition 2008 “Itadakimasu ·Gochisosama – The Connection between Our Bellies and theWorld” had been held at the children’s process exhibit roomfrom Mar. 3 to 25, 2009. The exhibition presented what

Takamatsu Civic Culture Centre Peace Museum :KagawaThe recent acquisitions had been displayed at thepermanent collection exhibit room from Feb. 1 to May 31,
2009.
Wartime commodities are being displayed at thepermanent collection exhibit room from Jun.2 to Sept. 30,
2009.
Photos, panels, and paintings depicting disaster caused by
the Takamatsu Air Raid had been displayed at the Takamatsu
Air Raid Photograph Exhibition in the lobby of Takamatsu
Civic Culture Centre from Jun. 27 to Jul. 12, 2009.
Tel: 087-833-7722 Fax: 087-861-7724
http://www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/1794.html
Fukuoka City Museum: Fukuoka
An exhibition “War and our life Vol. 18” was held from
April 21st to June 21st in 2009 at the history exhibition room.
Around June 19th, the day of Fukuoka Raid, the museum
displays annually the war-related materials owned by themuseum. This year “Substituted goods” produced under a hard
war time situation were mainly displayed to inform the life
style of the people at that time.
Tel: 092-845-5011 Fax: 092-845-5019
http://museum.city.fukuoka.jp/

Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum: Nagasaki City
The first special exhibition in 2009 titled “Exhibition on thenational schools survived from A-bomb” was held from April
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Fund-raising performance for establishing “Miyamori630” hall
Doors open at 18:30 / Start at 19:00
Advance ticket: 1000 yen for adults, 500 yen for people
18 or younger, free admission for elementary school
children and underJun. 13 Associated event with “Higa Toyomitsu
Photography” exhibition
Start at 3:00 p.m.
Part 1: Symposium “Since Red Goya – Inspecting
Okinawa Today”(Shomei Tomatsu, Seiichi Tsuchiya, and Toyomitsu
Higa)
Part 2: Poetry reading(Shinichi Kawamitsu, Yugo Nakazato, and Ben
Takara)Jun. 17 – Jul. 20 “James Nakagawa Photography –BANTA”
Jun. 20 Associated event with “James Nakagawa
Photography” exhibition
Start at 4:00 p.m.
Part 1: Symposium(Mariko Takeuchi, Yoshiharu Higa, and James
Nakagawa)
Part 2: Opening party
Jun. 23 Tsuyoshi Onaga; Memorial Day for the
Battle of Okinawa Concert
Doors open at 18:30 / Start at 19:00
Advance ticket: 3000 yen / 2500 yen for members
Current ticket: 3500 yen
Join our Membership Program!
Unlimited free admission to both permanent and special
exhibitions (one-year free pass), except paid events.
Annual membership: 3000 yen
Join by E-mail: info@sakima.jp
Sakima Art Museum
Tel: 098-893-5737 / Fax: 098-893-6948
URL: http://sakima.jp
E-mail: info@sakima.jp
358 Uehara, Ginowan-shi, Okinawa-ken 901-2204
Hours: 9:30 – 17:00 (Closed on Tuesdays)

country our ordinary food, cattle food and resources comefrom, with the intention of making children think about theimportance of food and eating from a global point of view.
The 1st Children’s Process Exhibition 2009 “Children’s
Warmest Messages of Peace” had been held at the children’s
process exhibit room from Apr. 20 to May 20, 2009.
The 2nd Children’s Process Exhibition 2009 “The Battle of
Okinawa and Children – Let’s Think about the Value of Lifeand Peace” had been held at the children’s process exhibit
room from Jun. 1 to Jul. 10, 2009. Exhibition-related event“Peace Memorial Story-telling Session” was held at the peace
memorial hall.
Tel: 098-997-3844 / Fax: 098-997-3947
http://www.peace-museum.pref.okinawa.jp
Himeyuri Peace Memorial Museum: Itoman City,
Okinawa
The special exhibition “The Track of Himeyuri Gakuen(The Women’s Section of Okinawa Teacher’s School and the
Okinawa Prefectural First Girl’s High School)” is being held atchamber 6 from Jun. 1, 2009 – Mar. 31, 2010. A number of
evidences and belongings of the girls speak volumes about
their school life before the war, and the process of their beingcaught up in the madness of war.
Tel: 098-997-2100 / 098-997-2102
http://www.himeyuri.or.jp/
Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum: Naha City, Okinawa
The 11th special exhibition “World Children’s Pictures for
Peace” was held from December 16th in 2008 to January 15th in2009 at the special exhibition room on the first floor.
Tel: 098-941-3515 Fax:098-863-3683
http://www.tsushimamaru.or.jp/
Sakima Art Museum: Ginowan City, Okinawa
The following is information on SAkima Art Museum.
Open Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Closed on Tuesdays
Admission: 700 yen for adults, 600 yen for junior & seniorhigh school students, 300 yen for elementary school students
http://sakima.jp
Exhibitions & Events
May 8 – Jun. 15 “Higa Toyomitsu Photography –Shima-no-nioi, Shima-no-kaze (The scent and breeze of theisland) “May 30 “Fukugi-no-shizuku (Drops of dew from Garcinia
Subelliptica) – I want to forget, but I want you not to, and weshould never.”Naha City Museum of History: Okinawa“Exhibition of Battles in Okinawa: People’s life after thewar” was held from May 15th to June 30th in 2009.
Overcoming the harsh war experiences such as family loss andboth physical and psychological damages, people in Okinawa
have lived through the post-war time with amazing mental
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Since the city of Barcelona had formally expressed aninterest in organizing the next conference of INMP, themeeting decided to accept this offer. The conference will beheld in November 2010 or March 2011 (the city will soon
decide) during three days and for about 150 participants. It will
be held in the Montjuic Fortress (on the hill overlooking
Barcelona) and which the city is now converting into theBarcelona International Peace Centre (including apermanent peace exhibition/interpretation facility).

strength. This exhibition displayed pictures and utensils
including a basin made from a fuel tank of a US plain and asmall dining table to show the citizens’ life during the war andright after the war ended.
Tel: 098-869-5266 Fax: 098-869-5267
http://www.rekishi-archive.city.naha.okinawa.jp/

International NewsOn behalf of all participants, Mr. Mayou sent a letter of thanks
to Professor Ikuro Anzai for his long and tireless efforts onbehalf of INMP. The most recent manifestation of this was
his generous donation of Euro 10,000 to INMP's account tohelp with the starting up of the office in The Hague.
Board members enjoyed a guided visit of the International
Museum of the Red
Cross and Red Crescent as well as a peace walk through thecity. Among thehighlights of the tour was a visit to the historic Alabama Room,in the Town Hall, where the first Geneva Convention was
signed in 1864, and where the famous arbitration between the
USA and Great Britain of disputes arising from the American
Civil War was held in 1872.
INMP expresses its gratitude to Roger Mayou and his staff
for the generous
and efficient hosting of the meeting.

Brief report on the International Network of Museums for
Peace (INMP) Board Meeting (Geneva, June 2009)
General Coordinator INMP: Peter van den Dungen
A meeting of the board of the International Network ofMuseums for Peace (INMP) took place in Geneva(Switzerland), 19-21 June 2009. The meeting, which wasattended by 12 board members (from various European
countries, Japan, India, and the USA) took place in theInternational Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, andwas hosted by its director, board member Roger
Mayou.
Among issues on the agenda were the constitution and theappointment of officers (following the legal incorporation of
INMP in The Hague earlier this year), finance, membershipsystem, office in The Hague, website and logo, place and timeof the next conference.
Iratxe Momoitio was elected as INMP secretary, Steve
Fryburg as treasurer,and Gerard Loessbroek as membership secretary. In order toeffectively startup the office, it was decided to appoint a part-time secretariat
administrator for one year in the first instance (this is thecurrent limit of INMP's financial resources). The availability ofthis position is now being advertised and an appointments
committee has been established. One of the first tasks of theappointee will be to implement the formal membership scheme,
adopted at the last conference (but with some small
modifications).
Various proposals to improve the website were discussed
and are being implemented by Steve Fryburg who continues tobe INMP's webmaster. In order to promote publications about
museums for peace, a publications committee was established.
Following the submission of various designs by the artist, Mr.
Yusuke Saito, agreement was also reached on the finalisationof the logo.

Picasso's Guernica back in London
by Peter van den Dungen
In April, an interesting exhibition opened in the
Whitechapel Gallery in London (UK) and which willremain there until April next year (2010). It concerns
an installation entitled 'The Nature of the Beast' by
the Polish artist Goshka Macuga at the heart of whichis the tapestry of Picasso's Guernica painting. This
tapestry normally hangs outside the Security Council
room of the United Nations in New York, providing aspectacular backdrop for important press conferences.
Because of building renovation work, the tapestry can
now be seen during a whole year in London. In 1955
Nelson Rockefeller commissioned Picasso to make atapestry based on his famous painting (which depicts
his anguish following the bombing in 1937 of theBasque town). The tapestry was woven (in wool) by
Jacqueline de la Baume Durrbach, and in 1985 wasgiven in loan by Mrs. Rockefeller to the United
Nations.
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The Holocaust of 2nd World War and photos of Bombing on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki is predominantly exhibited. Picturesof nuclear test sites of Pokharan by India are shown.
Aim’s & Objects: Build the public opinion. Pressure on
Government. Make the world much better place to live in.
India is marching fast towards development but gap
between rich and poor is increasing day by day, our basic
amenities are insufficient. No adequate drinking water, medical
facilities, employment etc. India needs money for development.
Public has to be informed about the costs and impact of nuclear
tests. Indian might see that there are other priorities, where themoney could be used.
Most Indians do not know what happened in Hiroshima
and Nagasaki. There is no medical or civil defense against
nuclear bombs. Nuclear blast can vaporize large chunks ofhumanity in a flash and render several generations geneticallydefective. Environmental and health impact of nuclear tests are
known. Roughly, third of all underground tests radioactive
gases are released into the atmosphere. In the long term,
underground radioactivity may come to the surface throughground water. The consequences might be apparent eventhousands of years later.
ARMS RACE IN SOUTH ASIA
India and Pakistan possess nuclear weapons and arms race
between these countries is going on. There are many complex
reasons for present nuclear arms race in South Asia. Possessing
the nuclear bombs gives the security is a myth. There is
miss-trust, misunderstanding and animosity between nuclear
weapons countries in south Asia. Any fanatic military officer
or political leader may start nuclear war. The terrorist groups inPakistan may possess and control the nuclear bombs which
will be dangerous to whole world.
By possessing nuclear weapons we could not solve ourproblem. The vehicle of change is ultimately the people.
Nuclear wars may start due to misunderstanding between India
and Pakistan. The threat of use of missiles by either India or
Pakistan is terrifying because the distance between launch sites
and targets is so short there would be no time to determine
whether an incoming missile was carrying nuclear weapons. It
takes only 8 to 10 minutes for missile to reach its targets in
India and Pakistan and it has only 3 minutes to decide themissile is carrying nuclear war heads or conventional weaponsand due to misunderstanding trigger the nuclear war. Nuclear
weapons are not military weapons but are political weapons.
Nuclear weapons are economical burden, economical disaster,
completely inefficient and ethically and morally it is not
acceptable. People have to be informed and educated thatpower does not come from nuclear capabilities and weapons of

The installation also features, in front of thetapestry, a round table (suggesting the Security
Council), in oak, and with glass at the top. The top of
the table is divided in eight sections, each of whichdisplays underneath the glass surface aspects of thepainting or the tapestry through historical
publications, photographs, and documents. Chairs areprovided all around the table so that the materials
displayed in each section can be studied at ease. One
section makes clear the long association of theWhitechapel Gallery with Picasso's Guernica: thepainting was displayed here in 1939 (the only place inthe UK where it was shown), as part of a campaign toraise funds for the starving women and children
during the Civil War in Spain. Another section
concerns the 1937 Paris world exhibition where thepainting was first displayed. Also the infamous speechby U.S. Secretary of State, General Colin Powell,before the Security Council of 5 February 2003
setting out the case against Iraq (because of its alleged
possession of weapons of mass destruction) can beread. On this occasion, and for the only
time in its history, the tapestry was covered up.
Another part of the installation is a Cubist-style
sculpture in bronze of Powell addressing the Council,
and pointedly holding up a vial.
Not all the displays are historical in nature. One
section contains leaflets, posters, and postcards about
contemporary protest movements, including about the
recentG20
summitinLondon,andanti-capitalist/bank manifestoes. With this fascinatingexhibition the Whitechapel Gallery - oneof the oldest and most important public galleries in
the country (which recently reopened after extensive
renovation and expansion) - continues its tradition ofpioneering and often politically radical exhibitions. A
book on 'The Nature of the Beast' by the artist will be
published in October 2009.
Why “NO MORE HIROSHIMA: NO MORE
NAGAAKI: PEACE MUSEUM” IN INDIA?
Dr. Balkrishna Kurvey: Honorary Executive Director
Indian Institute for Peace, Disarmament & Environmental
Protection (IIPDEP) established “No More Hiroshima No
More Nagasaki Peace Museum” on 6th August 1996 in Nagpur(India)17 alerie Reitzel
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January 16 - February 3, 201013 Ladies: A Journey of Healing
Carol Cook Reid & Dolores Slowinski
March 6 - April 10, 2010
Pathways to Peacemass destruction but from economic growth. Educated people
in south Asia are not aware of nuclear weapons. Immediateand long range effects of nuclear weapons not know to people.
Need to educate people about the difference inconventional bomb and nuclear bomb. Only rational plan is toprevent a nuclear exchange and to move to as quickly as
possible to the elimination of nuclear weapons.
The religious traditions of both Islam and Hinduism placea high value on peace. IIPEDEP through “No More
Hiroshima: No More Nagasaki: Peace Museum” carrying out
the awareness and public education programs in India. Nuclear
abolition is an issue for the people with common sense to knowthat nuclear weapons are inhuman, immoral, illegal,
undemocratic and do not provide security. Peace is the mostbasic starting point for the advancement of humankind.
Nothing is more precious than peace. Nothing brings more
happiness. And this could be done successfully by Peace
Museum.
Irrespective of Permanent Peace Museum since 1996
IIPDEP stated arranging No More Hiroshima: No more
Nagasaki: Peace Exhibitions in different parts of India during
6th to 9th August. School students and general public visited thepeace museum/exhibitions in large numbers and wrote
effective remarks towards nuclear weapons free world.

Keep your eyes peeled for more information!
Phone: (313) 963-7575
Fax: (313) 963-2569
Email: swordsintoplowshares@prodigy.net

http://www.swordsintoplowsharesdetroit.com/index.html
PARC (Pan-African Reconciliation Centre): founded in1988 in Lagos
The Pan-African Reconciliation Centre (PARC) is a grassroots
organisation working for socio-political as well as moral
emancipation of Africa on the basis of non-violence and'self-giving love'. Its 700 members include educational
institutions, religious organisations and individuals in sometwelve African countries and in Europe. PARC seeks tomobilise public opinion and signature campaigns to eliminate
threats to peace, not only in Africa, but throughout the world. It
forwards written responses to threats to peace to civil, religious
and political authorities. It sets up information, research andcommunication programmes to help political authorities takethe right decisions. The projects of PARC focus on the areas ofsocial and economic justice, non-violence, refugees, social
conflict, interfaith activities, and youth and women. In the areaof non-violence it organises workshops on peace, social justiceand reconciliation in African countries. As far as refugees areconcerned, it organises relief materials and welfare services fordisplaced persons. In the field of social conflicts, PARC
conducts research and collects data on the causes ofinter-communal conflicts. It plays a mediator role in resolvingsocial conflicts and provides early warning on conflicts within
and amongst African communities. As part of PARC'sinterfaith activities, it initiates faith-oriented educational
resources on active non-violence, peace, social justice andreconciliation. It also undertakes grassroots campaigns forpeace, human rights, self-determination and self-reliance.
Special activities are carried out for youth and women. PARC
organises youth leadership training activities and co-ordinates
an international campaign to eliminate child abuse anddiscrimination against women. It assists students on issues of
non-violence and peace. (This is from its website.)

The Swords into Plowshares Peace Center andGallery: Detroit
Upcoming exhibits are as follows:A sneak peek at some of our upcoming exhibits:
Ron Scarborough, Jackie Wilson & Stan Boyer
September 12 - October 17, 2009
1900-1920 Post-slavery Life, Self portraits & the
Chronology of Struggle
Con Vida ("With Life")
November 7 - December 24, 2009
Peruvian Art
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1943” according to Peace Museums Worldwide (p. 20). It
can be compared with Japanese pacifists such as Kou
Makimura who was put into prison because of his anti-war
activities and died young (at the age of 26) because he was
tortured. There is an exhibition on Franz Jägerstätter and also
Kou Makimura at Grassroots House in Kochi, Japan.
St. Radegund 7; A-5121 Ostermiething; Austria.
Tel: 004362788219

PARC (Pan-African Reconciliation Centre): P.O. Box 9354,
Marina 101001 Lagos City, NIGERIA
Tel: +1-234-726-8676
Mobiles: +234-805-400-3843,
8033876216
Fax: +1-267-821-6944, 610-822-7423
Website: www.peace.ca/africa.htm
Email: afropax@gmail.com
The National Museum of Australia: founded in 2001 in
Canberra, Australia
The National Museum of Australia explores the land, nationand people of Australia. The Museum celebrates Australiansocial history in a unique way by revealing the stories ofordinary and extraordinary Australians, promoting the
exploration of knowledge and ideas and providing a dynamic
forum for discussion and reflection. The promotion of
ecologically sustainable development is woven through thecontent of the Museum's exhibitions, as well as programs
designed for students, and programs for the public. (This isfrom its website.) This can be called a museum for peace in a
broad sense.
Location
National Museum of Australia: Lawson Crescent, Acton
Peninsula, CANBERRA ACT 2600
Postal address
GPO Box 1901, CANBERRA ACT 2601AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 2 6208 5000
Fax: +61 2 6208 5099
http://www.nma.gov.au/index.html
information@nma.gov.au

International Esperanto Museum: founded in 1927 in
ViennaThe International Esperanto Museum (IEM) Vienna (led byMag. Herbert Mayer) provides approx. 22000 books in andabout Esperanto and other planned languages. The IEM is partof the Austrian National Library and presents itself officiallywith a WWW page (in German). Since 1990 all new books areregistered in the National Library's online catalogue; their titles
are thus searchable worldwide through the Net (spring 1998:
approx. 2500 titles). Eventually also the books up to 1990 are
to be registered and thus made accessible for on-line publicaccess. (This is from its website.)
http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~martinw/esperanto/iemw/index_en.ht
mlEsperantomuseum
Palais Mollard, Herrengasse 9
Postfach 308
A-1015 Wien
Tel.: (+43 1) 534 10-730
Fax: (+43 1) 534 10-733
plansprachen@onb.ac.at

The Austrian Resistance Archive: founded in 1963 in
ViennaThe Old Town Hall in Vienna houses the archive of theAustrian Resistance Movement. In the Resistance Museum are
exhibits illustrating the active revolt against Austrian Fascism(1934-38) and of the resistance and persecution under the
National Socialists in Austria (1938-45). This is from thewebsite of
http://www.planetware.com/vienna/old-town-hall-museum-and-archives-of-austrian-resistance-a-w-var.htm.
A-1010 Wien, Wipplingerstrasse 8
Tel: 0222-53436
Fax: 0222-5343699

Liberation War Museum: founded in Dhaka, Bangladesh
in 1996
Liberation War Museum collects, preserves and displays theobjects, artefacts and all other materials related to the war ofliberation. It was inaugurated on 22 March 1996 at 5 Segun
Bagicha, Dhaka in a two-storied old-sty1e building. The
museum was established at the initiative of some community
leaders to meet a historical requirement for preserving thememory and relics of the War of Liberation. It is a people's
museum established by community workers. The museum
started to operate as an endeavour to maintain records of thehistoric events of liberation struggle in an objective andauthentic way. (This is from its website.)
5 Segun Bagicha, Dhaka-1000
Tel: 9559091
Fax: 88-02-9559092
www.liberationmuseum.org

Franz Jägerstätter Haus: founded in 1993 in St. Radegund
The aim is to be “a memorial to Franz Jägerstätter, sentenced
to death as a conscientious objector and killed on 9 August19Tel: 855-92-917-003 or 855-12-598-951
info@cambodialandminemuseum.org
www.cambodialandminemuseum.org

mukti@citechco.net
The Peace Centre of the Province and the City of Antwerp:
founded in 1987 in Antwerp, Belgium
The Peace Centre is in the ‘Bernarduscentrum’ where Europe
Direct, an information service on the European Union, alreadyhad its seat. The Peace Centre of the Province and City of
Antwerp devotes itself to stimulate and implement a culture ofpeace and non-violence in the city and the province. It plays arole of an information service for other peace initiatives,
organizing temporary exhibitions, seminars, debates,
workshops, lunch lectures and so forth to keep discussion anddialogue about peace and similar themes alive.
Director: Ms. Marjolein Delvou
Lombardenvest 23, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
Tel: +32 3 202.42.91
Fax: +32 3 202.42.99
vredescentrum@admin.provant.be
www.vredescentrum.be

Killing Fields in Choeung Ek, Cambodia
In Cambodia, nine miles (14.5 kilometers) from Phnom Penh,the "killing fields" of Choeung Ek have become a tourist
attraction, horrifying and fascinating. Choeung Ek is one ofthousands of other such sites around the country where the
Khmer Rouge practiced genocide during the late 1970s. The
killing fields document death. From 1975 to 1979, Pol Pot andhis Khmer Rouge soldiers killed 1.7 million Cambodians, or
21 percent of the population, according to Yale University's
Cambodia Genocide Program. A soccer-field-sized areasurrounded by farmland, the killing fields contain mass graves,slightly sunken, for perhaps 20,000 Cambodians, many ofwhom were tortured before being killed. This is from thewebsite of
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0110_030110_tvcambodia.html.
Killing Fields, PH 271 Phnom Penh

Cambodia Land Mine Museum, Prevention andRehabilitation Centre: founded in 2007 in Angkor,
Cambodia
The Landmine Museum illustrates a valuable historical lesson.
It is a grim warning for us all regarding the terrible
consequences of war. As such, it has become one of the mostimportant cultural heritage sites in the world. It has been
estimated that as many as 10 million landmines were deployed
across Cambodia over the span of two decades of fighting.
Many mines have been removed by various de-mining
organizations, but it is still widely assumed that there are
millions still scattered across Cambodia’s countryside.
Landmines and UXO’s (un-exploded ordnance) will continue
to be a problem until they are all removed. Until that day wewill be here to help. The CLMMRF(Cambodia Land Mine
Museum Relief Fund) is registered as a NGO non-for-profit
organization with both the Canadian and Cambodian
Governments and serves to provide financial legitimacy for theLandmine Museum. The CLMMRF NGO was created toserve two distinct functions that deal with specific charitable
initiatives. The goals of the CLMMRF are:
• To establish a land mine museum in Cambodia for the
purpose of providing land mine accident prevention awarenessand public education.
• To provide educational facilities, programming andrehabilitation facilities for survivors of land mine injury.
(This is from its website.)Box 197 Bayfield, Ontario, N0M 1GO, Canada

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: founded in 1980 inPhnom Penh, Cambodia
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum in Phnom
Penh, the capital of Cambodia. The site is a former high school
which was used as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by
the Khmer Rouge regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its
fall in 1979. Tuol Sleng in Khmer; [tuəl slaeŋ] means "Hill of
the Poisonous Trees" or "Strychnine Hill". In 1979, the prison
was uncovered by the invading Vietnamese army. In 1980, theprison was reopened as a historical museum memorializing theactions of the Khmer Rouge regime. The museum is open to
the public, and receives an average of 500 visitors every day.
(This is from its website.)
Street 113, Boeng Keng Kang 3 Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel: (023)216045
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuol_Sleng_Genocide_Museum#Tuol_Sleng_today
Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace: founded in 1997 inAlberta, Canada
The purpose of PEACE.CA is to bring together all peoples of
the world in the promotion of lasting peace through "thinking
globally and acting locally", building peace in the community,
strategic action planning, networking, information sharing, etc.
PEACE.CA should enhance cooperation between nations,20

nonviolent action for change at local, national, andinternational levels.
Who We are
We are you the reader, those of us writing this newsletter, andother members of the Envision Peace Community -- alltogether.
As
statedonourwebpage,www.envisionpeacemuseum.org, the Envision Peace
Community is composed of all who sign-on to receive thiselectronic newsletter. The purpose of the newsletter is tokeep our entire community informed, inspired, and energized
for action. As our webpage reminds us: Peace is on themarch. Across the world, people are calling for peace inincreasing numbers, and in ever deepening and moremeaningful ways. They are building peace by discoveringand implementing creative new forms of nonviolent action.
The goal of our community is to be a powerful catalyst in thisevolving movement toward a changed world.
In the organization diagram, notice the boxes labeled“Affinity Groups” and “Working Groups.” Watch for an
upcoming special Bulletin which will invite all community
members to new opportunities for personal involvement in ourcommon museum-building effort.
Board Priorities for 2009
Our goals and priorities, no matter how worthy andexciting, have little value, unless we raise the funds necessary
to reach and satisfy them. Of course, the real hurdle -fundraising to build the museum building itself -- comes later.
Just now, the Board is focusing on raising “start-up” funds tocover basic needs for the coming year, namely: opening an
initial "walk-in" office in the city's prime tourist district, andfunding part-time staff$60,000 is budgeted for these costs. Separately, theBoard will be applying for grants to fund a second travelingexhibition, more ambitious than “Lost Stories of Faith,” ourfirst exhibition. (For those who haven’t seen it, it’s viewable
on our website.)
What the Building Might Look Like A museum dedicated to peace? What is it? What will
the building be like? One quick answer is that a peacemuseum is an “idea museum.” As opposed to art or history
museums, which rely heavily on collections of objects, an idea
museum draws more on “softer” matter, such as stories, media,
theater, lectures, and discussions. The object is to create apowerful interactive experience for the visitor. In our
museum, educating visitors about nonviolence and motivatingthem to go out and work for change are fundamental. Our
first “toolbox” for accomplishing these goals will consist of a“virtual” online museum, traveling exhibitions, and periodic

cultivate goodwill and peaceful understanding among people,
and promote human and economic development.
The long term objectives of PEACE.CA include:
1. developing a virtual centre for teaching peace, information
dissemination and networking;2. developing "partnerships for peace" between individuals,
government, nongovernment agencies, and business;
3. activate individuals, the general public and organizations to
reduce violence and crime;
4. raise peace awareness, education, networking, recognition;
5. focus approach to achieve peace goals and results.
(This is from its website.)Box 70 Okotoks, AB CANADA T1S 1A4
Tel: (403) 461-2469
Fax: (309) 407-6576
http://www.peace.ca/overview.htm
stewartr[at]peace.ca
The Park for Peace: founded in 1997 in Santiago, Chile
The Park for Peace (Parque por la Paz) is a private non-profit
organization founded officially on September 30th 1996. On
March24th 1997 the Park for Peace was opened with help
from the State and the community aware of Human Rights
issues.
The objectives of the Corporation are the following:a) To preserve the history and memory of Villa Grimaldi andother detention and torture centers, their facilities and symbolic
places.
b) To spread and encourage Human Right awareness.
c) To create, maintain and coordinate activities with othernational and international Human Rights entities.
d) To manage, preserve and promote, for the benefit of thesociety, the Park for Peace "Parque por la Paz".
To accomplish this mission, this Corporation organizes a wide
variety of cultural, social, political, religious and other types ofactivities. Also the Corporation is responsible for the
management of the Park for Peace: "Parque por la Paz Villa
Grimaldi".
Jose Arrieta 8401, Santiago, Chile.
http://www.villagrimaldicorp.cl/eng/index_eng.htm
Envision Peace Museum
Envision Peace Museum is a major new institution of
global focus, currently under development in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA. Its purpose is to further a more just,peaceful, and ecologically sustainable world. The Museum
will be a go-to source for practical peacemaking techniques,
and a leader among organizations working to advance21

Envision Peace Museum, 2406 Panama St., Philadelphia, PA
19103.

events. Our ultimate and most unique endeavor, however,will be the creation of a major new museum in the heart ofPhiladelphia’s heavily-visited museum district.
This“ultimate toolbox” will be much more than a dynamic
exhibition hall geared to all ages. It also will be an operations
center for carrying out the Museum’s broader communications
missions, and will stand as a prominent symbol of the newwave of worldwide hope and determination.
Envision Peace Museum is fortunate in having many
talented people come forward to offer professional services,
including professors and students at various colleges anduniversities. In Autumn, 2008, some fifty architectural
students at Drexel University, working under five distinguishedprofessors, developed conceptual designs for the Museum.
We will be reporting more fully in future newsletters on theseand other exciting explorations, but below is a first installment,
the work of Kara Haggerty, a fifth year architectural student at
Drexel, who created a “flame” icon on Benjamin Franklin
Parkway. Here are Kara’s own words:“The ‘big idea’ that I was designing around was a coreexhibit that could include every visitor in more ways than one.
The passerby on the street would engage with this core exhibit
as well as the paying visitors who are able to touch and revolvearound it. The big idea stemmed from the problem of getting
people to be interested in this museum. How do you get theperson on the street to do more than just walk by? The solution
I came up with was to peak their interest visually with this coreelement. Once inside, the museum’s stability would seem torest on this continuous exhibit that relates to the everyday
common person. The faceted, glowing wall of stories would becomposed of submissions for peace from everyday people. The
possibility that you could go to a peace museum and discoverthat someone you know, an old teacher, neighbor, or local
peacemaker, has been honored with their story at the core ofthis museum could be the key to bringing in new and regular
visitors, as this exhibit would be ever-growing.”
Events and Programs
Programs: The exhibit, “Lost Stories of Faith,” is on view fromMay 1st through June 30th, 2009 at the historic Arch Street
Quaker Meetinghouse, 4th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia .
Events: The museum Board is planning a Fall fundraiser in
Philadelphia.
Mailbox: From the Community
This section of the newsletter will be reserved forcommunications the museum receives that will be of special
interest to the Envision Peace Community. Let us hear fromyou!
This message is from its electronic Newsletter.

Sculpting for Peace
By Jane Bunge-Noffke, American Sculptor
I try to create art that addresses what the average person faces
in their daily life. I look for a universal truth instead of what thedominate culture or government tells us is reality. Creating
art about the devastation of war is part of that work.
In my country and in the world we are in crisis. Within thiscrisis is the powerful possibility for change, healing,
restructuring global resources and ending much disease andhunger. We that work for peace are the lucky ones because wehave a solution to that heartbreaking knowledge that we, thefamily of human kind, are not taking care of one another.
There are no “them” and “us” and there never has been. Art
allows us to express these ideas. Art is a common languagewith the ability to transcend divisions and allow us to see into
worlds we might otherwise not be able to see.
Sometimes I start a sculpture with an idea in mind, other times
the process of working in clay results in ideas being formed.
Sculpting in clay is either a subtractive and additive process so
I have the flexibility to work by taking away the clay withhoop tools and knifes (subtracting) or adding clay with myhands. Sometimes I will carve the images out of the clay.
The most important tool is the human hand. With my hand I
model mold, twist and bend the clay. Other times I will model
quick human-like shapes and arrange them in different forms
trying out different ideas. This is how a sculptor working in
3-D sketches. I rarely use models. The images and theanatomy are in my head. After the sculpture is made in clay I
take it to a foundry to have a mold made and it is cast in bronze.
With the mold I can make eight more. This is helpful since
the process of creating them can take as much as three years.
1. REJOICE;
I created “Rejoice” after my second child was born. Similar
to the birth of all of my beautiful babies, I felt I was part of amiracle and I wanted to thank the powers that be for my baby.
How would one do this in a sculpture? There are many
possibilities to choose from. The image that was the strongest
to me was lifting the baby to the heavens for something,perhaps a blessing? How many times has this gesture been

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one challenge we peace artists have is finding places where wecan show our works.

made by mothers and fathers? I made the sculpture small andquickly.

3. SOMALIA
My piece on starvation, “Somalia,” was made during a
drought and famine. Millions of people were starving.
Miles away in my house, my kitchen had food and my children
were fed. What could I do? The calling to make thissculpture was very strong but still I had reservations. I wasworried I would be racked with grief so I prayed to theuniverse, to God, to the Muse, whatever you want to call thatspiritual force of creation, that I would be protected, that I
would create the sculpture quickly, that I would not feel thepain of the dying. I got a sense my needs would be met andyet still I hesitated. I argued with myself, why couldn’t theSomali artists make it? I was obviously frightened to get so
close to something so painful. The response I felt/heard to thatsuggestion was that the Somali artists who would make it arebusy and I was the next one, the closest neighbor in line. It was
my responsibility to make it, so I did. It took ten hours tocreate the mother and child sculpture on starvation, compared
to my usual months or years. I carved it out of a ten inch by
ten inch block of grey clay. The starving mother sits with alarge cloth wrapped around her, blowing in what may be thewind. The little boy leans on his mother between her bonyknees. She holds an empty bucket and looks to the side as if
something is coming, perhaps some help, some hope. WhenI made the sculpture I felt something shift inside of me.
Instead of experiencing the fear and pain of the child and themother -- I also felt the tremendous love of the mother and thechild for each other.

2. WAR
Sometimes I will rush to my studio and start making a new
sculpture before my heart breaks, like when I made thesculpture “War.” I had attended yet another peacedemonstration in my hometown, along with millions of people
around the world who were demonstrating in their hometowns.
We were all trying to stop the US invasion of Iraq, but the war
began anyway.
There was not much internal experimentation on how toaddress the pain and horror of war. I spoke from my own
experience as a woman and a mother. I sculpted an Iraqi
mother holding her dead or injured child looking into the eyesof the American soldiers. The African-American soldier cries
as he holds up his European-American buddy from collapsing,looking into the eyes of the Iraqi mother. The collapsed
soldier’s face is contorted in horror as he drops his gun. The
two sculptures are displayed separately so the viewer can walk
between them and look into the mother’s eyes and see what thesoldier would see and then turn and look into the soldier’s eyes
to see the mother’s viewpoint.
The Americans who have seen this sculpture respondpositively. No matter what their position on the invasion they
do not like murder. Spontaneously, veterans organizedexhibitions of the sculpture and took it from venue to venue.
One ex-soldier told me that no one makes art about the soldiers
and what they go through. The help from the veterans to findplaces to show the sculpture was much appreciated because
23involved in an artwork’s creation, all should be listed as
entrants.
EXHIBITION/USE OF ARTWORK
By submitting work, the entrant acknowledges the right ofUniversal Peace Initiative to use artwork for exhibits andpublications related to Universal Peace Day. With artist’s
permission (see entry form) selected artwork may be auctioned
to help raise funds for Universal Peace Day. No artwork will
be returned.
International sites interested in hosting their own ArtPeace
exhibits, please contact Coordinators: Dr. Shiang-Jiun
Chen: shiangchen01@yahoo.com Organized by: Universal
Peace Initiative • New York Buddhist Church • The Church of
St. Paul & St. Andrew www.universalpeaceday.com

CONCLUSION
Artists like me, whose artwork addresses peace and war,appreciate the support from Muse and the world peacemuseums such as Swords into Plowshares Peace Center andGallery in Detroit, Michigan. In the face of a global
economic crisis and political struggles it is imperative to findsupport for art work that promotes peace as many institutions
will not display it. Thank you for all your good works andtogether we will create a world without war. My work isavailable for loan and can be seen at www.jbronze.com.

Senji Yamamoto and his museum: Kyoto
Senji Yamamoto (1889-1929) was a biologist andpolitician. Unfortunately, he was killed by a nationalist.
There is a peace museum on him in Kyoto, but it is not open.
If people want to visit there, they need a reservation.
There are two monuments in Nagano: one for Senji
Yamamoto and the other is for Teru Takakura who was from
Kochi and a writer who was a leader of democratic movement
and farmers' movement as a member of the House ofRepresentatives (Japan Communist Party).
On themonument of Yamamoto it is written as "Life is short, but
Science is long" in Latin. On Takakura's monument, "Spirit
to believe in human beings" is written. Police ordered todestroy the monument on Yamamoto, but it was buried
underground from 1933 to 1971!
Yamasen Museum: c/o Hanayashiki (inn) 20 Tounokawa, Uji
City, Kyoto 611-0000
Tel: 075-251-4353 (Mr. Odagiri in Doshisha Yamasen-kai)

An Art Exhibition for Universal Peace Day 2009
Universal Peace Day 2009, as part of its 25th Anniversary
Celebration, invites artists, students, and anyone interested toparticipate in our ArtPeace exhibition. We welcome works that
represent personal visions of Universal Peace by all fromaround the world.
Submission Deadline: July 15, 2009 (digitally online or by
mail)
Exhibitions will take place in various sites in New York City as
well as international sites.
Exhibit Timeframe: August 1, 2009 – August 30, 2009 (exact
dates to be determined by individual exhibit sites.)

Theater as a Tool for Teaching Peaceful Conflict
Resolution:: Guam
Guam's Peace Theater Making Its Mark on World Stage

ELIGIBILITY
Professional and amateur artists internationally, working in all
mediums, as well as any others who would like to participate.
We particularly encourage schools to submit works created by
students as part of a curriculum activity.

by Patrick M. Wolff, Esq.
<atty.patrick.wolff@gmail.com>
Guam, nicknamed “Where America's Day Begins,” is adensely populated (160,000) tropical Western Pacific isle in the
middle of Micronesia, yet the influence of its Peace Theater
program has been felt on many distant shores.

Please submit only original artwork (no larger than 11” X 17”),
created by the artist(s). We ask all work express the artist’s
own personal vision of Universal Peace. If multiple artists were24

I want YOUR help to run an experiential peacebuilding
expedition through the Balkans Peace Park with young people
from Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro. Not only will yoursupport allow the expedition to happen, but will also allow forseed money for a post-expedition community service project
for the youth to implement and benefit all 3 of theircommunities, and a grass-roots publicity campaign to highlightprogram successes world wide.
ABOUT
INTERNATIONAL
PEACE
PARK
EXPEDITIONSInternational Peace Park Expeditions combines
environmentally friendly operating values with sustainable
tourism practices; we throw in a dash of rugged adventure
trekking, remote border crossing, and local organic
gastronomic delights and build it all on top of an intimatecross-cultural experience within the framework ofunderstanding about peace parks and their growing role ininternational diplomacy.
Our for-profit adventure expeditions support our non-profit
Experiential Peacebuilding Expeditions, working with young
people impacted by conflict from the different International
Peace Park countries.
ABOUT EXPERIENTIAL PEACEBUILDING
These customized peacebuilding programs integrate andenhance the natural peace building potential that exists in
outdoor experiential learning - both in single day excursions
and extended wilderness expeditions.
The objective is to provide a rich, unique, peacebuilding
experience which can develop the bonds, skills andcompassion of emerging young leaders, so they can serve as
catalysts for peaceful change in their communities.
These programs combine intellectual, physiological,
emotional and psychological aspects of learning in an outdoor
environment. This guided, transformative experience uses
proven peacebuilding tools such as facilitated dialogue,
interpersonal conflict resolution skills training, communication
and active listening, appreciative inquiry and cooperative
community service projects; with proven outdoor experiential
learning methods. This dynamic combination is effective
building trust, promoting cooperation, learning tolerance,teaching respect for differences, breaking down stereotypes,
learning how to live together, and helping nurture compassion
in an upcoming generation of leaders.
ABOUT the BALKANS PEACE PARK
The Balkans Peace Park is a proposed trans-national,
cross-border park in the adjoining mountain areas of Kosovo/a,Montenegro and northern Albania which would serve as asymbol of peace and cooperation, help to promote

Modeled on a college theater group from Denver,
Colorado under the leadership of Dr. Marilyn Hetzel, Peace
Theater was launched on Guam in 1986 when attorney Patrick
Wolff first brought Hetzel to Guam to choreograph a skit.
“Pakyo I,” as the skit was called, uses the imagery of a typhoon
to depict bullying and dating violence.
Wolff, as founder and executive director of Inafa' Maolek
Conciliation (a non-government organization dedicated since
1983 to the prevention and constructive resolution of disputes
through mediation, peer mediation, and restorative justice) has
arranged for Peace Theater to perform and conduct workshops
in many places, including:-Kuala Lampur (Asia Pacific Mediation Forum)-NCPCR Conference in Virginia-ACR Conferences in Philadelphia, PA and Phoenix,
AZ-Prevent Specialists Conference in San Francisco, CA-Chuuk, Saipan, Rota, Tinian, and Yap in Micronesia
Drama trainer Ken Wolff, a former professional actor anddancer with Ivy League degrees from the University ofPennsylvania and Columbia University, has over the past ten(10) years choreographed, trained, and rehearsed amateur castmembers in the performance of numerous skits on suchconflict topics as:-Rumors and Gossip-Sexual Harassment-Peer Pressure to Smoke, Drink, and Do Drugs-Dealing with Difficult People-Good Samaritan (Bystander)-Rudeness-Dealing with Disabilities-Child Abuse-Suicide-Bulimia (Eating Disorder)-Racial Ethnic Conflict (Hate Crimes)
Peace Theater enables audiences to quickly understanddifficult concepts, and to feel emotionally the anguish of aconflict situation. More important, the episode can be replayed
to portray both the negative and positive ways of managing
conflict.

Balkans Expedition for Peace
Todd Walters
25environmental conservation, and stimulate local employment
while also promoting sustainable visitor activities in the region
The Balkans Peace Park Project is a grassroots network
bringing
togethertransnational
actors,especiallyenvironmental activists in the Balkans, the UK, the US, andaround the globe, linking with people living and working in thevalleys and villages of the area. A truly internationalcross-border protected area in one of the most spectacular andleast known mountain ranges in Europe, can both further theneeds, interests and aspirations of the local communities, andhelp sustain biodiversity and ecological responsibility.
BUDGET
The minimum for this project is $3,500. That would cover thecost of a plane ticket from the US to Tirana, Albania; thelogistical planning and on the ground costs of running the
expedition; the experiential peacebuilding activities andprinting of participant information packets, and the costs tosponsor 3 youth from each of the 3 countries, and provide atleast $1,000 in seed capital for the youth post-expedition
community service project.
When the project exceeds the minimum funding goal, I
will begin my work; and with each milestone above theminimum I will expand the projects effectiveness by including
a professional photographer to document the expedition at$5,000, and any additional funding will increase the seedcapital for the post expedition community service project.
FINAL THOUGHTSThe Kickstarter community can expand the global reach of
projects by supporting this cutting edge endeavour to help
nurture young people impacted by the Balkans conflict andprovide them with the skills and experiences to become
catalysts for peaceful change in their communities.
Become a part of the solution Today!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peaceparkexpeditions/balkans-expedition-for-peace
Todd Walters
Founder - Lead Expedition Guide
International Peace Park Expeditions
http://peaceparkexpeditions.com
888.577.7485 toll free
978.270.9356 mobile
toddwalters33@gmail.com

Or you can ring bells in your time zone at 8:15AM on
August 6th for Hiroshima and 11:02AM on August 9th for
Nagasaki. Support a World Without Nuclear Weapons for
our Children and All Future Generations.
Upon informing us of your plans we will include yourparticipation on our website www.universalpeaceday.com
Please e-mail us at: univpeaceday@aol.com

APPEAL FOR PEACE BELL PROJECT
commemorating the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Everyone is invited to ring bells at the exact moment of theHiroshima bombing (8:15AM on August 6th, Japan) and theNagasaki bombing (11:02AM on August 9th, Japan).

The Chugoku Shimbun launches new website: “Peace
Museums of the World”
The Chugoku Shimbun, a Hiroshima-based newspaper
founded in 1892, has launched a new website called “Peace
Museums of the World.” At this website, online since July

The Center for Global Nonkilling: USA
The task of the Center for Global Nonkilling is to promotechange toward the measurable goal of a killing-free world. The
goal can be reached by globally advancing nonkillingknowledge and skills, incorporating them in education andtraining, and applying them in individual and social decisions
for the well-being of all. The task calls for infinite creativity
and mutual support among all individuals, organizations, andinstitutions whose work contributes to progress toward the goalof a nonkilling world. Visitors to the website who find merit in
the Center's work can strengthen its service and sustainability
by contributing moral, intellectual, and material support.
Brief History
In 1988 the Center for Global Nonviolence Planning Project
was established by Professor Glenn Paige as an exploratory
initiative in the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute of Peace, Collegeof Social Sciences at the University of Hawaii. Its purpose wasto be a creative facilitator of research, education-training, andaction in the form of problem-solving leadership for nonviolent
global transformation. The Center pursued discovering andsharing nonviolent spiritual, scientific, skills, and artistic
resources through cooperation with individuals and institutions
throughout the world, and by assisting the global emergence ofnonviolent leadership and citizen competence. The Center also
produced a number of publications and convened andparticipated in leadership conferences around the world.
More details are available at the website.
http://www.nonkilling.org/
Center for Global Nonkilling
P.O. Box 12232 Honolulu, Hawaii
96828 United States
Tel: (+1) 808-551-4514
Email: info (at) nonkilling.org

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A few years later a Catholic priest asked me to produce a
documentary that would inspire Americans to do something
positive about the growing threat of nuclear war. The result
was Gods of Metal, an Oscar nominated documentary that is akind of textbook of activism in a democracy, ending withpeace marches in US and other cities around the world.
The end of that film was the beginning of In Our Hands,
an uplifting 1982 documentary about the largest peacedemonstration in history, when one million people—including
many Hibakushas, entertainment celebrities and even thepolice—spoke with one voice, demanding an end to the
nuclear arms race.
One of the demonstrators was the subject of my next peace
film, Ben Spock, Baby Doctor. It focuses on the life, times
and peace activism of the pioneering pediatrician and author ofBaby and Child Care, one of the 20th century’s most importantand influential figures.
The leader of the 1982 demonstration, Cora Weiss, asked
me to make a film in 1999 about The Hague Appeal for Peace,when 10,000 people from 100 countries came together todiscuss and plan for ways to end nuclear weapons, small arms
traffic, land mines and the use of child soldiers. Five Days toChange the World follows young people at this gathering as
they develop their own agenda for the future.
Kathleen Sullivan, an American peace activist who had
lived in Japan, saw In Our Hands when it was telecast 20 years
after the great event it documented. She asked if I would beinterested in making a film about two survivors of theNagasaki bomb. In The Last Atomic Bomb nuclear
proliferation of today is seen through the life of a Nagasaki
survivor and college students dedicated to making sure thetruth about the last atomic bomb deliberately used on humanbeings will never be forgotten. The film‘s premiere was inAugust 2005 in Nagasaki as part of the 60th year
commemoration events.
My hope is that these films will be seen everywhere toeducate and inspire people to think about and take positive
steps to achieve peace.
Information about my films is at
http://www.richtervideos.com.
E-mail: RRProd@aol.com

2009, 31 peace-related museums in 20 countries are introduced,
including A-bomb museums in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, theNobel Peace Center (Norway), the USS Arizona Memorial(U.S.), the Gandhi Museum (India), and many others.
The website is the online version of the series “Peace
Museums of the World” which has appeared in the morning
edition of the Chugoku Shimbun since January 2008. The
articles are all contributions from the directors and curators ofthese peace-related museums. In the website, if you click one
area of the global map on the top page, a list of museums willappear.
The newspaper articles are written only in Japanese with
one selected photograph of the museum, but the website
includes the full text of the original English articles withadditional photographs. The theme of each museum covers
various topics, such as World War 2, chemical weapons,conscientious objector and peace education for children. The
number of museums will continue to increase in line with thenewspaper series.
To access this new website, please visit the homepage oftheHiroshima
Peace
Media
Center(www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp) and click the banner, to theleft, for “Peace Museums of the World.” We are waiting forcontributions from various “peace museums” in the world.
Miho Kuwajima: Staff Writer
The Chugoku Shimbun
Hiroshima Peace Media Center
7-1 Dohashicho Nakaku Hiroshima JapanTEL 082(236)2803
www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp
DVDs for Peace: USA
Robert Richter: a documentary film producer
With the onset of the Cold War, I came to believe thatpower and economic forces drive nations into conflict, often
justifying violence with the façade of an ideology. And when I
saw a traveling exhibition of the “Hiroshima Maidens” in theearly 1960s I recognized the horrors of nuclear weapons.
These views have profoundly affected my career as a
documentary film producer who focuses, whenever possible,
on peace activists and on constructive ways to deal with theroot causes of war.
One of my first peace films is Linus Pauling, Crusading
Scientist. It focuses both on Pauling’s astoundingachievements as a chemist and his courageous leadership in the“Ban the Bomb” movement. He is the only person in history to
win two unshared Nobel prizes—one for Chemistry, the otherfor Peace.

Peace One Day: New DVD in EnglandParticipants of the International Network of Museums for
Peace held at Gernika Peace Museum should remember
Jeremy Gilley’s lecture and his impressive film. He made a
new film which should be shared by many people.

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Tell Me the Truth About War by Stuart Rees. Ginninderra
Press. 2004
Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear
Disarmament Movement by Lawrence S. Wittner. Stanford
University Press 2009
Days Japan: a magazine is full of precious photos on conflicts
that can not be ignored in the world. Information is available
on the following website.
http://www.daysjapan.net/e/index.html

The Day After Peace is the latest award-winningdocumentary film from Peace One Day founder and chairman
Jeremy Gilley. Jeremy Gilley was an actor before he founded
Peace One Day in 1999. He had become disillusioned with his
work, but understood the potential of film to positively affectpeople and create change in the world. So when he set out on
his near impossible mission in 1999, he took a camera withhim. Every journey made, every country visited and every
person met – he got it all on camera. Ten years on, The Day
After Peace is his story – the story of Peace One Day.
The Day After Peace charts the remarkable 10-year
journey of award-winning filmmaker Jeremy Gilley toestablish an annual Peace Day on 21 September. The camera
follows Jeremy as he galvanises the countries of the world torecognise an official day of ceasefire and non-violence.
But even after the member states of the UN unanimously
adopt Peace Day, the struggle isn’t over. As the years pass,there’s not a single ceasefire. The voices of the cynics are
growing louder – and now Gilley’s non-profit organisation,
Peace One Day, is in dire financial straits. But he can’t let it
fail.
The film’s breathtaking conclusion finds Gilley joined byJude Law in Afghanistan attempting to spearhead a massive
vaccination against polio on Peace Day. Will peace prevail?
Will lives be saved? Or were the cynics right? The Day After
Peace is a moving testament to the power of the individual andthe perseverance of the human spirit.
It would be nice if the film is shown at many museums forpeace. The details are as follows:

RequestWe would like to ask your payment of membership fee forfiscal 2009 if you have not done yet. If you have not paid fee
for 2008 either, we would appreciate it if you could pay them
all together. We enclose a bill and a transfer slip to you (except
for those who have already paid it). Thank you very much foryour kind support. (This is for Japanese members.)

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 Peace or the editor of this newsletter.

http://www.peaceoneday.org/en/welcome
Acknowledgement
The editors would like to thank Ms. Yoshiko Tanigawa, Ms.
Nicole Kato, Ms. Hisako Masuda, and Ms. Atsuko Takeda fortranslating Japanese into English. Thanks to their great
efforts, non-Japanese readers will enjoy knowing what is goingon in Japan.

Publications
Post-war Reconstruction of Hiroshima: From the
Perspective of Contemporary Peacebuilding edited by Hideaki
Shinoda, March, 2008 Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima
University
Peace: A World History by Antony Adolf (Polity Press, Wiley
Distributor,$27.95/Paperback, $69.95/Hardcover, 272
Pages, Publication February 2009 (UK) April 2009 (US),Non-Fiction)

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