Muse no. 15: Japanese Network of Museums for Peace
Newsletter: August, 2006
The Editorial Office: The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damages
Masahiko Yamabe
1-5-4 Kitasuna, Koto-ku, Tokyo 136-0073 Japan

Tel: 03-5857-5631

Fax: 03-5683-3326

http://www2.odn.ne.jp/seikeiken/peace2/Index2.html
Editor: Masahiko Yamabe, Kazuyo Yamane, Ikuro Anzai
Translator: Im Cheong Jun
Illustrator: Erico Tosaki
The Change of the Secretariat
The Secretariat of the Japanese Network

The 6th Conference of Japanese Networkof Museums for Peace was moved fromof Museums for Peace

Kyoto

Peace,The 6th conference of Japanese Network

Ritsumeikan University to the Center forof Museums for Peace will be held on

Documenting the Tokyo Raids and War

November 11th and 12th from 13:00 toDamages.

17:00 and from 9:00 to 12:00 respectively

MuseumforWorld

at Waseda University in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Muse 17 in Japanese was published in

To participate in the conference or toJune. It was printed and published atpresent a report, contact our executive

the Center for Documenting the Tokyo

office by the end of September.

Raids and War Damages for the first time.

presentation per person is 30 minutes.

This is all thanks to Mr. Masahiko

There will also be a discussion on the

Yamabe who was the former curator ofpolicy and management of Japanesethe Kyoto Museum for World Peace,

Network of Museums for Peace.

Ritsumeikan University and started toappreciate your active participation.

work at the Center of the Tokyo Raids
and War Damages because he continues
to work hard for the publication of Muse
both in Japanese and English.

The

editors are Masahiko Yamabe, Kazuyo
Yamane, Ikuro Anzai and Yeongwhan
Kim.

Kazuya Yasuda, Keiichirou Kaji,

Eirko Ikeda, Kikiko Noma and Yoshitaka
Iwamotowill

cooperate

with

the

management of the network.

erico

1

Time forWe

A tour of Women’s Active Museum On

Address: Kibo no Ie (Matsushiro Imperial

War And Peace will be conducted by Ms.

Headquarters

Rumiko Nishino, thedirector of the

Peace

Memorial

Hall),

Wakazato 3-5-5 Nagano

museum, on the 11th from 11:00 to

Tel/Fax 026-228-8415

12:00
Report of the 5th Conference of JNMP
To participate in the tour, contact theThe

executive

ActiveDecember 3rd and 4th, 2005 at Kyoto

Museum On War And Peace (Address:

Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan

AVACO Building, 2-3-18, Nishi-Waseda,

University.

Shinjuku-ku,

presented reports at this conference:

office03-3202-4633)

of

Women’sTokyo

Phone:

Participation fee is 500

5th

Nobuteruyen.

conferenceThe
Iwabuchi

was

held

following
andonpeopleChikako

Hanaoka of Pacific War History Museumon the search for Japanese soldiers who

There will be a get-together on the 11th

havestarting at 18:00 at a restaurant near

Yamada of Auschwitz Peace Museum,

Waseda University. Participation fee will

Eriko Ikeda of Women s Active Museum

be around 4,000 yen.

On War And Peace, Keiichiro Kaji of The

not

Center of

returned

home,

Masayuki

the Tokyo Raids and War

The Tenth National Symposium for theDamages, Osamu Baba and Takako

Preservation of War Relics

Kitahara

of

Matsushiro

Imperial

The symposium will be held at Matsunoi

Headquarters

Preservation

Society,Hotel in Gunma on August 19th and

Mikiko Noma of Preparatory Committee

20th. The main subject of discussion will

for War Memorial Center for Peace inbe "the past ten years of the preservation

Nagoya, Hideki Okada of The Kyoto

movement

its

Museum for World Peace on its renewal,

future". A section meeting will be held

Yasuo Kawabata of Association of Friendson the 20th in regard to "how peace

for Peace on international exchanges,

museums should be handed down to the

Kazuko Yoshioka of The Peace , Humannext generation", and reports will be

Rights, and Children Center on its

presented by members of Society forhistory and panels on school textbooks,

Creating Peace Museums in Kita-Kyushu,

Yeonghwan Kim of Grassroots House on

Matsushiro Imperial Headquarters Peace

war memory, Yoshitaka Iwamoto of Suita

Memorial Hall and others. If you want

City on the plan of Wadatsumi Memorial.

to attend the symposium, contact Mr.

There was a get-together on December

Shinji Shimamura of National Network

3rd at a nearby restaurant

of

war

relicsandfor Preservation of War Relics.

2

There was a financial report for the

2003

2

¥4000

previous

to

2004

9

¥18000December, 2005) at the get-together

2005

51

¥ 102000

which runs as follows:

2006

1

¥2000

Sum

61

¥132000

year(December,

2004

IncomeMembership dues

Breakdown of postage¥132000

Donation¥3500

English Newsletter (No. 12)¥48560

Amount brought forward¥131225

Japanese Newsletter (No. 15) ¥25760

Sum¥266725

English Newsletter (No. 13)

Expenditure¥49250Japanese Newsletter (No. 16) ¥20390

Postage¥145670

Others¥1710

Hall expense¥10600Sum¥145670

Balance carried forward¥110455

Sum¥266725

Breakdown of balance carried forward
Postal Transfer

Breakdown of membership dues
(year)(number of people)(total¥109630

Cash

¥825

Sum

¥110455

amount)Members

2000

1

¥2000

Members

89

2001

1

¥2000

New members

10

2002

1

¥2000
Withdrawal

1

New members

10

Sum

¥132000

Members
Private members

89(number of people who paid

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2010

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2008

1

2006

1

2005

56

2004

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2003

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2002

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2001

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2000

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Forgotten Women

1999

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Women’s Active Museum

December, 2004
Japanese Newsletter (No. 15) issued on
June, 2005
English Newsletter (No. 13) issued on
June, 2005
Japanese Newsletter (No. 16) issued on
November, 2005

Peace

3

On War andDirector: Nishino Rumikoreturning to her country in 2000, felt
Since 29 April 2006 Women’s Active

alienated not only from her hometown

Museum On War and Peace has been

which had drastically changed since she

presenting the third special exhibition

left but also from her family members

entitled “Korean Comfort Women Leftand relatives who find her past as a

Behind”,

comfort woman disagreeable.

which

devastating

focusespost-warontheexperienceof
It is hoped that the exhibition will bring

Korean comfort women.

thepublicawarenessthat“comfort

In the House of Nanum in Gwangju,

women” are not just a problem in time of

Korea, live nine victims of Japanesewar, and that their suffering continues tomilitary sex slavery, half of whom could

this day.

only made it to their home and fifty years
or more after the end of the war. TheyOka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace

were brought to China to serve atMuseumDirector: Yasunori Takazane

wartime brothels by Imperial Japanese
Army.

When Japan was defeated, they

were simply abandoned in China to suffer

Students and tourists who visit our

great hardship of finding a way ofmuseum have been declining in number,sustaining themselves in a foreign land.

but we are glad to say that there are
more and more foreign visitors with a

Kim Sunok lived in Dongning in thegrowing worldwide interest in peace

north-eastern part of China with her

museums.

Chinese husband until 2005.

She said

following exhibitions and activities which

she had to marry a Chinese to make a

we hope will arouse both domestic andliving in a place where she did not know

foreign interest in the peace movement.

We are now planning theits geography, language and customs, and(1) Film showing: “War That Was Not

had no acquaintance to turn to for help.

Taught: China”
Kim tried not to forget her mother tongue

The newest film of the “War That Was

as her identity as Korean, but Ji Dori,

Not Taught” series will be shown on June

another comfort woman living in the

11th, followed by a lecture by Jinsame district in China, completely forgot

Takaiwa,

KoreanJapanese people cannot have a sharedlanguage

and

can

only

the

director

perspective

of
with

the

film.

communicate with the other returnees inhistorical

ChineseNanum in Chinese language.

people without knowing the atrocious
Japanese military invasion of China.
Topical subjects will also be discussed

Li Okseon, who fulfilled her dream of4

toNan Jing University and Nan Jing

Yasukuni Shirine, overseas deployment

Normal University will be a good occasionof

to push forward an effort to bridge the

such

as

Prime

Self-Defence

Minister’s
Forces,

visit
and

the

divide between China and Japan.

amendment of the Basic Education Law
and the Constitution.

(4) Visit to Unit 731 War Crime Museum(2) Unit 731 Exhibition

We are planning to go on a trip toWith Unit 731 War Crime Museum in

Shenyang and Halpin in September.

China (with which our museum formed

Participants will be solicited from thepartnerships

public.

last

September)asa

The purpose of the trip is to see

co-sponsor, we are currently planning a

the traces of damage caused by Japanese

special exhibition on Unit 731 from Julyinvasion and to strengthen the friendly

7th to 17th and memorial lectures onties with Unit 731 War Crime Museum.

July 9th by Wang Peng, curator of Unit

(Gao Shi)

731 War Crime Museum and Tsuneishi
Keiichi,professor

University.

ofGrassroots House: Kochi

Kanagawa

Secretary-General: Yeongwhan Kim

The main contents of theexhibition are “Ishii Notes” and secretdocuments of the American Congress on

On December 10th, 2005, a peace

the exemption of liability applied to Unit

movement group "Wind for peace" held a731.

meeting entitled "There is no national
border for life" inviting Takato Naoko, a(3) Dispatch of goodwill envoys to China

volunteer

activist

workingfortheSince we formed an affiliation with Nan

reconstruction of Iraq, as a guest speaker.

Jing Massacre Memorial Museum in

She calmly delivered a report on the

2000, we have been dispatching two

present situation in Iraq for about two

students selected through open call every

hours.

This year our envoys, together

More than 900 people attended thewith goodwill emissaries of Meishinkai,

meeting, half of which were young people.

will visit Beijing, Nan Jing, and Tian Jin

They responded the speech saying "I

in

the

learned what is really going on in Iraq",

inauguration of Memorial House For The

or "Watching shocking pictures andChampions

Anti-Japaneselearning facts which have never been

Movement in Tian Jin, and are expectedreported by Japanese media, I am now

to learn more about our history throughconvinced that war is evil", or "Thethe displays and testimonies of those

government should draw the Self-defense

kidnapped by the Japanese Army. The

Forces from Iraq", or "The U. S. must go

exchange of opinions with students inout of Iraq".

summer.

August.

They
Of

will

The

attend5

"Wind for Peace" is a group whose office

At the annual new-year social event,is in Grassroots House, and most of its

three senior members including Mr.

members are students.

Masahiro(The name

Okamura,thedirectorof"Wind for Peace" is derived from lateGrassroots House, talked to younger

Nishimori

Fifty

members about their personal histories,

members had worked for the preparation

expectations to the younger generationof this meeting, and there was a lot ofand the importance of peace.

donationweremembers gave musical performance andMs.

recitedShigeo's

frompoem.)

peoplewho

impressed with their enthusiasm.

theConstitution.

YoungerWe

are

Takatou said "I have never seen so many

thinking of continuing this kind of event

people work for my speech, and I haveas a way of spreading peace movement

never seen so many people come to hearfrom generation to generation.

me.”
Workshop on Bikini hydrogen bomb

The hall of Grassroots House waslastexperiments and hearing investigation to

November, and live performance is being

the victims have started hosted by "Windheld once a month. Ms Mana Ando,for Peace".

producer of a live concert "Title of Mine"

members of the workshop visited victims

says: Why don't we change Grassrootsin Muroto and interviewed them.

refurbishedasaconcerthall

On February 10th, theHouse into a place where everyone can
express themselves regardless of their

The serial lectures which started in 2004

skill of performance?

That's how wewill be held on the following themes:

started setting up these live concerts, and"Invitation of the 44th infantry and

we are going to hold the forth concert

vacation of land for the barracks", "Warsoon.

Many people gathered here whoand life seen through the battle of

had never come to Grassroots House, andOkinawa and Unit 731", "War relics in

we met a lot of wonderful people.

I

Kochi and Jejudo", "Vietnam War andalways think that a live concert gives ahandicapped people", "Peace education

rare and important occasion in which

and art education", "Kou Makimura andpeace and war documents merge. I am

anti-war

proud to have created a new way of"Globalization and anti-globalization ofutilizing Peace Museum Hall and a new

economy"movementin

Kochi",

way of presenting, seeking, and feelingpeace.

Grassroots House has been operating

I hope each one of us will do

his/her best to nurture Grassroots Houseanti-war

where

performances to demand the withdrawal

we

are

encouraged

to

show

of

creativity.

activities

Self-defense

andForcesmusical

from

Iraq,

liberation of Iraq from the occupation of6the foreign forces every month on the

Yuko

first, second and third Friday from 17:00

reading club "Mado" read poems andto 19:00 and on the final Sunday fromstories such as "Ikiru (Live)" by Tanigawa

14:00 to 16:00 at the north gate of

Shuntaro, "Kike Wadatsumi no Koe

Obiyamachi central partk.

(Hear the Voices from the Sea)" which is a

Domestic Network News

Kinoshita,

members

collectionofwritings"senbotsu

gakusei"byofpublicJapanese(students

who

perished in war) during World War II,
Pacific War History Museum: Iwate"Yakobu no Monogatari" (The Story ofPacific War History Museum which was

Jacob) which is a folk narrative compiled

published last year was awarded theby UNHCR and Tsuji Kunio's story

prize by the

11th"Rairakku" (Lilac).

Journalist Fund forPeace & Cooperation according to its

Tel:0493-35-4111

newsletter No. 53.

http://homepage3.nifty.com/saitamapeace

Tel: 0197-52-3000 Fax: 0197-52-4575

museum/Tohoku University Archives: Miyagi

MarukiAn

exhibition

Gallery

Fax:0493-35-4112

For TheHiroshima

entitled"Student

Panels: Saitama

TohokuImperial

The exhibition on Iri Maruki ten years

University" was held in the showroom on

after his death was held from November

the second floor from November 1st, 2005

1, 2005 to February 17, 2006.

Mobilizationatto February 24th, 2006.
Tel:022-217-5040

Fax:022-217-4998

The photo exhibition on scenes caused by

http://www.archives.tohoku.ac.jp/

nuclear issues by Hiromitsu Toyosaki washeld from February 21 to March 24.

Peace Museum of Saitama
An exhibition "Showa Era Seen ThroughThe third art festival sponsored by

Sugoroku (Backgammon) Pictures" wasMaruki Gallery was held from Marchheld from February 14th to April 9th.

28th to May 20th.

An exhibition "Record Keeper of Time:
Showa

Era

PictureThe art exhibition "Maruki Suma: To

Acquired

Cerebrate the 50th anniversary of her

Documents" was held from April 29th to

Death" is being held until September

June 11th.

2nd.

Postcards

Seen
and

through
Newly

Tel:0493-22-3266

Fax:0493-24-8371

Public reading for peace movement was

http://www.aya.or.jp/~marukimsn/top/kik

held on May 27th, 2006, whereby withaku.htm

the accompaniment of flute playing by7

held from December 11, 2005 to April 23.

Funabashi Municipal Museum: Chiba
An illustrated book on the exhibition of“War, Peace and Citizens’ Life” held in

The third special exhibition "Forgotten

2005 was published on March 31.

Korean Comfort Women" has started on

Tel:047-465-9680

April 29th and will be open until

Fax:047-467-1399

http://www.city.funabashi.chiba.jp/kyodo/

November 12th.

The Center of

An illustrated book of the exhibition on

the Tokyo Air Raids and

War DamagestheThe forth symposium on city raids was

Tribunal on Japan

held at Tyara-Koutou on December 10th,(December 2000) was published in May.

2005, in which Hideo Fujita, professor

Tel:03-3202-4633

emeritus at Rissyo University, gave a

http://www.wam-peace.org/

lectureProblems"Considering
inthe

Women’s

International

War

Crimess Military Sexual Slavery

Contemporary
Light

of

Raid

Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall:

Experience--Study to Become a Creator ofTokyo

History for Peace", and Minoru Kitamura,

We celebrated the 30th anniversary ofprofessor emeritus at Waseda University,

our hall's opening on June 10, 2006.

made a speech entitled "Sixty Years after

memorial concert "Music of Fukuryu

TokyoMaru" was held on April 15th in which

Raids,

Hiroshima

andNagasaki--For World Peace""Themecomposed

of

Daigo
by

Fukuryu

HikaruA

Maru"

Hayasiwas

A meeting "Inheriting the Memory of

performed by Japan Philharmonic String

Tokyo Raids" was held at Tyara-Koutou

Quartet and the piano player Rikuya

on March 4th, 2006, and one of theTerasima. A book on the history of thevarious events held at the meeting was ahouse was published.

speech by Shoichi Ozawa.
Tel:03-5857-5631

Fax:03-5683-3326

A special exhibition on the history of the

http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~sensai/

house is held from June 10 to September
20.

Women’s Active Museum On War And

Tel:03-3521-8494

Peace: Tokyo

http://d5f.org/

Fax:03-3521-2900

Art and photo exhibition by Korean
women who were forced to work as sexual

Katsushika City Museum: Tokyoslaves during WWII was held from

"Katsushika 2" was published which

November 23 to December 4.

carries as one of its main articles a reporton the public lecture on the battleplane"Ki 94" manufactured in Kanamachi.

A special exhibition on Yayori Matsui was8Tel: 03-3838-1101

Nihon University College of Humanities

Fax:03-5680-0849

and Sciences: Tokyo

http://www.city.katsushika.lg.jp/museum/A special exhibition "Maps and Pictures
Toshima Historical Museum : Tokyo

ofAn

Ikebukuro

cosponsored by Toyokawa City "Toyokawa

Montparnasse" was held from March

Naval Shipyard" were held at Hundredth

16th to May 14th. Paintings describing

Anniversary Memorial Hall and Library

air raids in Ikebukuro and the postwar

Exhibit Hall from December 4th toblack market were also displayed at theDecember 24th, 2005.

exhibition.

Tel:03-3329-1151

exhibition"Peopleof

Air

Raids"

andan

exhibition

http://www.chs.nihon-u.ac.jp/
Academic bulletin "Life and Culture" (No.
15) was published on December 25th,

Kanagawa Plaza for Global Citizenship2005 which includes Tetsuo Aoki's article

An exhibition on school in Afghanistan by"The Target and Damage of Tokyo Air

Hiromi

Raid on April 13th and 14th, 1945".

education for all the children in the world

Tel:03-3980-2351

was held from January 28 to February 5.

Fax:03-3980-5271

Nagakura,

Koreanschool,http://www.museum.toshima.tokyo.jp/top
An exhibition "Life and Culture in.html

Mongolia" was held at the exhibition hallon the third floor from February 16th toKorea Museum: TokyoA

specialexhibition"ForcedMarch 14th.

Labor,

Massacre and Sexual Slavery during

Tel:045-896-2121

Fax:045-896-2299

World War II: What Japan Did in Hainan

http://www.k-i-a.or.jp/plaza/

Island" has started on May 17th and will
be open until July 16th.

Association For Preserving Hiyoshidai

Tel:03-5272-3510

Underground Shelter: Kanagawa

Fax:03-5272-3510

On January 14th, the Association held a

http://www.40net.jp/~kourai/

seminar for people who want to become a
National Diet Library : Tokyo"war

relics"guide.

The 142nd exhibition "Pre-war Period

Underground Shelter was constructed at

Seen through Economic Magazines--thethe end of the Pacific War as government

Great Kanto Earthquake, Showa Stockestablishment.

Panic and February 26th Incident" waspublishedheld at the main building from Marchguidebook of the shelter.

22nd to May 16th.

Contact: Kameoka Atsuko 〒 223-0064

The

an

Shimodacho 5-20-15,
Kita-ku, Yokohama
9

Hiyoshidai

association

also

easy-to-understandhttp//www.geocities.heartLand-Hanamiz

adjudication of what is called "Nagano

uki/2402

Trial"

Tel / Fax :initiatedby

Chineseforcedlaborers. The court admitted the fact of

045-561-2758

kidnap and forced labor, but rejected theToin Memorial Academium: Kanagawa

plaintiff's claim. See the detail of thisAn exhibition "Great Tokyo/Yokohama

case:

Air Raids--Pictures and Photos of Tragic

http://www.suopei.org/saiban/renko/index

Annihilation" was held at Salon Sophos.html

from May 13th to June 3rd.

Address: Kibo no Ie (Matsushiro Imperial
Headquarters

Peace

Memorial

Yuki-no-shita Peace Culture Museum:

Wakazato 3-5-5 Nagano

Fukui

Tel/Fax: 026-228-8415

Yuki-no-shita
published

CultureaHall),

Association

reportentitled

Shizuoka Peace Center"Understanding the Constitution, FeelingAn

the Air Raid", which shows the major

Raids--Pictures

activities of the Association such as a

Survivors" started on March 17th andworkshop on the Constitution and an

will be open until June 25th.

exhibition of the Great Fukui Air Raid.

Tel:054-247-9641

Tel & fax: 0776-52-2169

http://homepage2.nifty.com/shizuoka-hei

http://www/yukinoshita.net/

wa/

Nagaoka War Damage Center : Niigata

Museum for War and Peace: Nagoya

The museum published a brochure for

We are doing our best so that thepeace study entitled "The Pacific War andmuseumthe Nagaoka Air Raid" in March 2006.

2007. "Building News No. 1" carries an

Tel:0258-36-3269

article by a director Daisuke Miyahara on

Fax:0258-36-3269

exhibition"GreatShizuoka

Air

andMemoriesofwill

Fax:054-247-9641

be

built

by

May,

http://www.city.nagaoka.niigata.jp/dpage/

active museum, in which he points out

syomu/sensai/top.html

that

activemuseumsinGermany

involves the idea that the scene of
Association for Preserving Matsushiro

atrocity is not a mere place to be

Imperial

Headquarters: Naganocommemorated but a place where people

Lectures for people who want to become alearn their history and become citizens"war relics" guide have started since

who

February

Association

constantly learning the examples of otherpublished a Korean leaflet on Matsushiro

countries to become a part of the world's

Imperial Headquaters. Our newsletter

effort to "conquer the past".

No.

Tel: 052-962-0136 Fax: 052-962-0138

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25th.

carriesThe

anarticle

on

the
10

can

think

and

act.

We

are

A photo exhibition on supporting children

E-mail: npo@memorial-aichi.jp

in Asia was held from April 1 to 8.

The

Konan Traditional Community Museum:

photos showed children in Sumatra

Shiga

supported by NPO called Good Neighbors

An exhibition "Satoyama in Showa Era"

Japan.

which showed the life during the WorldWar II was held from November 19th,

There was also an exhibition on victims of2005 to February 26th, 2006.

the Maintenance of Public Order Act from

Tel:0748-86-7551

April 13 to 26.

KyotoMuseumforWorld

An exhibition on Japanese children’s view

Peace,

Ritsumeikan Universityof the War on Iraq was ehld from May 3

A special exhibition "Proof of Our Life:

to June 25.

Personal Effects of Students Who Died in

students of Shibayama Junior Highthe War" was held at Nakano Memorial

School.

The collages were made byHall from December 1st to December 16,
Lectures on students who wereAn illustrated book on the permanent

forced to work were given on December

exhibition was published by Iwanami on

11.

December 8, 2005.

A special exhibition "Kon Ono: Building

Bulletin "Ritsumeikan Peace Studies"

Peace" was held from May 10th to June

(No. 7) was published on March 25th,

10th, 2006, and the pictures donated by

2006.

Kon Ono were displayed at Nakano

Fukusima's "Can Peace Museum Play the

Memorial Hall.

Role of a Forum?: To Develop the2005.

One of its main article is Ariyuki

Suggestions of Kenji Yosida"
A mini-exhibition "Ceramic Grenades"
was held from November 16th, 2005 to

A film of “Nagasaki 1945: The Angelus

January 14th, 2006.

Bells” was shown on December 11, 2005
and a film of “Chichito Kuraseba”(Livingwith father) was shown on December 12.

Another mini-exhibition "Don't Forget
the Memories Before and After the War"was held from January 22nd to March

Tel: 075-465-8151

Fax: 075-465-7899

26th, 2006, and pictures of Osaka Air

http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp

Raids drawn by Iwao Mihara weredisplayed in the mini-exhibition room on

Kyoto University Archives

the second floor.

An exhibition "Student Mobilization at
Kyoto University" was held at Kyoto
11University Clock Tower Centennial Hall

Osaka Air Raid on March 13th, 1945 byfrom January 17th to April 2nd, 2006,

Katsumoto Saotome, writer and director

and the results of research and study byof the Center for Documenting the Tokyo

Kyoto University Archives on student

Raids and War Damages, and by Hitoshi

mobilization and the number of the war

Koyama, emeritus professor of Kansai

dead were displayed.

University, followed by a talk between

Tel: 075-753-2651

them.

Fax: 075-753-2025

http://kua1.archives.kyoto-u.ac.jp
A forum for nuclear arms reduction was
Osaka International Peace Center: Osaka

held

on

February

18th,

2006,

and

A special exhibition "War Experience

Masahiko Asada, professor of Kyoto

Drawn by Cartoonists--Picture Letter

University, gave a lecture.

from 1945" was held from November 15th
As a part of the seminar "Peace for theto December 27, 2005.

21st Century", a film showing and threeA

specialexhibition"Crossinglectures were given in the auditorium.

theBorder--From the Summer of Sopron,The

lectureswere:"Don'tForget1989" was held from January 17th to

Guernica: War Ethics In Search of

March 21st, 2006.

Deterrence"(November 26th, 2005) byHisakake Katou, former president of

A special exhibition "Six Decades After

Tottori

UniversityofEnvironmental

the War: Collected Photos of New York

Studies,"Can

We

Daily News" was held from March 28th toTomorrow?--Refugees

May 24th.

Repatriation" (January 28th, 2006) by

Go

Home

and

Their

Sanae Numata, photographer, and Rika
A special exhibition "Flowers, Please, Not

Hakozaki, spokesman of UNHCR office inLandmines" started on May 30th and will

Japan,

be open until July 9th.

Peace--From Conflict to Reconciliation"

"How

to

Think

to

Create(May 28th, 2006) by Johan Galtung,
On December 4th, 2005, as a peace

professor of peace and conflict research.

prayer event, Keiko Kanou, a broadcaster,A film "Little Birds" was shown onread "Sumire Island" and Kenji Imai,

February 25, 2006.

researcher on the history of war, gave alectureentitled"Farewell

Notes

There was a fieldwork of visiting the sites

ofof the U.S. airraids guided by Emeritus

Kamikaze Pilots".

Professor Hitoshi Koyama.
On March 12, 2006, as a peace prayer

Tel:06-6947-7208

event, there were lectures on Great

http://mic.e-osaka.ne.jp/peace/12

Fax:06-6943-6080

Sakai City Peace and Human Rights

displayed in it.

Museum: Osaka

Tel:06-6946-5728

New items on environmental issues have

http://www.mus-his.city.osaka.jp/

Fax:06-6946-2662

been displayed on permanent exhibition
since April 4th, 2006.

However, theHistorical Himeji Peace Center :Hyogo

exhibits on Japan’s aggression such as

An exhibition "Domestic Life During thethe Nanjing Massacre, the Koreans who

War Part II" was held from January 12th

were forced to work by Japan, The

to March 26th, 2006.

massacre of Chinese people in Singapore

with this exhibition, Nomura Isao andwere all taken away.

Bunjirou

YosidaIn conjunction

talked

about

their

experiences of air raids on February 12thAn

exhibition"Original

Picturesofand March 12th respectively.

'Nanashi no Gonbe-san" (the NamelessMan) by Tajima Masahiko" has startedAnsince April 1st and will be open until

Mothers" has started since April 8th andJune 29th.

will be open until July 2nd.

Tel:072-270-8150

Fax:072-270-8159

exhibition"The

PacificWarof

A public

reading by an actress Komada Maki was

http://www.city.sakai.osaka.jp/city/info/_ji

held on May 5th in relation with thisnken/

exhibition.

On June 22nd, Hisaaki

Takasima is supposed to speak about his
The Peace, Human Rights, and Children

experience of air raids.

Center in Sakai: Osaka

Tel:0792-91-2525

The Center, which was opened ten years

http://www.city.himeji.hyogo.jp/heiwasiry

ago, is to be replaced by Textbooko/Fax:0792-91-2526

Research Center soon and has been
visitedbymanyresearchers.

The 28th and 29th issues oftextbook

The

Archives

of

Hyogo

Prefectural

Government"Grassroot", a brochure published by the

The ninth special exhibition "Hyogo andCenter, point out that any reference toWar" was held from October 14th tosexual slavery and forced labor of Korean

December 24, 2005.

and Chinese people has disappeared from

Tel: 078-362-4133

the textbooks in 2005.

http://web.pref.hyogo.jp/bunshoka/rekisi/

Tel & fax: 072-229-4736

siryokan/

Osaka Museum of History

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

The history of fire fighting was exhibitedThe

from January 18 to March 13.

The"Photographs by Hajime Miyatake andresult of the U.S. air-raids of Osaka was

Eiichi Matsumoto--Hiroshima after the13

SecondSpecial

Exhibition

Atomic Bombing" has started in the east

"Pigeons, Fly In The Sky Of Hiroshima"annex since March 15th and will be openand "The Story of Chochan".

until September 28th.

films were shown, members of "Kataribe

Tel:082-241-4004

no Kai", a public reading group, talked

Fax:082-542-7941

After theabout their war experiences.

http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/

Tel:087-833-7722

Fax:087-861-7724

Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall

http://www.city.takamatu.kagawa.jp/1740

for

.html

Atomic Bomb Victims

The special exhibition "Memories That
Must Not Be Lost -Roam Around Burnt

Fukuoka City Museum

Ground" has started since April 1st and

The 15th exhibition of "War and Our Life"

will be open until March 31st, 2007.

has started since May 23rd and will be

Tel:082-543-6271

open until July 17th.

Fax:082-543-6273

This exhibition isheld annually around June 19th, the day

http://www.hiro-tsuitokinenkan.go.jp/

when "the Great Fukuoka Air Raid"
Human Rights & Peace Museum :occurred. Posters and documents which

Fukuyama: Hiroshima

warned people of air raids, and roof tiles

An exhibition of UNICEF photos "I Wantand watches which were burned in the

To Go To School, Too" was held from April

Great Fukuoka Air Raid are being

26th to May 31st, 2006.

displayed.

An exhibition "Progress of Women's

Tel:092-845-5011

Rights Seen Through 'Women's Week'

http://museum.city.fukuoka.jp/

Posters" will be held from June 8th toJuly 30th.
Tel:084-924-6789

Kita-Kyushu
Fax:084-924-6850

Peace

MuseumProject:

Fukuoka

http://www.city.fukuyama.hiroshima.jp/ji

A book on war remains in Kita-Kyushu

nkenheiwashiryoukan/

was published on April 24.

It is

1200yen.
Takamatsu Civic Culture Center :Peace
Museum :Kagawa

Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum

An art exhibition on Japanese solders in

An exhibition of Atomic Bomb materials

Rabaul in Papua New Guiinea was heldcollected

byby Iwao Takiguchi from November 17 toMuseum(antecedent30, 2005.

Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum) was

International

Cultureorganizationofheld from February 3rd to March 23rd.
"Peace Film Festival" was held on thethird floor of Takamatsu City Hall on

A special exhibition "Memory Of A

May 27th, 2005, and animation films

Stone--Hiroshima and Nagasaki" has14

started on May 20th and will be open

evolve into a global network, are theuntil June 19th.

This exhibition was

homes for a worldwide "SOCIETY FOR

produced and made possible by Tokyo

THE FRIENDS OF PEACE", yet to be

University Digital Museum's travelingcreated.

exhibition service.

**********************

Tel:095-844-1231

Generally speaking, the inherent risk of

Fax:095-846-5170

http://www1.city.nagasaki.nagasaki.jp/na"definitions" is that they may not be-bomb/museum/all-encompassing and could somehow put
limits to the further development of agiven subject. This applies particularly toInternational News

IDEAS and their development throughnew insight. With regard to Peace

FIRST AUSTRIAN PEACE MUSEUM

Museum, its definition is not meant to be

Franz Deutscha corsett, but merely a term of reference

Leaflets for peace(or thinking point).

Impulses for conversation: What is a
Peace

Museum?

question

tries

This
to

elicit

often

asked

a

clearly

There are museums which partiallycircumscribed definition. The founding

function as "PEACE MUSEUMS", likeprinciples of the "FIRST AUSTRIAN

the Ghandi Museum, the Holocaust

PEACE MUSEUM" in Wolfsegg may

Museum, the Anne Frank House, theserve as a guide in such an endevour:

Jägerstätter House, and others. These

1. A Peace Museum gives impulses tomuseums are very appropriately called

think about the senselessness of war or"Peace Related Museums"; they fulfill an

belligerence on a personal level, andimportant duty and belong to the growing

invites discussion.

family of Peace Museums.

2. A Peace Museum is a communicationIn

centre for people who are interested ingreatest

the advancement of peace in small andprevention of war, but to make life livablelarge communities, and who are willingin the next millennium. It makes sense,

to make a personal contribution to it.

therefore, to include all institutions and3. A Peace Museum is a school for the

associations, which are dedicated to thisresearch project:task, in the great family of Peace"Where and when does war start? Where

Museums

does peace begin?"

Greenpeace, World-Wildlife-Fund, Red

To satisfactorily answer these questions

Cross, the Nobel Institute, and others.

there is a great need for EDUCATIONam convinced that only grand ideas will

FOR PEACE.

sustain our hope for the continued

4. Peace Museums whose final aim is toexistence of our wonderful world!
15

this

"eleventhconcern

–

hour"
is

Amnestynotmankind's
only

the

International,Iprofessional public and the international
Heimatkreis Wolfsegg, First austrian

media. It is a unique gathering ofpeace museum integratet into the OÖ.

heritageexpertise

Volksbildungswerk

exchangeofKons. Franz Deutsch, Graben 20, A-4902

competition. We do not evaluate these

Wolfsegg, Tel. ++43-7676-7271

projects or give prizes - we just present

http://www.ooevbw.org/Friedensmuseum/

their excellence and share it with aboutindex-e.htm

120 interested and ambitious colleagues

andideas.

international

This

is

not

a

from some 30 countries.
The Best in Heritage - Dubrovnik:
Croatia

The participants took the opportunity to

Under the patronage of ICOM, UNESCO

see the latest developments and hear the(ROSTE), Europa Nostra, ICOMOS andlatest thinking on the public presentation

City of Dubrovnik,

ofInternational heritage forum "The Best

community. The projects presented are

in Heritage" DUBROVNIK, CROATIA

representatives of the best work in

21-23 September 2006 (5th year)

museums,

allaspects

artofheritagegalleries,

in

the

landscapeinterpretation, historic buildings... WeTo

theChairmen/Chairwomen

cover

and

all

aspectsofheritagemembers of International and National

communication and care, presentation

Committees of ICOM and ICOMOS,

and publication. Our web site, the only of

UNESCO and Europa Nostra

the kind in the World, receives more thenTo the representatives and curators and

55 000 visits a year.

other staff of the museum, conservation

In keeping with the principal concern ofor heritage organisations

our excellent patrons, we feel that the

To the friends of museums and heritage

results of major creative achievements in

Zagreb / Dubrovnik - April 2006

heritage field deserve further attention
and wider dissemination as learning "by

Dear colleagues,

the power of example". The Best in"THE BEST IN HERITAGE" is a major

Heritage event is held every September

international forum which provides ain the beautiful and historic city ofpromotional

Dubrovnik (UNESCO World Heritage

spotlight

on

the

most

Site).

professionally creative and educational
heritage developments all over the world.
Each year we provide an international

This year we shall celebrate the fifth

showcase and presentation forum foranniversary. Many important colleagues

twenty award-winning and innovative

already

projects, and present them to the wider

enchanting Dubrovnik will thus be a
16

promised

to

come.

The

perfect setting to celebrate excellence of

The International Red Cross and Red

invited projects as well as the 60th

Crescent Museum: Geneva

anniversary of ICOM. The party will take

Situated in the midst of the international

place on 21st September, and we hope toorganizations, for which Geneva is sohave many of you with us.

famous, the International Red Cross and
Red Crescent Museum is a unique place

To obtain further information, or to bookwhere acts of solidarity are shown.

your place, please visit our web site:

its modern and symbolic architecture,

www.TheBestInHeritage.com

visitors are invited to learn at first hand

The new DVD interactive edition of The

about the fascinating history of the firstBesthumanitarianin

Heritage

event

has

published.

Itcontains

presentations

as

well

been

In

organization.

full-time

Photographs, films, texts and objects

additional

enable visitors to understand better

materials from the last year event. Ourhumanitarian action and cast a critical

DVD

an

glance at the evolution of conflicts andextraordinary teaching tool and a verycatastrophes in a historical and modern

useful insight into the contemporary

perspective.

quality

is,

we

as

firmlypracticeandbelieve,theoryofourgrowing profession(s). More about DVD

From 13 September 2006 to 28 January

you could find at www.heritage.novena.hr

2007, the Museum presents an exhibition

We look forward to seeing you in

entitled Cambodia, 1975-1979: Chronicle

Dubrovnik in September. Those whoof genocide.

come regularly already know: Same time,same place, different excellence!

The entry of Vietnamese troops into

Sincerely,

Phnom Penh in January 1979 ended the
Khmer Rouge regime which had cost theProfessor Tomislav Solalives of 1.7 million Cambodians, nearly aEuropean Heritage Association

quarter of the country’s population in
1975.

Office:Prof. Tomislav ŠolaMore

European Heritage Association

surviving perpetrators of this genocide

Krešimirov trg 7

have not yet been brought to justice.

HR - 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

However, political developments in recent

Tel/fax.:+385

1

455

04

24

/

cell.

than

twentyyears

later,

theyears have given rise to the hope of a trial

phone:+385 (0)98 468 158

being organized.

info@thebestinheritage.com

international

www.TheBestInHeritage.com

designed to bring those responsible before
17

Supported by thecommunity,

measuresa court of justice should materialize in

Italy

2007.

The inauguration of a 'Peace House'[Casa per la Pace] called La Filanda, in

Conceived by the Lyons Centre for the

Casalecchio di Reno, very near Bologna,

History

andwas a great success. The programme was

Deportation and adapted by the Museum,spread out over three days, 17th-19th

this exhibition gives an account of the

March,

genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge

participated.

and examines its impact on contemporary

The new peace centre is supported by the

Cambodian society.

Through ethnic

city and is managed by a local voluntary

objects and photographic records, it

association, called 'Percorsi di Pace'

presents

cultural(Paths to peace), which has been incontext in which the events took place.

existence for ten years. The new centre

It also reviews the circumstances which

now houses also Vittorio's International

allowed the Khmer Rouge to take power

Peace Posters Documentation Centre. A

in April 1975 and examines the new

special exhibition of 50 posters on peace

regime and its underlying ideology, before

archives,

focusing

documentation

of

the

more

the

Resistancehistoricalclosely

and

on

its

tragicandlaboratories,

consequences.

several hundred people

peacehouses,centres,

peacemuseums,

peace
peace
peace

schools, peace universities/departments
Finally,theoverthrowof

exhibition
thecoversregimebythewas inaugurated there, and will bethedisplayed for several weeks.

Vietnamese in 1979 and its consequences
for Cambodia, an account which analyses

The building used to be a textile mill;the difficulties in bringing to justice those

only one part has survived, and this has

responsible for the genocide.

Thisbeen nicely restored and is now the peace

impunity and its impact on the victims lie

house. There are two large rooms, andat the heart of the film S-21, the Khmer

then offices, a fair trade shop, etc. The

Rouge

a

mayor and also the provincial governor

Cambodiangave speeches, as well as leading Italian

Killing

documentary

Machinebythe(2002),

peace activists.

filmmaker Rithy Panh, which forms thelast part of the exhibition.

It was a full and varied programme,
More information at www.micr.org.

which kept us very busy. If you would like(With thanks to the director, Mr. Roger

more

Mayou)

Vittorio: vittoriopallotti@libero.it

information,

you

can

contact(With thanks to Dr. Peter van den
Dungen)18

The"The White Rose" Exhibition in Germany

exhibition

by

White

Foundation

was

anti-Nazi

throughout Japan since last year and is

movement group in Germany, famous forplanned to be displayed at International

distributing six different leaflets in which

Christian University in May.

White

Rose

an

been

Rose

Mitsuo Nakamura
The

has

the

traveling

they called for an active opposition to the
Nazi regime between 1942 to 1943. The
key members of the group were Hans
Scholl and his younger sister Sophie. In
February 1943, the brother and sister
threw leaflets at the atrium of Munich
University and were arrested on the spot
to be executed four days later.
At present, the square where the central
hall of Munich University is located has
been named "Geschwister-Scholl-Platz"

The exhibition on the White Rose taken byafter Hans and Sophie Scholl, and theMr. Nakamura

square next to it "Professor-Huber-Platz"
after Prof. Kurt Huber, a White Rose
collaborator. On the stone pavements ofthe squares were implanted White Rose
leaflets as though they have just been
thrown away.
atriumwhere

At one corner of thethe

Schollsiblings

distributed leaflets is a monument to theWhite Rose, on which the names of those
who participated in the group and werelater executed were inscribed. At theback of this monument is White Rose

White Rose leaflets taken by Mr.

Memorial Room where the White Rose
Foundation displays exhibitions.

NakamuraThe

foundation was established in 1987 by

The U.S.A.

the surviving members of the group forthe purpose of giving the true picture of

The following article is from Mr. Gerald

the White Rose which has often been

Elfendahl, the former director of History

distorted and misrepresented.

MuseumWashington,
19

in

Bainbridge
USA.

This

Island,makes

Japanese

peopleofJapan’s

war

responsibility.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Here is a copy of the declaration ofThis is a formal apology on behalf of ourapology.

churches

It was written by a special

for

their

committee of the Greater Seattle Council

participationof Churches and presented to Native

traditional Native American spiritual

American leaders at a special ceremony

practices. We call upon our people forheld on Thanksgiving Day weekend inrecognition of and respect for your1987 in Seattle: The ceremony was held

traditional ways of life and for protection

at the corner of Seneca St. and Secondof your sacred places and ceremonial

Ave., a site that was once a Native burial

objects.

ground before newcomers came to theunconscious and insensitive and not comeland. Ted George, a Suquamish elder,

tolong time friend and neighbor, was on thevictimized by unjust Federal policies andcommittee and provided our history

practices. In many other circumstancesgroup a copy for our book.

It is awe reflected the rampant racism and150th

prejudice of the dominant culture withpowerful

document.

On

the

your

in

long-standing

We

the

have

aid

when

we

destruction

frequently
you

been

have

too

of

been

anniversary of this little mission church

which

which today sits beside Chief Seattle's

identified.

grave, the Archbishop of the Seattle

Anniversary year of the United States

Archdiocese gave a wonderful speechConstitution

which I also transcribed and could sharechurches in the Pacific Northwest, extend

with you if interested.

our apology. We ask for your forgiveness

Duringwe,

aswillingly
thisleaders

200th
of

our

and blessing.
I hope you enjoy this document. It wasused by first peoples all over the planet to

As the Creator continues to renew thehelp heal old social wounds. It or aearth, the plants, the animals and all

similar copy of it ended up at the United

living things, we call upon the people of

Nations, I was told.

our denominations and fellowships to acommitment of mutual support in your

"A PUBLIC DECLARATION TO THE

efforts to reclaim and protect the legacy

TRIBALof

COUNCILS

AND

your

traditional

spiritual

TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL LEADERS

teachings. To that end we pledge ourOF

ESKIMO

support and assistance in upholding the

PACIFIC

American Religious Freedom Act (Public

THE

PEOPLESINDIANOF

AND
THE

NORTHWEST:

Law 95-134, 1978) and within that legal

c/o Jewell Praying Wolf James, Lummi

precedent affirm the following:20

(Signed: 1987)(1) The rights of the Native Peoples to

The Rev. Thomas L. Blevins, Bishop

practice and participate in traditional

Pacific Northwest Synod

ceremonies and rituals with the same

Lutheran Church of America

protection offered all religions under theConstitution,

The Rev. Dr. Robert Bradford(2) Access to and protection of sacred

Executive Ministersites and public lands for ceremonial

Americanpurposes, (and)Northwest

(3)

The

use

of

religious

BaptistChurchesofthesymbols(feathers, tobacco, sweet grass, bone, etc.)

The Rev. Robert Brockfor use in traditional ceremonies andNorthwest Regional Christian Churches

rituals.
The Right Rev. Robert H. Cochrane
Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Olympia

The spiritual power of the land and theancient

wisdomofyourindigenous

religions can be, we believe, great gifts to

The Rev. W. James Halfaker

the Christian churches. We offer ourConference Ministercommitment to support you in the

Washington - North idaho Conference

righting of previous wrongs; to protect

United Church of Christ

your people's efforts to enhance Native
spiritual teachings;

The Most. Rev. Raymond G. Hunthausen

to encourage themembers of our churches to stand inArchbishop of Seattle

solidarity with you on these important

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle

religious issues; to provide advocacy andmediation, when appropriate, for ongoing

The

Rev.

Elizabethnegotiations with State agencies andExecutive

Federal officials regarding these matters.

Presbyterian Church

Knott,

Synod

Synod Alaska - Northwest
May the promises of this day go on publicrecord with all the congregations of our

The Rev. Lowell Knutson, Bishop

communions and be communicated to theNorth Pacific District

native American Peoples of the Pacific

American Lutheran Church

Northwest. May the God of Abraham
and Sarah, and the Spirit who lives in

The Most Rev. Thomas Murphy

both the cedar and Salmon People, be

Coadjutor Archbishop

honored and celebrated.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle

Sincerely,
21

The Rev. Melvin G. Talbert, Bishop

narrative performance with words andUnited Methodist Church

images depicts the horror and futility ofPacific Northwest Conference

war and urges viewers to “abandon the(With thanks to Gerald Elfendahl)myth of militarism and embrace the

Email on December 21, 2005

paradigm of peace.”premieredat

The movie, which

Wilmington

College’s

Peace Movie: the U.S.A.

Westheimer Peace Symposium in Ohio

Modern Warfare (300 dpi attached) is one

has also been shown in movie theatresof the images featured in movie: Who’sand colleges in the United States.

Telling our Story?
In addition to the presentations in•

J. Kadir Cannon, American artist

Hiroshima, Cannon will present his peace

and peace activist, to present

movie in Kyoto and Toyohashi, Japan, as

peace movie at World Friendshipwell as in Beijing and Shanghai, China.

Center, Hiroshima, Japan

andIn Asia, Cannon and his wife Susan, aMemorial Hall, Peace Museum,middle school teacher, will collaborate

Hiroshima, Japan

with Asian artists and educators on peace

Susan Gelber Cannon, peace

projects during the months of April, May,

educator, to speak on Americanand June, 2006.

peace education strategies

on April 23, the couple will join with•In Toyohashi, Japan,

American and Japanese artists to create
Date:

the

Saturday, April 15,

StationInternational

Peace Project, using masks, banners,

Time: 2-4 pm
Place:

Toyohashi

World

Friendship

poetry, and public participation.

Center,Hiroshima
Date: Sunday, April 16, 2006

Susan Gelber Cannon, an American

Time: 4-5 pm

educator with over 25 years of classroom

Place: Memorial Hall, Peace Museum,

experience in elementary and middle

Hiroshimaschool, will speak about her methods of“educating for peace in a culture of war”

J. Kadir Cannon, American artist andin the United States and will introduce

political

the issues raised by the movie.

activist,

will

present

his

Susan

31-minute movie, Who’s Telling Our

Cannon’s special fields of interest are

Story? at Hiroshima’s World Friendshipmoral,

CenterHall,developing teaching methods to help

Hiroshima’s Peace Museum on April 15

children to think, care, and act honorablyand 16.

and globally.

and

at

Memorial

A nationally shown artist in

global,

and

peace

education:

Currently on sabbatical,

she teaches history and English, as well

the United States, Kadir Cannon’s live22

as debate and other elective courses atbest methods for members of the worldThe

community to promote peace education

Episcopal

preparatory

Academy,independentacollegeschooland to work for lasting peace.

near

Philadelphia, PA, in the United States.
Cannon has also taught middle school

At the events in Hiroshima, Kadir

students and teachers in Yangzhou andCannon’s art images will be on display at.

Rugao, China, in Jiangsu Province.

She

These images are seen in his movie andhas given numerous teacher workshops

in his anti-war art series, Anguished Art:and public presentations in the United

Outcries

States as well.

www.jkadircannon.com to learn morefor

Peace.

Visit

about Kadir Cannon’s artwork and movie.
The son of a Manhattan Project physicist,

See

artist J. Kadir Cannon, uses the work of

Episcopal Academy, Merion, PA (U.S.A.)

his father on the atomic bomb in Worldto

War II and his father’s subsequent efforts

initiatives

to guard against military use of the bomb,

http://www.ea1785.org/Eax_FacultyPage.

to inspire his own efforts to promote

aspx?euid=1000

Susan
learn

Cannon’s

more

about

pages
her

at

The

teaching
atpeace among the citizens of the world.
Like many American scientists in 1945,

A Plea for Peace from Americans andVernon Cannon believed the development

Japanese Working Togetherof atomic power would both defeat Hitler

April 23, 2006

and create an unlimited energy supply

Toyohashi Station, Toyohashi, Japanfor the planet.

Toyohashi Station International Peace

To his horror, and to theshame of himself and that of many of his

Projectscientific colleagues, the bomb was usedinstead by the American military on
civiliantargets

Nagasaki, Japan.

in

HiroshimaandVernon Cannon was

one of the first scientists to become activein early efforts to avert a nuclear armsrace.

His son, Kadir Cannon, working

with his wife Susan, comes to Japan withthe desire to build bonds of global
citizenship.
citizensof

They hope to learn from theHiroshima

about

As Americans and as Japanese we havethewatched in horror as the United Statesdevastating effects of nuclear weapons, as

has chosen the path of nationalism andwell as to engage in dialogue with artists,

imperialism

educators, and other citizens about theJapan took the path of militarism in the23

andpre-emptivewar.

past, especially in the 1930s and 1940s.
Today, it seems that forces of militarism

Vote for a peaceful Japan.

are moving to change Japan’s peacefulpeace.

constitution.

Vote for a peaceful United States. Work

Consider these beautiful

words of Article Nine:

Work forfor peace.
Work for peace in all the world.

Aspiring sincerely to an international
peace based on justice and order, theAnatoly Ionesov

Japanese people forever renounce war as

International Museum of Peace anda sovereign right of the nation and theSolidarity

threat or use of force as a means ofP.O. Box 76, UZ - 703000 Samarkand

settling international disputes.

Republic of Uzbekistan.

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NOpeople who can change and redirect theleaders who are going in the wrong

The Dayton Peace Museum: USA

direction.

The Dayton Peace Museum is trying
mass media as a way to promote a culture

As citizens of the world, may we rejectof peace in the greater Dayton area.

the ways of nationalism, imperialism,

part of the “Season for Nonviolence”,

and militarism that harm the humanJanuary 30 – April 4, 2006, the Peacefamily.

May we join together in every

Museum will display images of peace on

country teach our children the ways offour 12’ X 25’ billboards in the Dayton

peace, respect, cooperation, and peacefularea.

co-existence.

February 15th, will display messages of24

Thebillboards,

which

go

As

up

nonviolence from famous peace advocatesfacing northbound traffic. “We must learn

Dr. Martin L. King Jr., Mother Teresa,

to live together as brothers or perish

Gandhi, and Albert Einstein. They will

together as fools.”

give citizens a moment to reflect onsomething other than the violent images

India: National Gandhi Museum

they face every day, a different way of

The museum was built in 1960 in New

looking at the world.

Delhi whose galleries show the life andPhotos of thebillboards are at the following web pages;

work of Gandhi.

His belongings andDr. Martin L. King Jr

even the bullet that killed him are on

Mother Teresa

display. The curator is Y. P. Anand. The

GandhimuseumAlbert Einstein

Philosophy: Perspective and Relevance byMass media has been one of the vehicles

B.M.Ganguli in 1973,

that have sold the culture of violence andAddress: Rajghat New Delhi 110 002

war. It is time to put it to use in creatingIndia

the culture of peace that will ensure a

Tel: +91 11 331 1793

prosperous future for everyone.

Fax: +91 11 331 1793

published

Gandhi’s

SocialE-mail: gandhimk@nda.vsnl.net.in
Steve Fryburg
GandhiServe Foundation

Dayton International Peace Museum
A Space to Make Peace.

About GandhiServe Foundation

208 W. Monument Ave., Dayton, OH
45402
937-227-3223

GandhiServe, a charitable foundation

International Network of Museums forregistered in Germany, aims to spread

Peace

the

ethicsofnonviolencebydisseminating information about andpopularizing Mahatma Gandhi’s life andworks.
GandhiServe Foundation hopes to help
alleviate conflicts and inspire others
through making available media andresources on Gandhi’s life and thoughts.
We believe firmly that Gandhi's message
Billboard was located on N. Gettysburg,of truth, love and nonviolence is still

north of Cornell Dr.,

relevant today. Or even more relevant

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than

ever

before,considering

Media Consultancy

theecological catastrophy we're facing, andDesign and production of media on

the increase of different forms of violence

Gandhi, such as films, TV-programs,

in both personal and public life. The

CD-ROMs, AV shows, exhibitions, web

ethics of nonviolence, as practiced andsites and publications.

cultivated by Mahatma Gandhi, live on,

In cooperation with media experts fromregardless

all over the world. Best possible serviceofnationalorpolitical

boundaries.

and international standards guaranteed.

The Foundation

Research and Information ServiceaResearch and information service on thefoundation registered in Berlin/Germany.

life and work of Mahatma Gandhi, his

The foundation received charitable status

thoughts and the ethics of nonviolence.

The

GandhiServe

Foundationisas per §5 - 1, No.9, KStG - Germany.
In co-operation with Gandhi archives,
museums and leading researchers in

Extract from the constitution:

India and abroad.
§2 - 1: The purpose of the foundation is
the promotion of science, cultural andOn academic and non-academic aspects ofhistorical research, and education.

Gandhi and his thoughts.

Accurate

facts in shortest possible time.
§2 - 2: The purpose is achieved by:
Travel Service
1. Execution and financial support of bothAcross India and South Africa In theacademic and non-academic research

Footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi.

projects

thatidentify

andconserve

original documents on and by Mahatma

For

Gandhi.

categories.

2. Execution and financial support of

In

such

operators.

educational

projects

which

individuals
co-operationandgroupswithleading

-

all
tour

propagate peace, the ethics of nonviolence
and the memory of Mahatma Gandhi andService oriented tour planning.

his teaching.

Profound and rare materials on Mahatma

The

GandhiServe

FoundationisGandhi.

amember of the Federal Association of

Support of Gandhian educational andGerman Foundations.

research projects in India.

What

does

GandhiServe

Application of Gandhi's thoughts in cases

Foundationof natural calamities, such as the Gujarat

provide?
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Earthquake in 2001 and the Tsunami inanalysis of human efforts to bring2004.

about peace in their region, this world
and our galaxy.

http://www.gandhiserve.org/information/
about_gandhiserve/about_gandhiserve.h

JSP is also a celebration of the stellar andtml

diverse ways that people have been

http://www.gandhiserve.org/arts/artsindebuilding peace anywhere it is, or might be,

x.htmllost.

(With thanks to Mr. Peter Ruhe)

preservationThe

commitment
throughtopeace

compassion,courage and creativity that is evident in
the true stories that JSP publishes are

Publications

the foundations of peacemaking that canbe learned as well as celebrated with this

The Journal of Stellar Peacemaking

journal.
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of great interest to them.

Akizuki who was exposed to radiation in

Now that the newsletter of theNagasaki and helped the atomic bomb
victims.

There is a plan to send theInternational Network of Museums forEnglishversionmuseums

Peace is no longer appearing, I hope thatabroad and people started to donate

network members, and readers of Muse,

money.

will send you their news items for

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to

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I hope that also in the future you willmushipro@anterlink.or.jp

continue to find the time and energy toComments on Muse by Dr. Peter van den

edit Muse; please know there is an

Dungenappreciative

andgrateful

readershiparound the world.

It is always a pleasure to receive
Muse - every issue brings interesting and(Thank you so much for the encouraging

encouraging news of developments in thecomments.)

field of peace museums and peace
exhibitions in Japan. It seems that in

Noticeyour country the movement to create

The unsigned articles were written up on

new peace museums is as strong as ever -the editor's responsibility, but the signed

whereas in much of the rest of theones do not necessarily express the sameworld no similar developments are taking

opinions embraced by the head office of

place.

Japanese Network of Museums for Peace

Everyone who is interested in peaceor the editor of this newsletter.

education - and particularly in peace
Editors’ Notes

museums and exhibitions as popular
instruments for the promotion of peace isWe’d like to express our deepest gratitude

greatly indebted to you for all your hardto Mr. Im Cheong Jun who started towork, over many years already, fortranslate

producing Muse on a regular basis, and tovolunteer.

editions. Muse is doubtlessly playing a
role

in

maintaining

NewsletterfromJapanese into English and vice versa as ado so in both Japanese and English
vital

Muse

It takes so much time,energy and patience to translate bothandMuse newsletters.

strengthening the network of Japanesemuseums for peace. And thanks to thefact that Muse is also appearing in
English, those outside Japan who areinterested in peace museums do not
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