Muse No.27: Japanese Citizens Network of Museums for PeaceNewsletter: October 2012

The Editorial Office: Daisuke Miyahara at Peace Aichi2-820 Yomogidai, Meitoku, Nagoya City, Aichi 465-0091

Tel/Fax: 052-602-4222 http://www.peace-aichi.com/Editor: Kazuyo Yamane, Masahiko Yamabe, Ikuro Anzai

Illustrator: Erico TasakiTranslators: Yoshiko Tanigawa, Dale Angles, Terumi Imai, Hisako Masuda,

Tanya S. Maus, Atsuko Takeda, Yuriko Taki & Kazuyo Yamane

Shiga Peace Museum: ShigaHanding Down Materials and MemoriesOur museum offers opportunities to share feelingsand wishes of people who experienced the warthrough their stories and materials of the time. Wealso offer various study programs to deepenyearnings for peace and help people find whatthey can do for peace. We hope to involve a widerange of people in our activities, build ties witheach other, and together take further actions forpeace today and in the future.

Shiga Peace Museum:431 Shimonakano-cho, Higashi-Omi City, Shiga,527-0157, JapanTel:0749-46-0300 Fax:0749-46-0350E-mail: heiwa@pref.shiga.lg.jp

“Yamanashi Peace Harbor” Commemorates its5th AnniversaryTamotsu Asakawa, Yamanashi Peace Museum

It has been five years since the Yamanashi PeaceMuseum (Tanzan Ishibashi Memorial Museum)was opened in Kofu City in May 2007,accommodating people’s wishes to hand down thememories of the war. During these years, we held10 special exhibitions along with permanentexhibitions concerning the war experiences inKofu and philosophy of a journalist and politicianTanzan Ishibashi. These exhibitions attracted morethan 8,200 visitors in total. We also held morethan 60 lectures and symposiums which werecovered by the media widely.Commemorating its 5th anniversary, a speciallecture by an author and major business leaderTakashi Tsujii was given on 24 June.In the lecture titled “The Role of Japan Today,”Mr. Tsujii maintained that Japan shoulddemonstrate to the world its people-centeredreconstruction in the wake of the Great East JapanEarthquake, as well as display the uniqueness ofits Constitution. The event was highly successfula t t r a c t i n g 1 5 0 a u d i e n c e s . A l s o , t h ecommemorative booklet “History of KofuRegiment and Memories of Battlefields” is nowavailable (JPY 300).

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Applications for the Tanzan Ishibashi Peace Prizehave closed at the end of September. This prizewas established in an attempt to raise publicinterest, especially of young people, in TanzanIshibashi and world peace. Students and ordinarycitizens nationwide were invited to submit papers.The selection process is now underway with anovelist Magoroku Ide as the chairperson of theselection committee. The winner will beannounced in December.The exhibition “The 15 Years’ War Reflected inMaterials of the Time” has closed at the end ofAugust, and the exhibition “Tanzan Ishibashi andthe 40th Anniversary of the Normalization ofJapan-China Diplomatic Relations” is now beingheld. Japan and China has been bolstering theirties while facing a host of challenges. On the 40thanniversary of diplomatic normalization, theexhibition offers an opportunity to think backactivities and historic role of Tanzan Ishibashi,who was committed to the restoration ofdiplomatic ties between the two countries. Hisachievements include the signing of a jointdeclaration with Zhou Enlai. The exhibition willbe held until the end of April next year.

Daigo Fukuryu Maru (Lucky Dragon)Exhibition Hall: Daigo Fukuryu Maru PeaceAssociationKazuya Yasuda

Following the end of World War II, the U.S.conducted numerous nuclear-weapons tests at

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Bikini Atollin the Marshall Islands. The inhabitants ofRongelap Atoll, who had been exposed toradiation in the Castle Bravo test on March 1,1954, are returning home for the first time sincethey were forced to abandon the islands in 1985.The U.S. has carried out the decontaminationoperations on the main island of Rongelap sincethe latter half of the 1990s, has built about 50houses, and now recommends the islanders toreturn declaring the area clean and safe. Althoughthe recommendation is not mandatory, the U.S.warns that further compensation will beterminated if the islanders choose not to return.The exhibition “A Long Way Home: The MarshallIslands Now” will be held from 2 October 2012 to24 March 2013. The exhibition will trace thepaths of the inhabitants of Rongelap Atoll whowere deprived of their health, land, and lives bythe man-made nuclear disaster, as well as presentthe voices and expressions of the islanders whoare now forced to make their choices 60 yearsafter the commencement of the nuclear tests.

Women’s Active Museum on War and Peace(wam)Eriko Ikeda, President

The 10th special exhibition titled “The MilitaryNever Protects Women - The Japanese MilitaryComfort Woman Stations in Okinawa and SexualViolence by the U.S. Army” was started fromJune 23 in Tokyo and Okinawa for celebrating the40th anniversary since the return of Okinawa toJapan. The exhibition explores the history ofOkinawa and reality of the military comfortwoman station from women’s view points, andreveals continued sexual violence by the U.S.soldiers and struggle of women in Okinawa. Therewere huge reactions from the visitors, since thecomfort women issue has been untouched fornearly a half-century, and this was the first timeto show the survey results accumulated since the1990s with the display of relevant materials.

There were also a large number of visitors to“The Exhibition of Okinawa” held at the wam inTokyo. This is not only because people areinterested in the hot topics such as the comfortwomen issue between Korea and Japan and thedeployment of Osprey, the U.S. military's aircraft,to Okinawa, but also because people were moreimpressed by a large number of the comfortwoman station existed in Japan and the repeatedtragedy of sexual assault by the U.S. soldiers inOkinawa. The relevant seminar and videopresentation will be held in this autumn.

Kyoto Museum for World Peace: KyotoMaki Torii: Chief of the Educational &CulturalSection

Professor Monte Cassim became the 4th director of

Kyoto Museum for World Peace in April, 2012.We celebrated the 20th anniversary on May 19th.A commemorated book called The History ofKyoto Museum for World Peace: Past, Presentand Future was published then. We are planningto hold an academic symposium for peace onNovember 30th as well as students’ peace forum.We are also making a plan of our peace museumfor the future. I would like to introduce someprojects and exhibitions here as follows:As for special exhibitions, we held one called“Radiation and Human Future” from May 15 toJuly 27. Professor Ikuro Anzai gave a lecture onradiation literacy on July 10 and Mr. NaomiToyota, a photo journalist, gave a lecture oncontaminated areas with radiation from Iraq toFukushima.As for a mini-exhibition, students made one ontheir volunteer work for victims of the bigearthquake from April 20 to May 20. There wasalso an exhibition on their works for peace calledHappy Factory which is introduced in other article.

There was also a picture story for childrenbefore World War II from July 21 to August 26.A lecture is given to citizens for free on Saturday.

Mr. Yutaka Honjou of Ritumeikan Uji highschool gave a lecture on peace education.Professor Anzai gave a lecture on the concept ofpeace and peace education: the 20-year history ofKyoto Museum for World Peace. There was alsothe 32nd war exhibition for peace from July 31 toAugust 6 which was held by joint efforts ofcitizens organizations.On 21 September 2012 (International Day ofPeace), the director and the honorary director ofour museum jointly announced a statement aboutthe recent Sino-Japanese difficulty triggered bythe disputes over the Senkaku or Diaoyu Islandsas introduced below.

Toward the Renewal of Cordial Sino-JapaneseRelations

─ The view of the Kyoto Museum for World Peaceon recent bilateral tensions ─

As widely reported in the media, triggered bydisputes over the so-called Senkaku or Diaoyuislands, the friendship between Japan and China isunder serious threat.Territorial issues must be resolved with the utmostcare. Rationality must prevail in the steps taken,which must be based on the detailed historical factsof the relationship between China and Japan. Ifeither country takes abrupt unilateral political actionwithout respecting the sincere and steady efforts tobuild consensus based on processes appropriate andacceptable to both nations, the confrontation mayfurther intensify. This will only serve to make theparties to the conflict more aggressive, with apropensity to violence that will make the disputeharder to resolve.Since the restoration of diplomatic relations betweenJ a p a n a n d C h i n a 4 0 y e a r s a g o , m a n ynon-governmental groups have made strenuousefforts to preserve and strengthen this rapprochement.As globalization progresses, solidarity beyond

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borders has also been established in the fields ofeconomic and cultural relations as well as academicexchange. Ritsumeikan University has beenpromoting a number of study abroad projects such asthe “Campus Asia Program” and creating newresearch exchange paradigms between the twocountries. Now is the time to act wisely if a gravesituation, that can damage the many friendlyrelations fostered by the work of countless citizens inboth China and Japan, is to be avoided.Based on its fundamental aim of a commitment to“face the past in good faith”, the Kyoto Museum forWorld Peace at Ritsumeikan University displaysexhibits that reflect on Japan’s war responsibilityduring the so-called “Fifteen Year War” and hasbuilt a warm, enduring relationship with the“Nanjing Massacre Museum” in Nanjing, China. Inorder to promote peace and friendship in Asia, thegovernment and people of Japan must honestly facethe historical fact of the nation’s past aggression andthe toll of Japanese militarism, and work to chart afresh course of mutual understanding with allaffected lands and their peoples.In conclusion, we at the Kyoto Museum for WorldPeace remain seriously concerned by the suddendeterioration in Sino-Japanese relations triggered bythe current territorial dispute. We fervently hope thatthe bilateral dialogue to mitigate the confrontationwill be tenaciously pursued with a focus on buildinginternational peace. We further hope that thisconversation will help inaugurate a New Asia, wherefuture generations can foster active exchangesthroughout the region in an atmosphere of peace,friendship and profound mutual respect.Monte Cassim, Director, and Ikuro Anzai, DirectorEmeritus, Kyoto Museum for World Peace,Ritsumeikan University

Grass Roots House Peace Museum: KochiKana Nakauchi, Secretariat

The exhibition titled “Peace Wave 2012 in Kochi”is currently held. Other events held this yearinclude “Peace Action, Gathering for UNICEF” onJune 23, “The 30th Peace Tanabata Festival” fromJuly 2 to 31, “The 34th Exhibition to ConsiderWar and Peace” from July 3 to 8, and otherfestivals on film, music, and arts for peace.

Among the three major themes for the exhibitionof the museum, “wrongdoing”, “damage” and“protest”, the exhibition of Ko Makimura isrepresenting the theme “protest”. He was ananti-war poet in Kochi who devoted his life to thelabor campaigns and protested against theinvasion of Japan to China. He was arrested anddied after the torture by the police at the age of26.

This year marks the 100th anniversary since KoMakimura was born. The 13th edition of GrassRoots House booklet titled “To meet KoMakimura...” was published in May and thecelebration party was held in June. The exhibition

titled “Journey to Kanto”, the place Makimuraread in his poem, will be held from September 1to 7.

Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki PeaceMuseumYasutoshi Takazane, President

The major activities in the first half of the year 2012are as follows.・ The 64th and 65th edition of “NISHIZAKA

DAYORI” were issued in January and April.・ Among the series of public lecture on “The

early modern history of Japan”, the 5th, 6th

and 7th lectures were held from January toMarch.

・ The request for retracting the inappropriatecomment on the Nanking Massacre made byTakashi Kawamura, the mayor of Nagoya city,was submitted in March.

・ The museum received NPO subsidy from theKyusyu Labor Bank in April.

・ Five participants were selected from themembers for the program of visiting Nanjing,China.

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NPO Chukiren Peace MemorialNobuo Serizawa, Secretariat and President

At the end of March, Head of Fushun War CriminalsManagement Centre in China came to Japan to visitthe memorial, and meet and talk with the repatriatesfrom China.

Chukiren Study Group was established in China andthe symposium will be held in this autumn. In Japan,also, Chukiren Study Group was set up as an internalorganization of the memorial with the participationof scholars and members of the memorial. Thecouncil was held on quarterly basis along with thelectures given by external experts.

Dr. Petra of Free University of Berlin in Germanycame to Japan to visit the museum for his study onthe Chukiren. The outcomes of the study publishedin German were donated to the memorial.

There are a number of items donated by the warvictims’ family members, which are currently underthe preparation work for display. The memorialsupports NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) byproviding materials from our collections.※ “Chukiren” is a network of repatriates from China

Himeyuri Peace Memorial MuseumAkiko Nakada (Curator)

On the June 23 memorial day, we showed for thefirst time the anime, “Himeyuri,” which had been

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in progress for some time. We had used variousmethods to teach about the experiences of theBattle of Okinawa at the museum before, but wehad difficulty reaching children for many years.We wanted to produce something that could reachthe children. During summer vacation (8/1-15) weshowed the anime in concert with a talk about thewartime experiences of the original Himeyuristudents, and not only did the children respond,but the adults who also attended were also able tomore deeply understand these experiences. Inaddition, on June 23, the collection, “TheHimeyuri Students who survived — from Camp toHome,” was published. This collection describesthe experiences of those Himeyuri students whosurvived the Battle of Okinawa and who weretaken in by the American army and held brieflyuntil they could return to their families. It wasunimaginable for those Himeyuri students whosurvived the Battle of Okinawa to be taken in bythe American military. The memoirs of the youngwomen who survived reveal the difficulties theyencountered and the mental scars they carried withthem.

Citizens’ Network News

Sendai City Memorial on War Damage andRecoveryThe 2012 War Reconstruction Exhibit was openedfrom July 6 to 16. This exhibit is open every year,and demonstrates the damage done during theSendai City air-raids that occurred on and aroundJuly 10. This year, in addition to photographs ofthe air-raids damage and reconstruction, theexhibit also had on display everyday items fromwar life and other real-life items. In particular,two valuable items, a picture of pre-war Sendaifrom the sky, and a map of the American base“CAMP SENDAI” were also on display.Additionally, Miyagi Gakuin Women’s UniversityCurator’s Course Project is created from the pointof view of current women students and looks atthe life of the students during the times of war.As part of the course, the students worked hard toadvance the project to an exhibit. Furthermore, theSendai City Air Raid Victim Name BoardCommittee donated a plaque that contains the fullnames of many victims of war, which was also ondisplay.On June 30th, we held a performance of TheS e n d a i A i r R a i d s – M e s s a g e s t o o u r

Grandchildren–. From July 6th to 10th, in additionto the members of the Sendai War Damage,Reconstruction and Peace Conveyance Committee,the residents of Sendai who experienced war alsotold their stories. On the 7th and the 8th, eventssuch as “The Music of the Reposed Souls” Vol.16, the 15th “Twinkling Star Concert” along with astorytelling entitled “Women in Showa PeriodWar History according to Songs and Stories”sponsored by the Executive Committee and PeaceOsaka were held.Tel:022-263-6931 Fax:022-262-5465http://www.stks.city.sendai.jp/hito/WebPages/sisetu/sensai/index.html

Sendai City Museum of History and FolkoreWe opened our exhibit, “War and the CommonPeople’s Living,” on July 21st, to be open untilSeptember 17. It focuses on Sendai as the militarycapital before the war, and is based on all of thewars from the late 19th century to the end ofWorld War. It also includes exhibits on theJapanese conscription system and AmericanMilitary Occupation. It’s an exhibit that considersthe wars that occurred in Senzai and how theyaffected the lives of the civilians.Other related events include: 1. Let’s ReadWartime Materials (7/28, 9/8, 9/9); 2. The lecturefor children, storybook reading of “The Story ofthe Blue-Eyed Doll” (7/22); 3. Walking among theTsujigaoka War Ruins (8/14, 8/15); 4. Lecture onThe Wartime Regime’s Progress into NortheasternJapan Policy.Tel:022-295-3956 Fax ： 022-257-6401http://www.city.sendai.jp/kyouiku/rekimin/

Fukushima Museum: Aizuwakamatsu CityAs the “Point Exhibit,” an exhibit regarding“Balloon Bombs” was displayed between7/14-8/31. The main contents of the exhibit wasthe lower half of a balloon bomb made fromwashi(Japanese paper). The balloon was providedby an individual whose father returned to hisworksite, the Kureha Chemical Company, afterdemobilization and helped dispose of the balloons.According to the 50-year history of the KurehaCompany, the Sagami Naval Arsenal Factory,within the Kureha Chemical Factory, producedsmall balloons made of glued washi that weresprayed with polyvinyl alcohol. This half of theballoon is thought to be part of one of the smallballoon types that were eventually discontinued bythe navy. In addition, we also displayed materialsrelated to the army’s use of balloon bombs. Thearmy’s balloon bombs were sent up from IwakiCity, Nokoso ward. These balloons containedcloth bags filled with sand in order to adjust thealtitude. The balloon that is exhibited wasintended to be disposed of, and it seems that thedonor’s father used it as a tool bag. The balloonbomb in the exhibit was initially in the collectionof a private individuals, but because of theindividual’s donation it has now become part of

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the museum’s exhibit and collection.Tel ： 0242-28-6000 Fax ： 0242-28-5986http://www.general-museum.fks.ed.jp/

Peace Museum of Saitama : HigashimatsuyamaCityFor the 2011 Theme Exhibit III, we held theexhibit “UNESCO and World Peace andHappiness” from 2/25-5/13. This is the 5th themeexhibit in which we introduce the variousinternational contributions to peace made by Japanfollowing the war. In the exhibit we focus on theactivities of the special UN agency, UNESCOwithin Japan, our prefecture, and at the grass rootslevel. The exhibit focused on three areas: “Whatis UNESCO?”; “UNESCO in Japan,” and“UNESCO in Saitama.” From March 17 to May13, 2012 we held the exhibit from our collections,“Sugoroku(a Japanese backgammon): ChildrenDream of the Future.” As children playedSugoroku, they gained an increased understandingof how they wanted to imagine the future. As thewar intensified, Sugoroku also became a way toreflect upon the world. After the war, Sugorokugradually began to fade away. For this exhibit, wehave drawn from our collections to focus onSugoroku from Taisho to wartime Showa to revealthe changing world and how children perceived it.We also created a catalog for the exhibit items.From 7/14-9/2/12, we held the exhibit, “A YoungGirl’s View of War During Summer 1945.” Forthis exhibit, we created a virtual young girl fromthe archival materials in our collection andshowed how the war must have looked from achild’s perspective. Along with the exhibit, onAugust 12, we also invited individuals whoexperienced the war to speak and reflect upon warand peace, and Mieko Uchiyama gave a talkentitled, “Children During War.”Tel:0493-35-4111 Fax ： 0493-35-4112http://homepage3.nifty.com/saitamapeacemuseum/

Warabi Municipal Museum: SaitamaThe 23rd Peace Memorial Exhibit, “Let’s NeverForget: Life During and After War,” was heldfrom July 28 to September 30. So that we maynever have to experience the tragedy of war again,we wanted to communicate the experiences andmemories of war and consider the preciousness ofpeace through photographs of Warabi during andafter the war. In the exhibit, we included thebeginning of the 15-year war, nationalmobilization, life under wartime policies, thedamages to Warabi from the aerial bombings,violence in the aftermath of war, the draft, the airforce, relics from aerial bombings, as well asrelics and documents from the immediateaftermath of war. We also created flyers and acatalogue.

Tel:048-432-2477http://www.city.warabi.saitama.jp/hp/menu000000200/hpg000000120.htm

Tokyo Air Raid Exhibit:Sumida WardWith the tragic historical circumstances engravedin our hearts, and looking to the future with thehopes that such a tragedy may never occur again,the City of Tokyo created an exhibit on the firstfloor of the Edo-Tokyo Museum from March 7-11that included artifacts from individuals who losttheir lives in the aerial bombings, photographs ofTokyo during and after the aerial bombings, andother images and drawings that attest to theimpact of the aerial bombings. Other exhibitswere also displayed on the second floor.

Tokyo Reconstruction Memorial Hall:SumidaWardThe Tokyo Municipal Memorial Association helda spring Buddhist memorial service on March 10to remember those who were killed during theaerial bombings of Tokyo and the Great KantoEarthquake in the Yokoami Park Tokyo MemorialHall. In addition to this Buddhist service, aspecial “Panel of Wartime Photographs” byIshikawa Koyo was created on the second floor ofthe Reconstruction Memorial Museum fromFebruary 28 to March 18 so that the tragedy ofwar may cease and the preciousness of peace bepreserved.Tel:03-3622-1208http://www.tokyoireikyoukai.or.jp/kinenkan.html

The Center of the Tokyo Raids and WarDamage:Koto WardIn regard to the photographs taken by the TohoCompany, which were donated to the Center in2011, we prioritized those related to aerialbombings and during 2011 we researched theirhistorical significance and clarified their historicalsignificance within the body of the TohoCompany materials. We also realized that suchphotographs are vital records of the air raids inregard to the damages inflicted upon the Ebararesidence, the Takaido Fourth National School, theFutaba Women’s High School, Jochi University,Keio University, and Sengakuji. In addition, thesephotographs document the mobilization of juniorhigh and university students to clean up the burntremains, efforts to reconstruct roads, the creationof barracks, barbers, florists, and funerals amidstthe burnt ruins, the seeing off of soldiers fromfactories in ruins, as well as the documentation ofdamages within China and Hong Kong. Moreover,such photographs provide new evidence that theUnited States targeted, without discrimination,non-military facilities from the very beginning ofthe air raids. In addition to documenting the airraids, these images were also intended to be usedas propaganda outside of Japan. Finally, it hasbeen thought that Toho’s photographs were onlymass produced for propaganda purposes or thatthey were falsified; however, many of these newimages are of high quality, and we were able toverify that they were created by the Tohophotographic division.

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After reorganizing and analyzing our museum’scollections of the Japan Photo CorporationNational Defense photographs and NationalDefense photographs published in newspapers,these images also confirmed that validity of suchimages. We have created a special exhibit in orderto report these results. In addition, as part of theexhibit we also published the report, “TheIndiscriminate Air Raids of the United StatesMilitary,” as a catalogue on February 18, 2012. Inthe overview of the special exhibit, not only didwe include a list of the Toho air raid photographsand Japan Photo Corporation National Defensephotographs, but we also included Inoue Yuko’s,“The History of the Toho Company and theHistorical Value of its Records;” YamabeMasahiko’s “The Historical Significance of theToho Company air raid photographs and theNational Defense Documentary Photographs;”Koyama Ryo’s, “Air Raid Damage PhotographsTaken by the Toho Company PhotographicDivision that were Donated to The Center of theTokyo Raids and War Damage” and IshibashiSeishi’s “About the Nihon Photo CorporationNational Defense Photographs.” This specialexhibit ran from February 18 to April 8 as the 10th

Annual Special Exhibit, “The Indiscriminate AirRaids of the American Military as Recorded bythe Toho Company.” At the 2/18 opening lecture,Inoue Yuko, Yamabe Masahiko, and Koyama Ryoeach gave lectures. Yamabe’s “The HistoricalSignificance of the Toho Company air raidpho tog raphs and the N at iona l DefenseDocumentary Photographs” was also included inthe No. 15-4 (March 2012) issue of News Letterof the Institute of Politics and Economy whichintroduced the findings of the donated TohoCompany photographs. The Toho Company airraid photographs were also included in the NHKspecial report, “The Unpublished Photographs ofthe Tokyo Air Raid” and were published inAugust 8, 2012 by Shinchosh with Yamabe as theauthor. In addition, on August 24, 2012, a DVDof the March 18, 2012 NHK special, “The 583Unpublished Photographs of the Tokyo Air Raid”was produced with an explanation by Yamabe.Issue 98 (June 2012) of the Study on Politics andEconomy also included Yamabe’s “‘Museums forPeace’ & ‘War Exhibitions for Peace’ in NHKArchives” This issue presents Yamabe’s findingsregarding the NHK archive trial research,“Historical Research into the Reporting andAwareness of the Air Raids.” On March 10, the“10th Anniversary of the Air Raid Center’s Tellingthe Story of the Tokyo Air Raids” was held: Prof.Ikuro Anzai gave a lecture, Ms Inaba Kikukodescribed her experience of the air raid, and afilm was shown that documented 10-year historyof the Air Raid Center. On March 24, 2012, inorder to commemorate the tenth anniversary of theCenter, the play, “Shinde mo buresto wo,” washeld at the Hikifune Cultural Center. From8/15-19, the event, “Let’s Come, See, and Listenabout the Tokyo Air Raids: For Parents andChildren,” was held and stories and kamishibai

related to the experiences of air raid victims andchildren sent to the countryside were read.Tel ： 03-5857-5631 Fax ： 03-5683-3326http://www.tokyo-sensai.net/

Korai Museum: Tokyo,Shinjuku WardA special exhibition on Japan’s colonization ofKorea and Koreans in Japan was held from April4 to August 26. There are about 600,000Koreans living in Japan. Issues of Korean lifeand rights in Japan were exhibited.Tel ＆ FAX:03-5272-3510http://www.40net.jp/~kourai/

Katushika Shibamata Tora-san Museum:TokyoAn exhibition of “My experience on August 15(when Japan was defeated)” was held from March3 to 25. Cartoonists and writers who wentthrough World War II expressed their memory ofAugust 15.Tel ： 03-3657-3455 Fax ： 03-3657-3418http://www.katsushika-kanko.com/tora/m/

Midori Library: Tokyo,Sumida WardAn exhibition on air raids and evacuation washeld from March 3 to 25. Photos taken by USmilitary before the air raids, paintings on the airraids on Tokyo, an old map, photos of evacuationof children and so forth were exhibited. Therewas also an exhibition from March 3 to 25 onwriters such as Katsumoto Saotome who wrote theair raids on Tokyo. There was a symposium onthe time during Wolrd War II such as Mr. HiroshiKuroki’s talk on the air raids shown in news films.Tel ： 03-3631-4621 Fax:03-3631-4660http://www.city.sumida.lg.jp/sisetu_info/library/annai/midori.html

Hibiya Library ＆ Museum: Tokyo,ChiyodaWardAn exhibition on the history of recovery in Tokyowas held from July 17 to September 2. It waspossible to learn the history of towns in Tokyosuch as the recovery from the earthquake and wardamages, the change of townscape in Tokyobefore and after the Olympic in Tokyo. Apictorial record was published.Tel:03-3502-3340http://hibiyal.jp/hibiya/museum.html

Toshima Historical Museum: TokyoAn exhibition on US air raids on Toshima washeld from April 13 to June 16 from variousviewpoints: the day when Toshima was air raided,the US materials on the air raids on April 13,citizens’ record of the air raids and the paintingson the air raids of Tokyo. A leaflet was produced.There was an exhibition on Toichiryo Fujimoto,an artist influenced by French paintings, and also

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on children’s evacuation from July 21 to October7.A journal of Life and Culture No. 21 waspublished on March 30 and it includes TetsuoAoki’s article on children’s evacuation duringWorld War II.A lecture on peace and war museums was givenby Mr. Masahiko Yamabe on March 4 and 11th.The participants visited the Center for Tokyo AirRaids and War Damage and related areas in Kotoward.Tel:03-3980-2351 Fax ： 03-3980-5271http://www.city.toshima.lg.jp/bunka/shiryokan/

Nakano Historical Museum: TokyoAn exhibition about “Kikuo Nakajima － theauthor of Hinomaru Hatanosuke － and thechildren lived in Nakano” was held from July 21st

to September 2nd in 2012. A cartoonist KikuoNakajima was a school teacher and sentnewsletters to the children who evacuated to thecountryside. His cartoons, pictures drawn by thechildren as well as the newsletters were displayed.A talk meeting by Noritaka Ishii who was one ofhis students was also held.Tel:03-3319-9221 Fax:03-3319-9119http://www.city.tokyo-nakano.lg.jp/dept/407000/d005773.html

Waseda University Archives: Tokyo. ShinjukuWardA special exhibition “Eizo Matusi, a heroicbaseball player of Waseda University died at age24 in the battle field”, which was postponed dueto Eastern Japan Great Earthquake and was heldfrom March 21st to April 21st in 2012. In the wartime, there was a young student who was atalented and heroic baseball player in WasedaUniversity. However, he was killed at the battlefield. His last words , his helmet with a buckethole, letters sent to his brothers were displayed tocommemorate his short life with glory and torecall the reality of war. A guide book waspublished.Tel:03-5286-1814 Fax:03-5286-1815http://www.waseda.jp/archives/

Tachikawa Folk Historical Museum: TokyoA special exhibition “A record about my homeand Tama district during and after the war” washeld from July 10th to October 22nd. This isorganized to commemorate the 20th anniversary ofbeing a City of Peace Declaration, whichpromised never repeat war again according to asevere experience of U.S. air raids. By exhibitingthe war-related materials donated by the citizens,it aimed to confirm the importance of peace. Thecontents were as follows: old Tachikawa city,soldiers, life during the war time, Tachikawa airraids and after the warThere is a guidance leaflet with the lists of thereal materials.Tel:042-525-0860 Fax ： 042-525-1236

http://www.city.tachikawa.lg.jp/cms-sypher/www/section/detail.jsp?id=154

Parthenon Tama Historical Museum: TokyoA special history exhibition “Children fromdowntown ― Evacuee schoolchildren in Tama atthe war time” was held from July 13th toNovember 12th in 2012. Temples in Tama areawas used as evacuation shelters for the schoolchildren from downtown Tokyo such asShinagawa Yamanaka national school. It displayedhow those children experienced the life withsuffer like homesick, hunger, skin trouble, andfire bombing. Original pictures painted by theevacuees reserved in Shinawaga History Archive.Tel: 042-375-1414http://www.parthenon.or.jp/rekishi/

Jindai Botanical Garden:Tokyo,Chofu CityA special exhibition “Plants survived disasters –encouraging people and telling the history ofdisasters” was held from July 31st to August 12th.Lots of plants survived after the catastrophes suchas the Great Kanto Earthquake, Tokyo Air-raid,A-bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, theGreat Hanshin and Awaji Earthquake and theGreat East Japan Earthquake. They encouragedpeople and gave hope to live beyond the agony.The relationship between people and plants wasfocused in the exhibition.Tel:0424-83-2300http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/format/index045.html

Hachioji City Historical Museum: TokyoAn annual summer exhibition was held from July

6th to August 31st. Its title was “What themovement of mobilization of the national spiritwas like for the citizens”. To let the visitorsimagine how the government tried to embroilordinary citizens in the all-out war, about thirtyreal materials such as propaganda posters andfliers published between 1937 and 1944 weredisplayed. Lecture meetings by the volunteer wartime story tellers were also organized on August14th, 15th and 16th.Tel:042-622-8939 Fax:042-627-5919http://www.city.hachioji.tokyo.jp/shisetsu/28254/028261.html

The Folk Museum of Higashimurayama: TokyoA special exhibition “Record of Higashimurayamaduring the war time” was held from April 28th toJuly 8th. Then mayor’s diary, military-relateddocuments and so forth were shown to giveholistic picture of the war time history in the city.A pictorial record of this exhibition was published.In May and June, lectures by those whoexperienced the war time life were also given.Tel:042-396-3800http://www.city.higashimurayama.tokyo.jp/tanoshimi/rekishi/furusato/index.html

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Fussa Local Material HallCity:TokyoA special exhibition “War Record exhibition forPeace” was held between July 14th and September9th. It focused on the history between theSino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese Warby displaying daily life utensils and militaryletters during the war time.Tel:042-530-1120http://www.museum.fussa.tokyo.jp/

Mitaka Education Center: TokyoAn exhibition “War remnants dug out from theearth” was held from March 8th to September 28th.During the war time, since there were war-relatedfacilities in the area such as an aviation researchcenter and a military airport, the city was attackedby dozens of U.S. Grumman bombers in February1945 and four of the Japanese soldiers lost theirlives. They experienced several more air-raids.The excavation project to dig out the remnants ofthe damaged military facilities has been conductedand some of the segments of Japanese airplaneand the bombs dropped by the U.S. wereunearthed. They were displayed at the exhibitionalong with the photos at that time.Tel:0422-45-1151 （ ext.： 3315 ）http://www.education.ne.jp/kyoiku-center-mi/

Musashimurayama City Museum:TokyoThe small exhibition, “War material inMusashimurayama", was held from March 10through 20, 2012. The display of it includedmaterials on the war and the city’s record ofdamage brought by the air-raid after the GreatTokyo Air Raids, which showed how the city andthe people’s living were at the time. This is thesecond exhibition following the one held in 2011.Tel: 042-560-6620 Fax: 042-569-2762http://www.city.musashimurayama.lg.jp/shiryoukan/index.html

Kawasaki City Peace Museum: KanagawaThe exhibition of “Kawasaki Great Air Raids: Wehad air raids” was held from March 10 to May 6,2012. It showed the museum-owned photo panelsand the materials of the Great Air Raids and othermaterials of air raids from the other facilities. Theopening event was provided with children’spresentations on what they have learned aboutpeace, talks on war experience and a screening ofan animation movie “Garasu no Usagi”.The special exhibition “Atomic Bomb and Battleof Okinawa” was held from 1 through 26 August,2012, commemorating the 30th anniversary of thedeclaration of nuclear-free and peaceful city andthe 20th anniversary of foundation of the museum.The exhibition focusing on atomic bomb andOkinawa included the photos capturing damage inHiroshima and Nagasaki, materials and photos ofthe battle of Okinawa and the Star Lily Corps. Apublic meeting on peace was held on August 11,2012, accompanied with the exhibition.

Tel: 044-433-0171 Fax: 044-433-0232http://www.city.kawasaki.jp/25/25heiwa/home/heiwahome/

City of Yokohama Municipal ArchivesReference Room : KanagawaThe exhibition of “City of Occupation: Departureof Postwar Yokohama” was held at the YokohamaCity Central Library from July 18 to September17, 2012. After the war, Yokohama used to be amain hub of the U.S. occupation forces whichtook over most of the city area destroyed by airraids. In the midst of the constraint, people inYokohama were striving for reconstructing thecity. The coexistence of the city of U.S. forcesand Japanese way of life featured postwarYokohama. This year marks the 60th anniversaryof the end of the occupation, and the exhibitionaimed at reminding people again of the postwarperiod through photos taken by both theoccupation forces and Japanese people.On August 18, 2012, a slide show and twolectures related to the exhibition theme were heldat the library.Tel: 045-251-3260 Fax: 045-251-7321http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/somu/org/housei/sisi/

NYK Maritime Museum: Yokohama CityThe special exhibition, “Japan-US Exchange Shipand Its Era” was held from August 11 toDecember 9, 2012. During the Pacific War, allmerchant vessels were controlled by the nation.Passenger ships were used by the army and navy,and some of them were remodeled into aircraftcarriers. Nihon Yusen, a maritime company, wasin charge of the operation of exchange ships thatwere used in exchanging people left behind intheir “hostile countries” at ports in neutralcountries in accordance with international law ofwar. When the war began, not only diplomats butalso many people including journalists, expatriatepersonnel of companies, scholars and studentswere living in the enemy countries. The exchangeships made historical journey that securelybrought the people back to their countries fromthe severed enemy territories, relying on fewneutral nations. Many Japanese intellectuals whorepresented the postwar era were also on boardthe ships. Centering on the vessels, the exhibitionintroduced the humanitarian assistance thatmaritime companies involved, along with thehistorical background where merchant vesselswere engulfed into the war.Tel: 045-641-4362 Fax: 045-211-1929http://www.nyk.com/rekishi/

Nagano Prefectural Museum of History:Chikuma CityThe spring exhibition, “Trace of Three of Ohinata:Manchu Immigration from Nagano” was heldfrom May 26 through July 16, 2012. After the

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Soviet Union participated into the war and Japanwas defeated in August in 1945, Manchu colonistswere forced to escape from there and also manyemigrants from Ohinata village became victims.The village was the vanguard of emigration toManchuria. From Minami-Saku County in Naganoto Manchuria, and then to Karuizawa Town inNagano, the exhibition explored footsteps of thepioneers and provided their sentiments. Exhibitioncatalog is available. Relating to the exhibition, alecture was thrown on May 27, 2012 and threewitnesses were given on June 2, 16 and July 7.A summer exhibition, “War and Propaganda inPosters in Achi Village” was held from July 28through September 2, 2012. The exhibitionshowed 70 posters back in the time of nationalmobilization to examine how they were made, andwhat their roles were toward the war. Anaccompanying lecture was given on August 18,2012. Consecutive 5 lectures related to the twoexhibitions, “War in Showa Era and Nagano” washeld from June 30 to August 25.Tel: 026-274-2000 Fax: 026-274-3996http://www.npmh.net/

Matsumoto City Museum: NaganoFrom 4 through 31 August, 2012, “War andPeace” exhibitions were held in four facilitiesincluding the museum. Some events including alecture and a concert were given relating to them.Tel: 0263-32-0133http://www.matsu-haku.com/maruhaku/index.html

Ibigawa History Folklore Museum: GifuThe exhibition, “War and Life in Hometown” washeld from July 17 through September 2, 2012. Itwas to remind people of war impact on living andpreciousness of peace through displaying ofvarious commodities and letters sent to battlefields during the Japanese-Russo War and thePacific War.Tel: 0585-22-5373http://www1.town.ibigawa.lg.jp/cms/contents_detail.php?co=kak&frmId=1300

Yanaizu Folklore Museum (Branch of Gifu CityMuseum of History): Gifu“Wartime Posters ― Soldiers and Families” washeld from July 18 through September 2, 2012.The wartime posters used to encourage people tobecome strong soldiers and to support injuredsoldiers and their families. The exhibition focusedon the posters related to soldiers and their familiesto think of the people’s feelings brought bylooking at the posters in those days.Tel: 058 ‐ 270 ‐ 1080http://www.city.gifu.lg.jp/c/40120461/40120461.html

Shizuoka Peace Centre: Shizuoka CityThe exhibition “Afghanistan Now ― Glorious

Homeland and People Beaten by Arms” was heldfrom January 27 through May 27, 2012, wherephotos and artifacts such as traditional costumeswere on display.The exhibition “War from Sky” was held fromJune 8 through October 28, 2012. It explored thehistory of air raids through 17 panels made by thePeace Aichi and let the visitors rethink about“What aerial bombings brought about.” Paintingsby witness of Shizuoka Air Raid, mementos of thevictims of the air raids and other new materialswere on display.http://homepage2.nifty.com/shizuoka-heiwa/Tel&Fax: 054-271-9004

Musee Fujieda ― Fujieda Municipal Museumof History & Fujieda Municipal Museum ofLiterature : ShizuokaThe 103rd exhibition “Wartime Living and Play”was held from June 9 through July 16, 2012. Itthemed on “Prayer for Peace” and was to passdown the experience and memory of war to thenext generation. The displayed Fujieda-relatedmaterials included wartime commodities, soldiers’belongings and children’s textbooks, toys andKamishibai (picture show cards). A corner forexperiencing the wartime living was also provided.The museum had not held an exhibition related towar since 1989 and this time was the 2nd.On June 24, 2012, a tasting event of wartimemeals was held in front of the museum and twolectures were given on June 17 and July 1 at astudy room.From June 9 through July 16, 2012, Museum ofLiterature held the exhibition of “Prayer forP e a c e : P a i n t i n g s o f H i r a n o R y o s a i , ”commemorating the first anniversary of his death.He was an antiwar artist from Fujieda City.Tel:054-645-1100 Fax:054-644-8514http://www.city.fujieda.shizuoka.jp/kyodomuse_index.html

Sakuragaoka Museum: Aichi,Toyokawa CityThe exhibition of “Toyokawa Naval Shipyard”was held from July 21 through August 31, 2012.This annual summer exhibition is to let peopleknow the shadow of the war existed also inToyokawa. It included donated materials on theshipyard, paintings of war experience and displaymaterials telling the wartime living.Tel: 0533-85-3775 Fax: 0533-85-3776http://www.city.toyokawa.lg.jp/enjoy/sakuragaokamseum.html

Yokkaichi Municipal Museum: MieThe study support exhibition, “Yokkaichi Air Raidand Wartime Living” was held from June 15through September 2, 2012. Aiming at supportingpeace studies, the exhibition showed the materialson the theme, models of a bomb shelter and afirebomb and photo panels to comprehensivelyshow war experience.

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Tel: 059-355-2700http://www.city.yokkaichi.mie.jp/museum/

Asai Museam of History and Folklore:Shiga,Nagahama CityThe 10th exhibition commemorating the war end,“Feelings toward Hometown and Family” washeld from July 28 through September 2, 2012. Itincluded more than 150 materials such as lettersbetween families and soldiers, draft cards andfarewell note of military nurses.Tel: 0749-74-0101 Fax: 0749-74-0101http://www.city.nagahama.shiga.jp/section/azairekimin/

Otsu City Museum of History: ShigaThe 98th small exhibition, “Record of Internmentin Siberia” was held from July 10 through August19, 2012. After the war, many were interned inSiberia as prisoners of the Soviet military. Theexhibition gave us an opportunity to rethink theimportance of peace through written memories byex-detainees from Otsu and the materials that havebeing carefully kept by them.Tel: 077-521-2100http://www.rekihaku.otsu.shiga.jp/

Ritto History Museum: ShigaThe special exhibition, “Cornerstone of Peace2012 ― Portrayed War” was held from July 28through September 2, 2012. In the wake ofdeclaring Ritto a peace city, the museum hasorganized the annual exhibitions themed war andpeace since 1991. The exhibition is to reconsiderpeace from the viewpoint of a local area byreproducing the post-modern war history andwartime living. It focused on the drawings ofsoldiers and scenery of battlefields in Luzon, thePhilippines, by a Japanese-style painter from Ritto,Nishida Keisen, and his fellow artists. Thedescriptions of the displayed works were availableon our website (Japanese only).Tel: 077-554-2733 Fax: 077-554-2755http://www2.city.ritto.shiga.jp/hakubutsukan/

Ohyamazaki-cho Museum of History: Kyoto“The 14th Cornerstone for Peace” was held from

7 through 26 August, 2012. It was aimed at givingan opportunity to talk preciousness of peace,displaying the materials relating to Oyamazakibefore and during the war with detailed captions,along with newly contributed school textbooks.Tel: 075-952-6288http://www.town.oyamazaki.kyoto.jp/soshiki_view.php?so_cd1=40&so_cd2=135&so_cd3=0&so_cd4=0&so_cd5=0

Kyoto Municipal Museum of School History:KyotoThe exhibition focusing on an elementary school

teacher Mari Ohashi was held from April 28through August 28, 2012. Another exhibition ofthe record of evacuation from the war was held atthe same time, and it included pupil’s picturesdrawn during the evacuation.Tel: 075-366-0033 Fax: 075-213-3181http://kyo-gakurehaku.jp/

Nantan City Museum of Culture and HiyoshiHistorical Museum: Kyoto“The War and Nantan City: Pass on the Messagethrough the Generations” was held from July 14to September 17, 2012 in both Nantan CityMuseum of Culture and Hiyoshi HistoricalMuseum in Nantan City. This exhibition wasdesigned to make the visitors look at the war on apersonal level and think about the war, in whichJapan participated, through the items that tell usabout how the things were during the war, hopingto pass on the message of peace to the latergenerations. The exhibit consists of the foursections: Soldiers leaving for the battlefront, Lifeat the home-front, Life of children, Scars left bythe war. Child evacuation was only displayed inHiyoshi Historical Museum. Nantan City Museumof Culture participated in this exhibit for the firsttime, while this was Hiyoshi Historical Museum’ssecond exhibition.On a related note, the workshop “Wartime dietand stories” was held at a thatched house in theHiyoshi Historical Museum on August 11, 2012.Hiyoshi Historical MuseumTel&Fax: 0771-72-1130http://www.be.city.nantan.kyoto.jp/hiyoshi-shiryokan/Nantan City Museum of CultureTel ： 0771-68-0081 Fax ： 0771-63-2983http://www.be.city.nantan.kyoto.jp/hakubutukan/

Muko City Museum:KyotoThe exhibition “War in our lives” was held fromAugust 11 to September 9, 2012. The museumdisplays the materials related to the war everysummer. This year, the archived materials such asmilitary postcards, thousand-stitch belt, andchildren’s magazines published during the war,which were donated from the citizens, weredisplayed. The aim of the exhibition was to reflecton the war that affected our lives through thesematerials and think about peace.Tel:075-931-1182http://www.city.muko.kyoto.jp/shisetsu/shiryokan.html

Peace Osaka (Osaka International PeaceCenter) : Osaka CityThe exhibition “Peace Osaka Collection” was heldfrom January 15 to July 17, 2012 in the specialexhibition room. Peace Osaka celebrated its 20th

anniversary on September 17, 2011. With the 10years of its predecessor “Osaka Prefecture PeaceMemorial Hall”, it has many materials donated by

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the citizens of Osaka for the last 30 years, whichspeak to people’s hearts. This exhibit featured theitems from the tumultuous time in the earlyShowa era to the air raids when the war wasnearing its end, hoping to give visitors a chanceto reflect on the war time and think about themeaning of peace. The paintings resulted from theSiberian labor camp experiences by Keiichi Endoand related documents, paintings by Ken’ichi Otawhen he joined an army, paintings by HiroshiYano of Osaka Air Raids and after the war, andair raid pictures from Mainichi Shimbun weredisplayed.“Peace Osaka Collection II” is being held fromAugust 1 to December 25, 2012, in the specialexhibit room on the first floor. The purpose of theexhibit is the same as previous one, and exhibitedwere about 80 pictures and paintings, such as airraid panorama painting and paintings of joining anarmy, and about 70 items that were actually usedduring the war, such as ho-an-ko, a safe thathoused a photograph of the emperor and a copy ofthe Imperial Rescript on Education, and a piece ofa One Ton bomb.Its 20th anniversary event and Osaka Air Raidpeace memorial event “Never forget Osaka AirRaid” was held on March 4, 2012 in the lecturehall. Hajime Domoto and Hiroshi Yano talkedabout their experiences to pass on to the nextgenerations.A peace memorial event for the end of the warmemorial day “Examining ‘War’ and ‘Peace’ bylectures and songs” was held on August 4, 2012in the lecture hall. The first part was a keynotelecture by Mr. Monte Cassim, director of KyotoMuseum for World Peace, and the discussionbetween Mr. Cassim and Mr. Shohei Mozu, aboard member of this center, on the relationshipbetween Sri Lanka and Japan and its implicationfor peace. The second part, moderated by Mr.Mozu, was songs by Ms. Kako Takahashi andpiano by Ms. Yuko Takahashi.The second memorial event for the end of the warmemorial day “Never forget Hiroshima:Testimony and picture-card show “Barefoot Gen”was held on August 5, 2012 in the lecture hall.Ms. Shizuko Takagi talked about when she wasexposed to the atomic bomb when she was 17years old, and Ms. Mikan Aozora performed thepicture-card show.A war victim memorial peace concert was held onAugust 15, 2012 in the lecture hall and inToki-no-Niwa garden, middle school studentspresented their essays “Pledge for Peace”, andthere was also a candle vigil. People renewedtheir vow for peace in Toki-no-niwa on August15.Tel:06-6947-7208 FAX:06-6943-6080http://www.peace-osaka.or.jp/

Osaka Human Rights Museum: Osaka CityThere was an exhibition on Okinawa that wasreturned from the US rule to Japan 40 years ago:May 15, 1972. Introduced was the history ofOkinawa before and after returning to Japan in

1972, and also efforts for taking Okinawa back byOkinawans and people in Osaka. The exhibitionshowed Okinawa under the US military rule, themovement of taking Okinawa back in Osaka, asecret promise on nuclear weapons between theUnited States and Japan and Okinawa after takingit back to Japan. A lecture on the history of theissue on US military bases in Okinawa was givenby Mr. Toru Aketagawa on May 12, 2012.Tel:06-6561-5891 FAX:06-6561-5995http://www.liberty.or.jp/

Sakai City Peace and Human Rights Museum:OsakaA poster exhibition on the atomic bombing washeld from July 1 to Sep. 29 to commemorate thatthe number of Mayors for Peace became over5000 in the world. Posters were made to promotethe movement to abolish nuclear weapons and itwas planned to exhibit peace posters on August 6and 9 in the world. Sakai City also made anexhibition on such posters so that citizens willlearn the result of the atomic bombing.Tel:072-270-8150 Fax:072-270-8159http://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/city/info/_jinken/

Suita Peace Memorial Center : OsakaAn exhibition on war and zoo was held fromAugust 1 to 15. Also exhibited were the atomicbombing, US air raids of Suita City and OsakaCity. The Memorial Center was moved to SenriNew Town Plaza on September 3.Tel:06-6876-7793 Fax:06-6873-7796http://www.city.suita.osaka.jp/home/soshiki/div-jinken/jinken/event/_56229.html

Minoo City Museum of Folk: OsakaAn exhibition on life during World War II washeld from August 3 to September 3. The purposeis to convey the misery of the war and thepreciousness of peace to future generations. Anemphasis was put on people who worried aboutsoldiers under the threat of US air raids sufferingfrom the shortage of food and clothes. Manymaterials were donated by citizens. Theexhibition was held hoping that the present peacewill continue to exist and there will be no war inthe world.Tel:072-723-2235 Fax:072-724-9694http://www.city.minoh.lg.jp/kyoudo/kikakutenji.html

Himeji Historical Peace Center: HyogoAn exhibition on women who went through thewar was held from January 7 to March 25. Manymaterials related to the Pacific War were donatedby citizens. People had to suffer from theshortage of basic things. They were forced towork at munitions factories and US air raids andthey had to live on rations. Women were forcedto support the war by making amulets, write

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letters to encourage soldiers and so forth. Theyhad to survive when there was severe shortage offood. Articles are related to cooking, how tomake good use of old clothes, how to save moneyfor the country, rations, women working formunitions factories and so forth.There was also a lecture on US air raids onHimeji on Feb. 11, 2012. There was anexhibition on children and war from April 14 toJuly 8. Children’s life at school and home andsome changes of their favorite play were dealtwith.Ms. Maki Komada, an actress, read a story on USair raid on Himeji on May 5. Mr. TakamasaHouken talked about his war experience on June24.Anti-nuclear exhibition for peace was held fromJuly 14 to August 31. Himeji City declared itselfnuclear free on March 6 in 1985 and such ananti-nuclear exhibition for peace has been heldevery year since then.There was a peace concert by children’s chorus onAugust 12. Ms. Noriko Nakamoto of theAssociation of Atomic Bomb Survivors in Himejitalked about her experiences on August 15.Tel:079-291-2525 Fax:079-291-2526http://www.city.himeji.lg.jp/heiwasiryo/

Nara Prefectural Library and InformationCenter: Nara CityThere was an exhibition on “the Red Cross: theHistory and Development” at the War ExperienceLibrary from January 4 to March 22. There areprecious records by nurses who worked during thewar between Japan and China and the Pacific War.

The history of the Red Cross in the world andJapan was introduced. In Japan there was Seinanwar in 1877 and it led to the birth of Japan RedCross.Nurses’ personal accounts were exhibited fromApril 1 to June 28. The second exhibition washeld from June 30 to Sep. 27. A memorandum inSingapore and so forth were shown.Tel: 0742-34-2111 Fax: 0742-34-2777http://www.library.pref.nara.jp/sentai/kikaku.html

Suiheisha Museum: NaraThere was an exhibition on the movement ofSuiheisha and the 90-year history to liberate theburaku from May 2 to August 31. The burakupeople were discriminated against and Suiheisha,an organization to liberate them was founded in1922 in Kyoto. The present situation of thediscrimination against the buraku, their struggleagainst the discrimination, the history of themovement against discrimination in the world wasalso shown.Tel:0745-62-5588 Fax:0745-64-2288http://www1.mahoroba.ne.jp/~suihei/

Nara City Museum of Art: NaraAn exhibition of “The Atomic Bomb and War:

Records of Nagasaki” was held from August 22 to26. Nara City declared itself nuclear free inDecember, 1985 and they have had various peaceprojects every year since then.Tel:0742-30-1510 Fax:0742-35-7160http://www.museum.city.nara.nara.jp/

Wakayama Castle Tower: Wakayama CityThere was an exhibition on Wakayama Castlebefore and after US air raids from July 1 to Sep.2. Wakayama Castle was designated as nationaltreasure in 1935, but it was burnt down by US airraids on July 9, 1945. It was reconstructed in1958. Not only photos of Wakayama Castle butalso burnt tiles were exhibited.Tel:073-422-8979http://www.city.wakayama.wakayama.jp/menu_1/gyousei/wakayama_siro/osiro/osiro.html

Wakayama City Museum: WakayamaThere was an exhibition on Wakayama duringWorld War II from August 7 to September 30.We should not forget that we fought with manycountries during World War II. There are lessonsto learn so that we will never have such misery ofwar in the future. There was an exhibition suchas training against air raids, children books and soforth. US air raids on Wakayama and educationalmaterials during the war were also exhibited.Tel:073-423-0003 Fax:073-432-9040http://www.wakayama-city-museum.jp/

Nichinan Town Art Museum: TottoriThere was an exhibition on cartoonists’ record ofwar from July 21 to August 26. 94 cartoonists’124 cartoons were exhibited to show the misery ofwar and the change after August 15 when the warwas ended.Tel:0859-77-1113 Fax:0859-77-1115http://culture.town.nichinan.tottori.jp/bijyutukan/bijyutukan.top.html.htm

Okayama City Virtual Museum: OkayamaThe 35th exhibition on US air raids on Okayamawas held from June 15 to July 16. Over 1700people were killed by the air raids and about 63%of houses were burnt down. Such an exhibitionstarted in 1978 and materials such as melted glass,photos and so forth were exhibited.There was also a lecture by a survivor of the USair raid. There was also a peace concert on June16.Tel:086-898-3000 Fax:086-898-3003http://www.city.okayama.jp/okayama-city-museum/index.html

H ir o s h im a P e a c e Me m o r i a l Mu s e u m :HiroshimaThere was a photo exhibition on effects of theatomic bomb from February 3 to July 9. It is

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estimated that about 140,000 people were killedby the end of 1945. What happened to suchvictims? 108 photos, 43 materials and 2 filmswere exhibited.There was also an exhibition on reports on theatomic bombing from March 1 to 30. It was theonly official report made by the Japanesegovernment.An exhibition on Motomachi town has been heldfrom July 13 to December 12.Tel:082-241-4004 Fax:082-542-7941http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/

Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall:HiroshimaThere has been an exhibition on memory thatshould not be forgotten from Jan. 2 to Dec. 28.An emphasis was put on family and it is possibleto imagine what it was like to lose preciousfamily through records by atomic bomb survivors’record. Many people regret that they could notsave family members because of fire after theatomic bombing.Tel:082-543-6271 Fax:082-543-6273http://www.hiro-tsuitokinenkan.go.jp/

Human Rights and Peace Museum FukuyamaCity : HiroshimaThere was an exhibition on Hiroshima andNagasaki from August 1 to 31. An emphasis wasput not only the destruction of life but alsocommunities and culture.Tel:084-924-6789http://www.city.fukuyama.hiroshima.jp/jinkenheiwashiryoukan/

Tokushima Prefectural Museum: TokushimaCityAn exhibition on war was held from July 10 toOctober 8. An emphasis was put on theRusso-Japanese War and the Asia Pacific War sothat visitors would be able to think the horror ofwar and the preciousness of peace.Tel: 088-668-3636 Fax: 088-668-7197http://www.museum.tokushima-ec.ed.jp

Takamatsu Civic Culture Center : PeaceMemorial: KagawaAn exhibition on medical goods used before andduring World War II was held from December 20,2011 to March 11, 2012. The center and thePeace Memorial were closed on March 11, 2012because the facilities were getting old.

Museum of theTown of Tadotsu: KagawaThere was a war exhibition from August 1 to 31,2012: panels of the Atomic Bomb and HumanBeings, children evacuation in Tadotsu town andso forth. There was also a lecture on life andfood during the war. Visitors could taste what

food was like during the war.Tel ＆ Fax ： 0877-33-3343http://tkamada.web.fc2.com/shiryokan/kikaku/indexkikaku.htm

Iizuka City Historical Material Museum:FukuokaAn exhibition on life during World War II washeld from August 2 to 29. Materials used duringthe war were exhibited so that visitors would beable to think of the misery of the war and theimportance of peace. People’s life and soldiers’life was introduced.Tel ＆ Fax ： 0948-25-2930http://www.city.iizuka.lg.jp/rekishi/index.htm

Miike Playing Card Memorial Museum:Fukuoka,Omuta CityThere was an exhibition on life during World WarII from July 3 to Sep. 23. Because of theshortage of materials during the war, people’s lifewas not easy because they had to live on rations.This was a good chance to think of peace.Tel ＆ Fax ： 0944-53-8780http://三池カルタ・歴史.com/

Fukuoka City Museum: FukuokaAn exhibition on life during World War II washeld from June 5 to August 12. There was USair raids in Fukuoka and materials on the war timewere exhibited with an emphasis on soldiers’letters to home as well as letters written bychildren to soldiers.Tel ： 092-845-5011 Fax:092-845-5019http://museum.city.fukuoka.jp/

Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum: FukuokaThere used be a big military city in Chikuzenchoin the past. However, the air field was destroyedby US air raids in March, 1945 and many peoplewere killed. The exhibition was made so thatvisitors would learn lessons from the past andconvey the preciousness of peace.Tachiarai Peace Memorial: 417-3 Chikuzencho,Asakuragun, Fukuoka PrefectureTel: 0946-23-1227http://tachiarai-heiwa.jp/

Nagaski Atomic Bomb Museum: NagasakiAn exhibition on the atomic bombed trees washeld from March 28 to June 20. Not onlyhumans but also trees were destroyed by theatomic bombing. Photos of the atomic bombedtrees in the past and present are exhibited so thatvisitors would be able to feel some messages fromplants.Tel:095-844-1231 Fax:095-846-5170http://www1.city.nagasaki.nagasaki.jp/peace/japanese/abm/index.html

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Nagasaki Peace Museum: Nagasaki CityAn exhibition on a weather map on August 9when the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagaskiwas held from July 24 to August 12. Theweather forecast was prohibited from Dec. 8, 1941to August 22, 1945 by the military. It was notpossible for people to know the weather forecastfor three years and eight months. The weather isdeeply related to the atomic bombing on Nagasaki.

The US pilot was planning to drop the atomicbomb on Kokura, but he had to give it up becauseof clouds. There were also clouds in Nagasaki,but the pilot found rift in clouds and dropped theatomic bomb.Tel:095-818-4247 Fax:095-827-7878http://www.nagasakips.com/

Iki City Ikikoku Museum: NagasakiAn exhibition of “My August 15” (the day whenWorld War II ended) was held from July 13 toAugust 5. Jun Ishiko, one of the founders of theAssociation of August 15 gave a lecture.Tel:0920-45-2731 Fax:0920-45-2749http://www.iki-haku.jp/

Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture:Nagasaki CityAn exhibition of “My August 15” (the day whenWorld War II ended) was held from August 8 toSep. 2. Memory of the end of the war wasshown by 127 writers and cartoonists of theAssociation of August 15 through illustration andletters with picturesTel: 095-818-8366 Fax:095-818-8407http://www.nmhc.jp/

Nagasaki City Museum of History andFolkore : NagasakiAn exhibition on life during the war was heldfrom June 21 to Aug. 26 in order to think of thepreciousness of peace. People’s life was poorbecause of the shortage of necessary things and itwas compared with the present rich life usingabout 150 articles such as picture stories, oldmoney, stamps, textbooks and so forth.TelL ＆Ｆ ax:095-847-9245http://www1.city.nagasaki.nagasaki.jp/siryoukan/

Oita Prefectural Museum History: Usa CityAn exhibition on Usa Navy Air Force and War inOita was held from July 13 to Sep. 17. There aremany war remains such as military facilities.Materials on Usa Navy Air Force and the war inOita were shown so that visitors could reconsiderwar memory and peace in the community.Tel ： 0978-37-2100 、 Fax ： 0978-37-2101http://kyouiku.oita-ed.jp/rekisihakubutukan-b/

Sendai History Museum: KagoshimaThere was an exhibition on people’s life during

the war from August 7 to September 2. Their lifethat was influenced by the war was shown.Tel ： 0996-20-2344 Fax ： 0996-20-2848http://rekishi.satsumasendai.jp/index2.htm

Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum:Itoman CityTen picture books were displayed to show thebattle in Okinawa from June 18 to August 5.They were also read aloud on July 1 in 2012.Children messages for peace were exhibited fromJune 23 to July 6 at the museum while it wasshown at Yaeyama branch museum from July 12to 22. It was followed by an exhibition at NagoCity, Uruma City and the prefectural hall.A peace project for the 40th anniversary ofOkinawa returned to Japan was held in ItomanCity, Nago City, uruma City, Naha CityMiyakojima, Ishigaki City aiming at conveyinglessons of the battle in Okinawa to futuregenerations for building eternal peace.The first exhibition on children was held fromJune 13 to July 16 in order to learn their lifeduring the battle in Okinawa.Tel:098-997-3844 Fax:098-997-3947http://www.peace-museum.pref.okinawa.jp/

Tsushima Maru Memorial Museum: Naha city,OkinawaThe 18th special exhibition on evacuated childrenin Tokyo for 600 days was held from August 18to 25.Tel:098-941-3515 Fax:098-863-3683http://www.tsushimamaru.or.jp/

Ginowan Museum: OkinawaA photo exhibition on the battle on Okinawa withan emphasis on Ginowan bay was held from June13 to June 1 in order to think of war and peace.Tel ： 098-870-9317 Fax ： 098-870-9316http://www.city.ginowan.okinawa.jp/2556/2562/2563/2564/1419.html

Nago Museum: OkinawaAn exhibition commemorating the 40th anniversaryof Okinawa returned to Japan was held from June8 to 24. Photos, pictures and eyewitness on thebattle on Okinawa were introduced. A soldiers’swater bottle, an injector and so forth wereexhibited. As a related event, over 60participants including high school students andteachers visited war remains on June 9.Tel ： 0980-53-1342 Fax ： 0980-53-1362http://www.city.nago.okinawa.jp/4/3282.html

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International News

The Sun Yat Sen Museum: Malaysia

 The Sun Yat Sen Museum is a beautifully- preservedhouse museum in the multicultural George Town worldheritage site. This historical house has a permanentexhibition on Sun Yat Sen’s early revolutionary period inPenang when he planned a historic uprising of the ChinaRevolution of 1911.The Sun Yat Sen Museum120 Armenian StreetGeorge Town World Heritage Site10200 Penang, MalaysiaEmail: sunyatsenpenang@gmail.comWebsite: www.sunyatsenpenang.com

The Children's PEACE Center: USAThe Children's PEACE Center is a fun,interactive, hands-on traveling "Field Trip"museum for children in Elementary grades K-5th.Utilizing puppets, games, puzzles, crafts,computers, role plays, challenging discussions andteamwork activities, children are empowered tomake better life choices, learn steps to conflictresolution, emotion management, and encouragedto develop better character traits and acceptresponsibility for their actions.

The Children's PEACE Center is delighted to bepart of the first annual Acworth Art Fest. ThePeace Mobile will be available for visitors to viewand try our programs first hand. Be sure to visitus across the railroad tracks in "AcworthCommons" parking lot.

We recently held our own Art Contest in honor ofEarth Day. We invited local students to submittheir own art work with the theme "Be Earthwise".Their submissions will be on display at ourlocation across the Railroad tracks in "AcworthCommons" parking lot. Winners of our contesthave their art work displayed front and center onour wall calendar, which will be available at theevent for a donation to help send children topeace camps this summer.

Children's PEACE Center: P.O. Box 379, Acworth,GA 30101 USAinfo@childrenspeacecenter.orghttp://childrenspeacecenter.homestead.com/

 M i l i t a r y H i s t o r i c a l M u s e u m o f t h eBundeswehr ： Germany(German Federal Armed Forces)in Dresden, Germanywww.mhmbw.deWritten by Philipp Sonntag

www.philipp-sonntag.deSince 1877 the building at Olbrichtplace inDresden has been used in turns as arsenal, andas an armament museum. After a major renovationit has been re-opened 14th of October 2011 asMHM (Military Historical Museum) of theBundeswehr (the German Federal Armed Forces).Official goals of MHM are both, education ofsoldiers, and information of the public. Itrepresents a deliberate attempt, to present themilitary history within an overall societal context.In the official concept, violence is seen as a lastresort, and bad impacts of military actions aredescribed in their horrible details. The innovationof viewpoints is underlined by the architecture asdesigned by Libeskind, including a huge blackwedge, breaking up the old dignified building.(1) Limit war, broaden peaceThe MHM definitely cannot be understood as atraditional “peace museum”, which wouldoppose war in every form. Rather it does revealessential features of a “museum for peace”.For instance there are numerous pictures showingthe wounds inflicted by use of weapons, includinghorrible physical and mental injuries. Furthermorebeyond immediate warfare destructions, alsoseveral ensuing consequences for economy andsociety are included. MHM does revealdivergences between goals before war, and resultsthereafter. What will be the effect of the MHM?We might ask, for whom in society would a“peace museum” or a “museum for peace” be themost urgent education? The answer might includesocietal obstacles to peace, like Cold Warriors and“hot soldiers”. Another answer would focus onfuture oriented key persons. Optimal impact thenmight be upon modern soldiers in democraticstructures, and upon schoolchildren. It shall be aneffective feature of this MHM, that young and oldsoldiers shall use it extensively, as outlined intheir standard education programs. And alreadyduring the first days after opening of the museum,many children, especially school classes, havebeen at the MHM. Modern viewpoints might nothave been possible, if the current German armyhad recently fought major wars, in a militaristiccontext. Instead, recently all intense warfare hasbeen avoided politically, because since 1945 theGerman society is alert against almost anyinvolvements in war. Even relatively low militaryexpenditures and low numbers of deadsoldiers are considered with suspicion. It is beforethis background, that within MHM bothpurpose and impact of military weapons havebeen put into the overall societal context. Theoutcome is an unusually large museum, quiteunthinkable of course for any “peace museum”:62 million euro have been spent, in order tocomprise weapons since 1300 all the way untilnow, including recent experiences fromAfghanistan.Where the MHM does investigate weapons, it ismostly focussed on German armies beforethe Bundeswehr, and on their excessive warfarehistory. The few military actions of the

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Bundeswehr itself are reported in a comparativelypositive way, as for instance the support ofevacuations in Albania 1997 by the “heroes ofTirana”, while coincidental effects of collateraldamage, such as destruction of hospitals, schools,churches etc. are treated rather as a minor matter.(2) Nuclear armament as utmost menaceMHM does present several items related tonuclear weapons, like the “Honest John” and“Pershing” rockets as carriers, and it mentions themanifold public protests against the detailedpreparation of atomic warfare in Germany. Giventhe courage of MHM, to display medical andfurther impacts of old as well as contemporaryweapons in realistic form, there is one strikingrenunciation: the well documented impact ofnuclear weapons is avoided almost completely.There is even a statement, in the catalogue (page113), that the MHM has thought about the issue,but then decided intentionally to leave out“nuclear mushroom clouds”, and detailed impacts.The argument is based on the difficulty that anuclear disaster would be hard to describe in arealistic way – rather art than science mightdisplay the message. Accordingly, there is an artpresentation, which intentionally does include thevisitors: The exhibit “Hiroshima Thank YouInstrument” of Ingo Guenther, an object of art,does apply a flash light right upon the visitors,whom their own shadows on a wall shallremember of the according shadows in Hiroshima,where persons had screened the wall behind themfrom the extremely intense nuclear flashlight.MHM clearly argues that the atomic bomb is thegreatest menace to life. It does show some details,like an incense burner that had gone out of shapedue to radiation of the atomicbomb in Hiroshima, an item on loan from theHiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. MHMdescribes the change in public perception andsense, for instance by displaying a toy with aclown right on top of an “atom rocket”, a toyfrom 1955 which of course is perceivednowadays as weird and “macabre”.The broad spectrum of MHM is again evident, ascivil defence measures as prepared for warfare aredescribed. On the one hand, the fact that there canonly be limited options for“protection” in view of nuclear warfare ismentioned. On the other hand, what is missing isa damage assessment, where the dramaticvulnerability of the German society against impactof even very small parts of the nuclear arsenalwould be made clear in some detail. Forexample: The common expectancy during ColdWar was a broad tank attack from the Soviet side,and a “necessity” to stop them with nuclearbombs. But, in a realistic scenario, already justone very first and single atom bomb, detonated ona bridge near the border between East and WestGermany, might have endangered Wolfsburg by aradioactive cloud, a large town known for theirproduction of Volkswagen. Already a few percentof the atomic arsenal at hand of military forcescould have destroyed Germany beyond societal

repair (in contrast to the recovery after WorldWar II). A detailed demonstration of nuclearwarfare scenarios would have made a majorimpression for the visitors, and thus would havecontributed more to awareness for peace, muchlike the American film “The Day After”. Distinctfrom nuclear warfare, many other aspects havebeen included at MHM and well prepared for thevisitors. For instance the firestorm of February1945 in Dresden is vivid in the remembrances ofthe local people, and that of course is included –while leaving out those firestorms, which wouldbe inflicted by atomic bombs.(3) Driving a wedge between habits of warArchitecture has been considered as essential.Already the first impression shall be inspiring:Architect Libeskind had designed a huge blackinsert, added to the old dignified building. Thetriangle with its “deconstructivistic” form shallremind of the bomber formation of the Royal AirForce, attacking Dresden February 1945. The formis directed immediately at the point in town,where the check mark had been set for theorientation of the bombing. The firestorm haddestroyed Dresden completely. Thus the blackwedge shall be a constant reminder of warfareimpact: As a symbol it does cleave the old,traditional view of weapons and violence. In thelight-colored, old building there are numerous oldweapons, as had been used through the last sevencenturies. These parts do include the historicalenvironment, the common celebration of militarytraditions, but always immediately related torealistic presentation of contemporary weaponimpacts, often inflicted exactly by those weaponsworn by soldiers in glorifying poses. Stillunavoidably, within the MHM altogether, severalexhibits documenting former centuries will be afeast for weapon fetishists, for instance inconnection with the reconstruction of the firstGerman submarine, built in 1850. Quite different,within the black wedge area, the systematicinclusion of all kinds of aspects regardingweapons and warfare has been put to theforeground: It includes the interdependence ofmilitary tools with societal features, such asgovernment, administration, law, culture, art,economy, science, technology, and social issues.The intended result is a cultural history ofviolence, in all its causes, intentions and impacts.It took a deliberate attempt to create such amilitary policy, guided by democratic power. TheMHM has been designed to promote this as a dueand urgent step towards a more peaceful mankind.Nevertheless upcoming history will have to go along way with new sufferings. MHM shows, howsince 1999 the number of fugitive persons as aconsequence of warfare is lower than the numberdue to other reasons, as hunger or environmentalimpact. Mere absence of war will not be feasibleuntil there are major steps to solve urgent societalnecessities. MHM mentions Wangari MutaMaathai in Kenya as an example for progresstowards peace: She did win the Peace Nobel Pricefor her engagement in sustained environmental

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improvement and basic women’s rights.(4) Obedience to what?For ages, soldiers have been made submissive.Any and every refusal of obedience has beenconsidered as a crime. Now round the corner ofthe MHM there is a street named the“Stauffenberg Allee”, in remembrance of GrafStauffenberg, the leader of the famous attack onHitler July 20th, 1944. If that attack had beensuccessful, millions of war victims mighthave been avoided. Later, in 1950 when the“Inner Guidance”, was introduced by Wolf Grafvon Baudissin, a new policy was established: Amodern soldier shall be much more autonomous,also more self-consistent as a democrat, than everbefore. As a result, today amodern soldier must be able to check situationsfast and to act immediately on “well educatedown intuition”.At the MHM, on one hand obedience is stressedas important for coordination of soldiers, but onthe other hand it has gotten a new name, a moreprecise connotation, named “gewissenhafterGehorsam” (a kind of conscientious, assiduous,attentive, painstaking form of obedience): Thesoldier shall recognize, when an order evidently iswrong, unlawful oragainst moral basics. The MHM includes suchmodern aspects, while it does not directlyapply this wisdom regarding future dangers, likeatomic warfare. It does mention publicprotests against nuclear armament.(5) Victims of what?Absence of peace causes victims under variouscircumstances. As far as non-nuclear disasters andhorrors are concerned, MHM does not hesitate tooutline both causes and consequences. Forinstance, it reports in detail the fact that duringWorld War II soldiers in many different casescontributed to murder, especially of Jewish people.MHM explains how “Wehrmacht, SS, and police”were involved, and how a coordinated system oflaw and administration led to an unprecedentedviolation of human rights, and altogether to massmurder of people throughout Europe. Pogromslike in Lemberg, concentration camps like inMaijdanek and the “industrial form” of massmurder are explained. MHM does realisticallyreport the unique calamity, as intentionally causedby the Nazis. As quite different MHM reports theoverall context and impact of other innumerableinhuman military practices over centuries, wheremost consequences had rather not been intended.Weapons had been tools built to win a war, butmostly not built as tools for mass murder.The issue has to include impacts on the ownsoldiers. A typical example are off odors,displaying to visitors the offensive smell ofdeathly men and animals, as has been experiencedin trenches and dugouts, as had been sufferedespecially by soldiers during World War I.Another example, from times of Napoleonicwarfare: Shoes were manufactured thriftily in justone standardized form for both the right and leftfoot , thus soldiers, who had to walk thousands

of miles, got harming and painful foot ailments. Alimited, but powerful impulse towards peace TheMHM does leave out essential issues, such asatomic warfare, weapons export, outer space, andcyber warfare. Nevertheless, weapons andviolence are shown and explained in a realisticway, and within a societal awareness regardingthe horrors of war, and the merits of peace. ThusMHM has been built to influence both soldiersand the broad public in a direction towardstepwise establishment of peace. It definitely hasleft the tradition of mere military glorification. Sofar it is a rare occurrence, that a museumestablished by the military might be called, andmight even work in the direction of a museum forpeace. Explanations of the presented items are inGerman and English. The catalogue of the MHMso far is only at hand in German, but an Englishcatalogue is in preparation. The catalogue endswith a statement, that “soldiers alone” can neitherprevent nor solve the conflicts. Rather recognitionof basic human needs, including dignity andfreedom, are mentioned as a precondition forpeace . G lob a l n e tw or k in g i s r equ i red .Consequentially a robe of the judge at theInternational Criminal Court (ICC) in Den Haag isshown by MHM, as a forward-looking item.

Offering for Having Exhibition of Sri LankaDrawing

Hello, my name is Yumi Kayama,Ritsumeikan University Student in Japan. Iactually heard of you and the peace museum fromProfessor Kazuyo Yamane, and am actually veryinterested in you and your museum study becauseI have been working on an interesting projectbetween Sri Lanka and Japan as introduced below.The project is related to peace museum. I amgoing to introduce you the project and if youinterested in it, please E-mail me here;happyfactory.since2011@gmail.com or ProfessorYamane. Thank you.

About My Project Team, “Happy Factory”Our team is called Happy Factory, stared in 2011by Kayama Yumi (Ritsumeikan University) andNakabayashi Ryota (graduated from KokugakuinUniversity in 2011) .Our purpose is to make two-way relationshipbetween Japan and Sri Lanka. We found that SriLanka and Japan sadly have only one-wayrelationship. For instance, even though Sri Lankaknows Japan well by getting educational andmedical support by some Japanese, lots ofJapanese do not know such fact and even whereSri Lanka is. This is a problem because suchone-way relationship would bring no improvement.Since Happy Factory found such a problem, wemade the Painting Exchange Project to have directinteraction between two counties by actuallyseeing, feeling and touching the real drawing bylocal children. The key point is the “drawing”,because gender, age and language don’t matter.We believe that drawing is the world commonlanguage.

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Exhibition ProjectAfter Tohoku-earthquake occurs in Japan, HappyFactory got lots of messages (E-mail) from SriLanka, caring about Japanese. Since that, HappyFactory offered Sri Lanka children to makepaintings and message for Japanesae, especiallyvictims of Tsunami. Sri Lanka actually hasexperience of tsunami in 2004. At that time, SriLanka was like Japan in 2011, the towns weredestroyed by tsunami. However they recover thesituation with having Japanese help. According tothis fact, Sri Lanka children decided to expresstheir experiences onto the drawing and messages.

Around 200 paintings and messages were sentfrom Sri Lanka to the Happy Factory. HappyFactory started to have an exhibition with thatdrawings. Since Yumi belongs to the RitsumeikanUniversity, Ritsumeikan Peace Museum gaveHappy Factory an opportunity to have anexhibition in August, 2011 and in April, 2012.Moreover, in the second exhibition, we had SriLanka Priests and Ritsumeikan President as ourguest and had discussion on it. We also broughtthose Sri Lanka pictures to Uji (Kyoto),Kesennuma and Minami Sanriku (Miyagi) , andFukushima(Fukushima) to spread messages fromSri Lanka.

Suggestion And OfferingWe now think about having exhibition overseasbecause earthquake and tsunami is not the onlyproblem in Sri Lanka and Japan but every place inthe earth. This is definitely a world problem. Also,having such relationship like Japan and Sri Lankais very significant for developing world peace. Ifyou are interested in our project as exhibition,p l e a s e E - m a i l m e h e r e ;happyfactory.since2011@gmail.com or ProfessorYamane. I would love to have an exhibitionoverseas. Thank you.About the Drawings

There are about 200 pictures.- 17 of them are the pictures of messages for

Japanese victims and are very bright andpositive. Also each of those has messages (1-2sentences).

- 3 of them are the pictures of recovering fromthe Tsunami damage by having camps and

building houses.- Some paintings have Japanese nuclear powerstations in it.- The rest are the pictures of tsunami disaster

which Sri Lanka children actually experiencedin 2004. They are dark and negative pictures.

The May 18 Memorial FoundationMihoko Yamamoto, international intern

The May Memorial Foundation was established byvictims and bereaved families by the GwangjuDemocratic Uprising (Gwangju Massacre)occurred in May 1980 in Gwangju, the Republicof Korea. The roots of massacre go back toPresident Park Jeong-Hui’s assassination and thecoup d’etat by Chun Doo-Hwan’s troop right afterthat. Jeollado province which holds Gwangju isknown as the birth place of President KimDae-Jung and they have many pro-democracyprotests historically. Although the uprising wasunder control after 10 days, we, the May 18Memorial Foundation, have worked for rightfulrecognition as a democratic uprising organized bystudents and Gwangju citizens instead of a riot.Also, we aim to contribute to real democracy andhuman rights in the world. The foundation isformed by three teams; Culture & Education,Solidarity, Archive & Research. We host GwangjuAsia Forum, Gwangju Prize for Human RightsAward, and a workshop for high school studentswith the laureate in every May. Besides that, weorganize an educational program for teachers, apoem contest, Grant for Democracy and HumanRights Projects for domestic and internationalNGOs. Our volunteer guides who take tocommemoration sites are available in both Englishand Japanese. Until November 2012, 9th GwangjuBiennale opens. This is also a commemorationevent among others held at the former base andthe exhibition place was donated for free by theKorean Gov. Gwangju has dedicated todemocratization, and it would welcome anyonewith active energy for social change.

Website: http://eng.518.org/index.es?sid=a5The May 18 Memorial Foundation5・18 Memorial Culture Hall 1F152 Naebangro, Seo-guGwangju 502-859Republic of KoreaTel: (82)62-360-0518 /Fax: (82)62-360-0519518org@gmail.com

Bainbridge Is land Japanese AmericanMemorial ： Wash. USANidoto Nai Yoni, translated as "Let It Not HappenAgain" is the motto and mission of the BainbridgeIsland Japanese American Exclusion Memorial.The Memorial is located on the site of the formerEagledale ferry dock on Bainbridge Island,Washington, on March 30, 1942, two hundredtwenty – seven men, women and children — two –

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thirds of them American citizens — were forciblyremoved from their homes, rounded up by USArmy soldiers armed with rifles fixed withbayonets and boarded a ferry to Seattle.The Memorial is administered by the BainbridgeIsland Japanese American Exclusion MemorialAssociation (BIJAEMA).BIJAC Contact InformationEmail: info@bijac.orgMail: BIJAC, 1298 Grow Avenue Northwest,Bainbridge Island, WA 98110Phone: 206-842-4772Fax: 206-842-5649http://www.bijac.org/index.php?p=MEMORIALIntroduction

The Japanese American National MuseumThe mission of the Japanese American NationalMuseum is to promote understanding andappreciation of America’s ethnic and culturaldiversity by sharing the Japanese Americanexperience.We share the story of Japanese Americansbecause we honor our nation’s diversity. Webelieve in the importance of remembering ourhistory to better guard against the prejudice thatthreatens liberty and equality in a democraticsociety. We strive as a world-class museum toprovide a voice for Japanese Americans and aforum that enables all people to explore their ownheritage and culture.We promote continual exploration of the meaningand value of ethnicity in our country throughprograms that preserve individual dignity,strengthen our communities, and increase respectamong all people. We believe that our work willtransform lives, create a more just America and,ultimately, a better world.JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM100 North Central AvenueLos Angeles, California 90012phone: 213.625.0414fax: 213.625.1770http://www.janm.org/

Terminal Island Japanese Memorial: San Pedro,California, USAThe Terminal Island Japanese Memorial wasdedicated in 2002 at a site along Fish Harboracross from Southwest Marine. Created throughthe efforts of the Terminal Islanders Club, thememorial serves as a reminder of the island’sformer Japanese-American community, theirevacuation and forced removal in 1942, and theonce-thriving fishing village at Terminal Island.Terminal Island Japanese Memorial1124 South Seaside Avenuehttp://lac.laconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=terminal_island_memorial

The Museum of ToleranceRecipient of the Global Peace and Tolerance

Award from the Friends of the United Nations, theMuseum of Tolerance (MOT) is a human rightslaboratory and educational center dedicated tochallenging visitors to understand the Holocaust inboth historic and contemporary contexts andconfront all forms of prejudice and discriminationin our world today. The genesis of the MOT-thefirst of its kind in the world-came from theleadership of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, aninternationally recognized and acclaimed Jewishhuman rights organization named in honor offamed Nazi hunter, the late Simon Wiesenthal.

Museum of ToleranceSimon Wiesenthal Plaza9786 West Pico Blvd (southeast corner of PicoBoulevard and Roxbury Drive)Los Angeles, CA 90035http://www.museumoftolerance.com/site/c.tmL6KfNVLtH/b.4865931/k.C069/Visit.htm

Suquamish MuseumOur mission is to collect, protect, educate, andpreserve the history and culture of the PugetSound Salish Tribes with an emphasis on theSuquamish Tribe. In order to do this theSuquamish Museum must provide exhibits thatallow the visitors from all age levels tounderstand the culture and history from the viewof the First Peoples of the Puget Sound and theSuquamish Tribe, through the use of oral history,photography, artifacts, replication and audio/visualproductions. With the assistance of Tribal elders,scholars and other museum professionals, theSuquamish Museum will strive to meet all of theabove goals, and provide visitors with a newunderstanding of the Native Peoples of the PugetSound and the Suquamish Tribe.http://www.suquamish.nsn.us/Museum.aspxSuquamish Museum6861 NE South StreetSuquamish, WA 98392(360) 394-8499

Publications

Popoki’s Friendship Story:Our Peace Journey Born out of the Great EasternJapan Earthquake(Text & Illustrations: Ronni Alexander, A5 size,64 pages, color, English/Japanese, Epic, 2012).

On 11 March 2011, the day the huge earthquake,tsunami and nuclear accident rocked Japan, peoplethe world over were shocked. As a person whospecializes in Peace Studies and as one whoexperienced the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake,I really wanted to do something to help. I decidedto do something as part of the Popoki Peace

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Project, a group I started in 2006 using the catPopoki to help us to feel, express and create peace.In beginning work in the disaster area, I wantedparticularly to emphasize the following. Theproject should be multi-directional, promoteawareness of local (disaster area) as well as globalsituations, encourage participation by all, besustainable, inexpensive and use Popoki’smethodology (emphasizing use of senses,creativity, emotions, etc.). I drew a large Popokion a long cloth (45cm x 5m) and took the clothand colored markers to Tohoku where I invitedpeople in evacuation centers and other places todraw freely. Using key words such as ‘life’ and‘connection,’ the project has continued in Kobe,Osaka, the Czech Republic, Guam, and manyother places, too. In realized that each drawing isa story expressing joy, sorrow, desire, interests,and sometimes they are stories that are not, orcannot be expressed in words.Our journey with the cloth that began after theearthquake has become a collective peace journey,and now we are connected by more than 60meters of ‘stories.’ This book, the record of thatjourney, was written so that we do not forget themany important stories we encountered on theway, and so we can look forward towardtomorrow.

Scientific and Social Aspects of the FukushimaNuclear Disaster(authored by Ikuro Anzai and translated intoEnglish by Stephen Suloway. Published byAnzai Science & Peace Office)

from the authorWhile we consider what can be done on a practicallevel to reduce the health risks of radiation, peopleeverywhere also need to think about why a nuclearenergy policy that makes economic developmentmore important than safety has prevailed in Japan.And we Japanese, as the sovereign masters of ourcountry, need to take action to determine what ournational energy policy should be in the future.

Important Message

Muse Newsletter has been sent abroad for free,but we hope that you will read it on line on thewebsite of the Japanese Citizens’ Network ofMuseumsforPeace: http://www.tokyo-sensai.net/. Thisis because of the lack of fund for printing andpostage. Thank you for your understanding andwe hope that you will continue to enjoy readingMuse newsletter in the future.

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Scientific and Social Aspectsof the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

authored byIkuro Anzai

(Director, Anzai Science and Peace Office)translated by Stephen Suloway

October 2012