Hiroshima Peace Declaration will be streamed in English by Mayor Kazumi Matsui

[bananas]

Source: Japan Daily Press

Today marks the 67th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing and Mayor Kazumi Matsui is expected to deliver tonight his Hiroshima Peace Declaration in English. The city’s municipal government will broadcast the event live on the Internet so bookmark the page for later. The initial address is in Japanese and the English version is set to be read at 8:15 a.m. Monday Central Daylight Time, which is 10:15 p.m. the same day in Japan. Incidentally, the bomb was dropped over Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m. local time.

The purpose behind the English broadcast is to attract American viewership and to spread the word of support for elimination of nuclear weapons. This is the fourth straight year that the city will live stream an English peace declaration. Matsui will touch upon elimination of nuclear weapons and lasting peace in his speech. He will speak against the backdrop of the Atomic Bomb Dome, which is the remains of the building that stood closest to ground zero of the nuclear blast.

The speech will also touch upon the Fukushima disaster, with a special message to the people affected by the crisis at Tepco’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. You can catch the event live online via the city’s official website at www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp, it will be posted on YouTube next week.

Read more: http://japandailypress.com/hiroshima-peace-declaration-will-be-streamed-in-english-by-mayor-kazumi-matsui-068323

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(I think that was two hours ago)

[freshwest]

1. Thanks, hope to see it later on youtube.

[davidthegnome]

2. Thank you for sharing that

I will definitely be watching tonight.

It's strange, I'm the Grandson of a Marine who was in constant battle with the Japanese during world war II. I don't know whether he had harsh feelings for them or not - if he did, he kept them to himself. Perhaps he realized ultimately what a sad waste war always is. Perhaps it was just far too disturbing to think of, let alone speak of.

Yet for all that, for all of the terrible things our Nations did to each other during the war... if I had a choice, there is no other Country I would rather visit, or live in than Japan (after the US... at the moment). There are various reasons for this, but the primary one is that I love the Japanese people.