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80 Years of Memory and Action: Honoring the Past, Advancing Disarmament, and Building a Peaceful Future

Pax Christi New York State and Pax Christi Metro New York Invite you to A Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan  Featuring excerpts from a Pax Christi International Webinar, Friday, August 8th,…

Kingston to Host 15th Annual Bon-Odori Dance Day for Peace Commemorating Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Nuclear Disaster Victims

On Sunday, August 3, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Kingston Point Beach will once again come alive with dance, music, remembrance, and activism as the city hosts the 15th Annual Bon-Odori Dance Day for Peace. The free event…

A light in the darkness: Hiroshima survivor speaks in Berlin

Invitation to a special meeting with Kunihiko Sakuma on May 22, 2025 – at the Berlin office of the International Peace Bureau (IPB) or online. On May 22, 2025, the International Peace Bureau (IPB), together with ICAN Germany and the…

Captured Catastrophe: Preserving Hiroshima’s Atomic Bomb Visual Legacy

The Visual archives of Hiroshima atomic bombing consists of 1,532 photographs and two films recorded in Hiroshima between August 6 and the end of December 1945 by citizens directly affected by the atomic bombing, as well as by photographers from…

“8:15 Hiroshima” Film Screening and Talk

This riveting film is a first-person account of the horrors of nuclear war and the power of love and forgiveness to triumph over inhumanity. We will be joined by the author and executive producer of the film, Dr. Akiko Mikamo.…

“G7 Leaders condemn the threat of nuclear weapons and take concrete action to eliminate them”

On the eve of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, with Nagasaki, the symbolic city of the destruction that nuclear weapons can wreak, political and civil society initiatives for nuclear disarmament are also multiplying in Italy. This morning [May 18, 2023]…

Young people from G7 countries call on leaders to honour commitment to nuclear disarmament at Hiroshima summit

Youth delegates from G7 countries, meeting in Hiroshima, are calling on  G7 leaders to seize the opportunity presented by their upcoming Summit and take action on nuclear disarmament, reminding them “possession or use of nuclear weapons is illegitimate as recognized…

An Invitation to Visit Hiroshima and Stand Up for Peace during the G7 Summit

As many peace advocates have probably already heard, this year’s G7 Summit will be held in Japan between the 19th and the 21st of May, in the City of Hiroshima, where many tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, were killed by…

2 days left: Appreciation – The Tomiko Morimoto West Story

The US Peace Memorial Foundation is proud to present “Appreciation”, a new short film by Michael Dwyer. This 20 minute documentary is available online for a limited time. AVAILABLE TO STREAM: MAR 14TH 3AM – MAR 25TH 11PM Tomiko Morimoto…

Toronto proclaims August 6, 2022 as “Hiroshima & Nagasaki Day”

John Tory Mayor of Toronto, “Whereas today, we commemorate the tragedies that took place in Japan on August 6 and 9, 1945, when atomic bombs were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We pay tribute to those who…

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