Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba has asked Toshio Tamogami, the controversial ex-chief of the Air Self-Defense Force, to change the date of a speech planned for Aug. 6, the day the city memorializes the atomic bombing of 1945, officials said.
The mayor sent a letter to Tamogami, pictured, and the organizer of the lecture, the Japan Conference Hiroshima, on Monday.
Akiba said the lecture, "Questioning the peace of Hiroshima," could upset hibakusha survivors and victims' relatives.
In August 2006, the Department of International Relations at Australian National University will host a workshop on reconciliation between Japan and China. Preparatory to the organization of that workshop, we invite you to brainstorm the topic electronically through this blog. The purpose of this blog is to invite discussion and debate about the best ways to encourage reconciliation between China and Japan.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
The Asahi Shimbun reports in its July 1 Online edition that
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