Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation

About HPCF

Outline of Purpose
Based on Hiroshima's A-bomb experience, collaborating with peace research institutions and related organizations in Japan and abroad, this Foundation seeks to convey the facts about the bombing and contribute to the dissemination of thought promoting peace and international understanding/cooperation. The overall goal is to contribute to world peace and human happiness.
President and Chairperson
President ／ Kazumi MATSUI 　 Chairperson ／ Takehiro KAGAWA Chairperson's page
Charter
Prospectus for Establishing the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation　(PDF)
History

October 1967	Established as a bureau within the City of Hiroshima government, called the Hiroshima Peace Culture Center.
April 1976	The Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation is established.
April 1978	Begins providing study seminars to students on school excursions (showing A-bomb documentary films and arranging talks by A-bomb survivors).
May 1978	The United Nations holds the first Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-bomb Photo Exhibition.
January 1983	Issues a call to 72 cities in 23 countries in the world to join the Program to Promote Solidarity of Cities toward the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons.
September 1983	Organizes the Atomic Bomb Witness organization, a survivors' organization within the Foundation. UN Disarmament Fellows visit Hiroshima for the first time (22 subsequent visits).
August 1985	First World Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity is held in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (5 subsequent conferences).
October 1985	Holds first Gathering of Hiroshima Citizens for Peace, to commemorate the 40^th anniversary of the atomic bombing and UN Disarmament Week (9 subsequent gatherings). Publishes Peace Encyclopedia.
May 1986	Begins shooting first atomic bomb witness videos.
August 1986	Holds '86 Peace Summit in Hiroshima. (Has since held the International Symposium for Peace in Hiroshima, with Nagasaki as an alternate location.)
October 1987	Organizes an atomic bomb witness exchange gathering.
November 1988	Sends the first delegation to China to begin a relationship with the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament.
March 1990	Completes the Atomic bomb documentary film Hiroshima: A Mother's Prayer.
June 1991	Holds the United Nations and Disarmament Symposium (5 subsequent symposia).
June 1992	Holds the first UN Conference on Disarmament Issues in Hiroshima.
March 1993	Settles on a plan to construct the Peace Database.
August 1995	Operates the Peace Database (static image system).
April 1998	Combines with the Hiroshima International Relations Organization to become the new Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation. Entrusted by the City of Hiroshima with managing and operating the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the International Conference Center Hiroshima.
April 1999	Begins the Hiroshima Peace Volunteer program.
December 1999	Uploads the Peace Database on the Internet.
April 2001	The Hiroshima City International House opens. Entrusted by the City of Hiroshima with managing and operating the International House.
June 2002	Begins Hiroshima Peace Forum.
August 2002	The Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims opens in Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima City. Entrusted by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare with managing and operating the Memorial Hall.
April 2006	Appointed as the administrator by the City of Hiroshima to manage and operate the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, the International Conference Center Hiroshima, the Hiroshima City International House.
July 2006	The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum becomes the first building after the war to be designated a national important cultural property.
January 2007	Formulates the Renewal Plan for the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
February 2007	Peace Memorial Park becomes the first park built after the war to be designated a place of extraordinary scenic beauty.
September 2007 - March 2009	Begins A-bomb exhibitions in the United States. Within 2 years, ending in March of 2009, 113 cities in 48 states had hosted A-bomb exhibitions, including the capital, Washington, D.C.
July 2010	Formulates the Basic Plan for the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum's Displays.
April 2011	This foundation was authorized as the public interest incorporated foundation by the Japanese government.
November 2011	Opens the Exhibition about the Atomic Bombings and Disarmament in the United Nations Office at Geneva.
November 2012	Opens the Schmoe House, an exhibition facility affiliated with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
March 2014	Partially begins the complete renovation work of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
March 2014	Expiration of the Administration Entrustment Agreement of Hiroshima City International House.
April 2017	The East Building of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum reopens. The Main Building is closed for renovations and reorganization of the permanent exhibits.
April 2019	The Main Building of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum reopens.

Organizational Chart

Facilities

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

　As a result of abolishing the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall, which opened in 1955, the new Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, combining the former Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (now, the Main Building) and the East Building, reopened in June 1994.
　Exhibits in the East Building convey the history of Hiroshima before and after the atomic bombing and the nuclear age through models, photos, panels, etc. The East Building has the Peace Memorial Hall, used for study seminars, meeting rooms, the Library, the Museum Shop, and more. The Main Building conveys the events of August 6, 1945, with belongings of those who died, A-bomb artifacts, and more.

International Conference Center Hiroshima

　Opened in 1989. Facilities include the Phoenix Hall with 1,504 seats, four large and small conference rooms for lectures, meetings, banquets, etc. The Center also has the International Exchange Lounge.

Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims

　The national facility opened on August 1, 2002, with the purpose of mourning the victims of the atomic bombing and praying for genuine and lasting peace. It provides a Hall of Remembrance and collects names, photographs and memoirs of atomic bomb victims.

Main Activities
Main activities　(PDF)
Budget (Rough Overview)

Fiscal 2023		nonprofit activity	profitable enterprises	corporate accounting	total
General net worth	Opening balance	▲18,918	30,627	▲257,435	▲245,726
	Recurring revenues	1,209,302	492,157	145,503	1,846,962
	Recurring expenses	1,219,696	489,476	142,951	1,852,123
	transfer	11,483	▲10,000	▲1,483	0
Designated net worth	Opening balance	995,821	0	381,851	1,377,672
Designated net worth	Increase/Decrease	▲22,686	0	▲19,460	▲42,146
Total net worth closing balance		955,306	23,192	106,025	1,084,523
＊ yen in thousands

List of Board of Directors / Councilors
List of Board of Directors / Councilors　(PDF)
About Logo

Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation's Logo

　In March 1993, we adopted the mark at the left as our foundation's logo from ideas submitted by our staff members.
　This mark is based on a combination of a lowercase “H”, the first letter of “Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation” and “P”, the first letter of “Peace”. The image also evokes the currents of Hiroshima's rivers in the hope that a smaller current (Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation's commitment for peace) will become a great river, and one day an ocean that can link the world as one.