At the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum we conduct the "Let's Convey Our Message in English — Hiroshima Seminar" to impart fundamental knowledge of what a nuclear weapon can do and how to express this in English.
On 29 May, 2011 and 24 July, 2011 approximately 100 people participated in the "General Public" seminars. These were mostly Japanese who will have the opportunity to meet foreigners because they are planning to go overseas or to do homestays.
In both of these sessions, the first half was given by Craig Nevitt, an English language instructor from the US. He explained to the participants how to answer frequently asked questions by foreigners.
In the latter half of the May seminar a lecture was given by Keiko Ogura, representing the Hiroshima Interpreters for Peace group, on the topic "Convey the Meaning of Hiroshima to the World". She talked about her experiences as an interpreter and the message we should send out to the world.
In the latter half of the July seminar, a lecture was given by Steven Leeper, chairman of this Foundation, on the present state of affairs concerning nuclear weapons and why the time is right to fulfil the goals of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
Approximately 100 high school students, who are scheduled to go on exchange programs, also participated in student seminars held on 28 May, 11 June and 16 July.
We received such comments as, "I didn't know I knew so little about nuclear weapons," or "I want to tell the world about Hiroshima when I go overseas."