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Welcoming Delegation from the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament
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The Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament (CPAPD) is a national organization in China that promotes peace and disarmament.
Since a group from the Hiroshima Citizens Peace Friendship China Delegation first visited Beijing and other areas in 1988, this Foundation and CPAPD have continued to conduct mutual visits over 27 years.
The Foundation welcomed a group from CPAPD for five days from February 2, 2015.
The main activities are outlined below.
February 2
The group participated in a tour of Mazda Museum, held a discussion with this Foundation, and attended a dinner hosted by the President of this Foundation (Hiroshima Mayor).
During the discussion, a request was made to the delegation to cooperate in efforts for the abolition of nuclear weapons and to promote membership in Mayors for Peace.
The CPAPD members responded positively, and in particular said that they would not only ask Chinese cities that have a strong relationship with CPAPD to join Mayors for Peace, but also proposed using sister city and friendship city relations between Japanese and Chinese cities.
February 3
The group toured Peace Memorial Park and Peace Memorial Museum, listened to the testimony of an A-bomb survivor, visited the Mayor of Hiroshima, and toured Miyajima.
At the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, they asked detailed questions about the number
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of the deceased and others while viewing the displays with great interest.
The head of the delegation was impressed by the museum's methods of collecting materials, and said that there was a lot for China's peace-related museums to learn from this.
When visiting the Mayor, the head of the delegation told that the two important things that China and Japan must think about are why such a war occurred, and what needs to be done to ensure that war does not occur again.
He also said that CPAPD supports Mayors for Peace and will participate in joint activities such as displaying A-bomb posters.
He also said that they are looking forward to a visit from a group from Hiroshima.
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The delegation presents flowers to the Memorial Monument for Hiroshima, City of Peace
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February 3 and 4
The group then moved to Tokyo, where they visited Gensuikyo (The Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs) and other related organizations.
2015 marks 70 years since the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 70 years since the end of the Second World War, and the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations.
For these reasons, CPAPD is placing importance on Japan-related activities, and extended many friendly comments toward Japan, impressing on us the importance of civic-level exchange activities between China and Japan.
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