 Bikini Day events toward a world free of nuclear weapons March 1 marks the 51st anniversary of a Japanese fishing boat (along with many islanders) being showered with radioactive fall-out from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test explosion at Bikini Atoll. The Japan Council against A and H Bombs (Japan Gensuikyo) together with various peace organizations will hold rallies to exchange views and form links toward a world free of nuclear weapons. The Mexican ambassador to Japan and a second secretary of the Egyptian embassy in Japan will take part in the international forum to be held on February 28 by Gensuikyo. The representatives of the countries of the New Agenda Coalition will discuss tasks to work on for the NPT review conference together with anti-nuclear campaigners in Japan and abroad. Major Bikini Day events and the names of participants from abroad follow: [Program] Feb. 27 13:00-14:45 "International Youth Rally: Let Us Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons" Act One (Organized by Preparatory Committee) 15:00-17:00 Japan Genuikyo 2005 Bikini Day National Conference (Organized by Japan Gensuikyo) Feb. 28 10:00-12:00 International Forum (Organized by Japan Gensuikyo) 13:00-17:00 Workshops: Japan Gensuikyo National Conference March 1 9:30~ Peace March to the grave of Aikichi Kuboyama at Kotokuin Temple (Shizuoka Organizing Committee & Japan Religionist Council for Peace) 10:30-11:30 Memorial Ceremony(Japan Religionist Council for Peace) 13:00-15:30 51st March Bikini Day Rally 2005 (Shizuoka Organizing Committee & Organizing Committee of the World Conference) [Foreign delegates] Miguel Ruiz-Cabanas Izquierdo Ambassador to Japan, Mexico Walid Ahmed Haggag Second Secretary, Embassy of Egypt in Japan Jackie Cabasso Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation Coordinating Committee member, Abolition 2000 United for Peace and Justice/Nuclear Disarmament Campaign Abacca Anjain-Maddison Senator, Marshall Islands/ Rongelap Atoll Francois Gagnair Coordinator of Youth Program , National Board member, Mouvement de la Paix, France Sophie Lefeez Coordinator of Youth Program , National Board member, Mouvement de la Paix, France (end) |