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Report: Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World January 14-15,
2012, Yokohama, Japan (January 25, 2012）
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The 1000th Wednesday Demonstration Global Action Day - Appealing for the
Resolution of the “Comfort Women” Issue
(December 16, 2011）
On Wednesday 14th December, 1300 citizens surrounded the Japanese Ministry
of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Tokyo, as a demonstration asking the Japanese
government to take necessary actions to address the former “comfort women”
issue.
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URGENT！！ Stop Japanese Diet approval of the Atomic Energy Agreement between
Jordan, Korea, Russia, and Viet Nam
Only 48 hours left to the Diet approval. Let’s Take Action NOW
（DEADLINE Dec.2nd,2011）
(November 30, 2011）
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"Let's Raise Our Voices to Stop Nuclear Plant Exports and Imports
Around the World!"(November 21, 2011）
First deadline: December 31st, 2011
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For a Peaceful World: YWCA of Japan’s Summer Programs for Peace(Octoberr 7, 2011）
This summer YWCA of Japan held two programs aimed for learning and international
exchange for the realization of peace. Following are reports for the two
programs.
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9.19 “Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants” parade!(September 22, 2011）
60,000 people gathered in the heart of Tokyo, rallied through the bustling
down town calling “Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants!”
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YWCA of Japan call you to join, “Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants”Rally
and Petition!(September 9th, 2011）
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YWCA of Japan supports "The 2nd De-Nuclealization Forum"(September 9th, 2011）
Theme:"Without an accident, a Nuclear Power Plant Also Sucrifices
Lives of People" Speaker: Dr. Saburo Murata Schedule: September 17th,
2011, 14:00 - 16:30 Venue: UCCJ Shinanomachi Church (Tokyo, Japan) Co-hosted
by: NCC-J, Inter-faith Forum for Review of National Nuclear Policy, and
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YWCA of Japan is a support member of the movement, "World Without
Child Pornography" by the Japan Committee for UNICEF.(September 9th, 2011）
* August 4th, 2011: 1,170,000 signatures demanding the prohibition of simple
possessions of child pornography were submitted to the Diet of Japan.
* August 9th, 2011: Emergency statement "Child Pornography is Recorded
Sexual Abuse on Children: Immediate legislative revisions must be made,
including control of simple possession! " was submitted to the Committee
on Judicial Affairs, House of Representatives, Japan.
To see the whole statement: The Japan Commitee for UNICEF
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Triple Disaster Relief Work: Northern Japan Earthquake & the Pacific
Tsunami, and the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima First Nuclear Power
Plant Accident (June 10th, 2011）
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"Action June 11: No Nuclear Power"
Hudreds of events were held across Japan on June 11th, three months from
the Earthquake. Here is a few report from many sent from YWCAs' members
across Japan who joined an action in their community.
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Pilgrimage to Hiroshima 2011
Remembering and Sharing
-Moving toward a Nuclear-Free World-
Aug.8 (Mon)- 10 (Wed), 2011
Calling for participation
YWCA Japan's program "Pilgrimage to Hiroshima" has continued
for more than 40 years, providing opportunity for participants to visit
Hiroshima to learn about the atomic bomb, and to think and dicuss what
we can do towards a nuclear-free world.
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Report: Action to Protect Children from Radiation (May 25, 2011)
Demand Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Japan
to Cancel its Standard of Upper Limited Level of Radiation for School Children
Increased to 20 msv/year.
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Message on the Japanese Constitution Day (May 3rd) 2011 YWCA of Japan （May 2, 2011)
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YWCA of Japan supports / participates the following movements. （April 27, 2011)
◆Statement and Urgent Call to Demand the Japanese Government a retraction
of the” Decision on the Tolerable Amount of the Radiological Dosage for
Children as 20 msv (milli-Sievert)” Organized by 6 Japan local NGOs focus
on humanitarian, ecology, and nuclear issues.
◆Forum for Nuclear Energy Free World
“Truth about the nuclear power plant accident which the TV never shows”
Schedule: April 23rd, 2011 13:00-15:30
Venue: United Church of Christ Japan office
Speaker: Mitsuhiko Tanaka
Co-sponsored by: NCC-Japan, Japan Catholic Council for Justice and Peace,
Inter-faith Forum for Review of National Nuclear Policy
◆ Inter-faith Alliance for Achieving Military Base Free Okinawa ---Demand
closure of Futenma base and cancellation of the implementation & construction
of the Henoko new base.
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A month report: Thank you for your solidarity April 7th, 2011
We thank you for your generous support for the Tohoku Earthquake and the
Pacific Tsunami relief activities.
As of March 25th, we have received messages of solidarity from 37 YWCAs
around the world, sisters and brothers of YWCAs and YMCAs and churches,
our programme participated friends from around the world…and more! We are
so touched by all the messages and knowing that friends all over the world
are with us empowers us to move forward.
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The massive earthquake hit the northeast Japan(March 2011)
Dear Sisters around the World
Thank you again for all your support. Although the strongly affected areas
(northern part of mainland Japan) have communication difficulty, YWCA of
Japan, board, staff, and local YWCAs overall have established a close and
strong communication and now working on information gathering and planning
for the next step.
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Take Action: Farmers in Palestine are at Risk, Uprooted Our Olive Trees(March 2011)
YWCA of Japan Through "Keeping Hope Alive: Olive Tree Campaign",
thousands of olive trees from around the world have been planted on Palestine.
These olive trees are the symbol of hope, peace, and solidarity and indeed
they have been serving the Palestinian community to be environmentally
and ecconomically sustainable. However, destruction of the farmlands and
uprooting olive trees by Israeli occupation forces have been continuing,
and the lives of the farmers and our olive trees are at risk! Let's take
action!
Read the article and action plan
Read the YWCA of Japan statement
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1.24 “ Remember GAZA” Open Meeting in the Japanese House of Councillors(January 28, 2011)
Two years has passed since the Gaza attack by the Israeli military. On
January 24th, 2011, YWCA of Japan and 9 partner NGOs and civil organizations
organized an open meeting with a guest from Gaza, members of the Japanese
Diet and Foreign Affairs.
YWCA of Japan continues to call the international community actions for
Gaza’s immediate recovery and peace in the region.
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YWCA of Japan calls your solidarity for signing up for the UNICEF Japan’s
campaign to abolish child pornography, save children who are continuously
suffering at this moment, and protect children's rights(January 12, 2011)
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The statement calling for closure and return of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station
Futenma, Okinawa(April 22, 2010)
YWCA of Japan issed the statement calling for closure and return of U.S.
Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa.
Read the statement (Japanese)
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The Apology for the Asia-Pacific War and the Resolution for Commitment
to World Peace(April 9, 2010)
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Read（Korean）
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Solidarity for Peace with Justice in Palestine (April 7, 2010)
YWCA of Japan supports the statement by World YWCA and YWCA of Palestine,
and extend our peace movement to Palestine.
Read: Break the silence against the expropriation of the Holy City
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Iwakuni Report (September 18, 2009)
A group of YWCA members toured Iwakuni this year again, in order to witness
the facts about the gradual and firm strengthening of the U.S. military
forces in Iwakuni and the lives of the locals.
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We strongly protest the forced evictions of Palestinians in East Jerusalem
by the government of Israel and call to stop them immediately.（August 17, 2009)
YWCA of Japan makeｓ a strong protest against that in the early morning
of Sunday August 2, 2009 Israeli police forcibly evicted eight Palestinian
families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah district neighborhood of
occupied East Jerusalem.
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Call for Action! Sign a petition to Stop the use of Mt. Atagoyama development
site for the installation of new U.S. Military housing (March 3, 2009)
There are around 100 U.S. Military bases and facilities throughout Japan.
The U.S. Marine Corps has stationed in Iwakuni for nearly half a century,
and has sent troops over Vietnam War and the Gulf War in its history.
Friends of YWCA of Japan visit Iwakuni for field trip in a peace education
& peace making program called “Pilgrimage to Hiroshima” (*), and learn
the facts about existence of military bases that cause serious humanitarian
violations on both people living near the base and those targeted as enemies,
as the past Vietnam War and the Gulf War cases explain.
more"Call for Action! Sign a petition to Stop the use of Mt. Atagoyama
development site for the installation of new U.S. Military housing"
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No military, no violence in Somalia: YWCA of Japan calls to stop sending
military troops to Somalia (February 26, 2009)
YWCA of Japan took the initiative to hold a meeting together with 9 other
women’s organizations for the dialogue with Diet Members on the theme of
“Standing up for Japanese Peace Constitution, Protecting Peace, Life, and
Good Living” in the lobby of the House of Representatives on Feb 20th, 2009.
more"No military, no violence in Somalia: YWCA of Japan calls to stop
sending military troops to Somalia"
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REPORT: Light on Gaza! Immediately Stop Military Attack! Peace Parade and
Symposium(January 13, 2009)
YWCA of Japan and 11 other NGOs organized an event of appeal; "Light
on Gaza! Immediately Stop Military Attack! Peace Parade and Symposium"
in Tokyo on January 10th. 1500 people marched the parade and 500 people
came for the symposium although it was very immediate organization! Keep
on believing, keep on acting. Our global action has a power to change!
more"REPORT: Light on Gaza! Immediately Stop Military Attack! Peace
Parade and Symposium"
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CALL to ACTION: Candle Peace Action held across Japan! (January 9, 2009)
Candle Peace Action for solidarity with people of Palestine was held on
January 8th. YWCAs across Japan held the event to respond to a call by
YWCA of Palestine. Here are photos of some of many other YWCAs’ peace action
on that day.
more"CALL to ACTION: Candle Peace Action held across Japan!"
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Call to stop military attacks on Gaza
(December 30, 2008)
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The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People ( November 28, 2008 )
In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly called for the annual observance
of the 29th of November as the International Day of Solidarity with the
Palestinian People. On the 29th of November 1947 the United Nations adopted
resolution 181 which stated that the British mandate of Palestine was to
be partitioned. The original idea was that the partition would be a solution
to the conflict which had arisen from several waves of Jewish immigration
before, and after, the Second World War. In what had once been a territory
with a large Arab Palestinians majority, there were now to be two states,
with 55% of the land given to the quickly expanding Jewish minority.
more"The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People"
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Condemnation on the brutal attack and violence on the Palestinians （November 27, 2008）
YWCA of Japan strongly condemns the brutal and inhuman attack on Mr. Majdi
Husseini and Mr. Khaled Jamal Al Husseini by a group of Israeli in the
early morning of October 19th in Palestine.
more"Condemnation on the brutal attack and violence on the Palestinians"
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Korea-Japan Youth Conference 2008 report （November 20, 2008）
Korea-Japan Youth Conference 2008 was held from October 31st to November
3rd at Korea YWCA Bucheon Willow Camp surrounded by beautiful autumn leaves.
The total of 22 youth members of the age 17 to 30 from Japan and Korea
YWCA gathered for the annual conference.
more"Korea-Japan Youth Conference 2008 report"
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Protest Against the Offensive Statements of Former Air Self-Defense Force
Chief of Staff Tamogami Toshio and the Position Taken by the Japanese Government （November 4, 2008）
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"Week Without Violence"
The 3rd week of October is the Week Without Violence. YWCAs around the
world call stronger solidarity among women to finish violence against women
from the world. "DV" and/or "Date DV" have been little
by little getting recognized by Japanese society lately, however, violence
occurring between personal relationships still tends to be undisclosed.
To advocate what the violence against women really means, we created an
easy reading booklet.
(Only Japanese is available)
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Petition requesting elimination of reference to the Takeshima (Dok-do)
islets in the revised teachers’ guidelines for junior high school social
studies text books (September 10, 2008)
Petition was sent to Prime Minister FUKUDA Yasuo and SUZUKI TSUNEO of Minister
of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on Sept.11th, 2008.
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