Japanese for Peace

Learning from History: Making peace for the Next Generation

In August, a group of writers came together to work towards building peace in the world, calling themselves Japanese for Peace. With the coming of the anniversary of the dropping of the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Allied forces (US forces), there was a call within the writers community to widen public awareness about the experiences of the victims of atomic warfare.

While there are friendly relations between countries as of today, we cannot hid the fact that deep-lying resentment still exists in people of the world. We believe that we have a strong responsibility to learn about the history to achieve true understanding and peace between people.

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Using Education to Promote World Peace

Education is one of the tools that can be used to promote world peace. For you to appreciate the truthfulness of this statement, you have to understand the influential role that is played by education in the formation of people’s minds. You come to realize that, indeed, education plays a very big role in the […]

Will Japan Be at Peace?

Well, Donal Trump is now the President of the United states, and North Korea still have their nuclear weapons. President Trump has threatened to attack North Korea. But a defector warned that he shouldn’t do that because America’s allies in the Asian zone will be in trouble. I believe that it is true, because North […]

The Role of Military Forces in the Maintenance of World Peace

Many of us imagine that military forces exist solely to fight wars. As such, we imagine that the world would be more peaceful if there were no military forces. The truth is a little different. As a matter of fact, military forces exist to foster world peace. Without these forces, the peace we have in […]

The Real Key to Sustainable World Peace

Almost every other day, I come across an article, a book or a speech touching on the subject of ‘world peace’. Inevitably, the main question that is explored in such articles, books or speeches is that of how sustainable world peace can be achieved. In other words, numerous people all over the world are preoccupied […]