Hiroshima, the 6th August - TV screen (3)
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
The Hiroshima city mayor, Tadatoshi Akiba, reads out the Peace Declaration.
Here's the Declaration in English:
www.chugoku-np.co.jp/abom/2007/peace_declaration/En_Hiros...
In Japanese, if you prefer:
www.chugoku-np.co.jp/abom/2007/peace_declaration/Hiroshim...
On the caption in this picture: ... while clearly saying "No," to obsolete and mistaken US policies. As far as I can remember, this part of the Declaration was not broadcast in the later news programs, such as the NHK's Nine O'Clock News or TV-Asahi's Hodo Station.
-- the TV screen, the NHK's 7 O'Clock News, 6th August 2007.
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BBC's report on the YouTube BBC World channel:
youtube.com/watch?v=j5k3keyGbn8
