On August 25, 2025, a dialogue session was held at the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall. Half of the participants were university and graduate students, with diverse and diverse backgrounds gathered together. Participants from Japan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, and Cuba shared perspectives that transcended generations and national borders. This event served as a platform for dialogue, learning, and mutual understanding for the future, while also listening to past experiences in Nagasaki, Okinawa and Kazakhstan, and how they have been preserved. It provided an opportunity to learn about the environmental impacts of ongoing wars and nuclear testing worldwide, and became a space to recognize one’s own role in passing on a better environment to the next generation.
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- Professor Ikue Kina, President of the University of the Ryukyus
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- Ms. Mayumi Matsuo, Deputy Director, Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
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- Ms. Zarina Badavamova, AEON Environmental Foundation
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- Ms. Akane Umezu, Research fellow for Cabinet Office, International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, Government of Japan
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- Group presentation
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- Acitive discussion
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- Graphic recording
Furthermore, graphic recording (by Tagayasu Inc.) was conducted throughout the entire dialogue session, aiding in providing participants with an easy-to-understand summary.
Please see below for the graphic recordings of the topics presented by the lecturers.
Professor Ikue Kina, President of the University of the Ryukyus: “Creating the Future Through Narrative: Memories of the Battle of Okinawa”
Ms. Mayumi Matsuo, Deputy Director, Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims: “Praying for Lasting World Peace”
Ms. Zarina Badavamova, AEON Environmental Foundation: “Citizen Movements in Kazakhstan: Nevada and Semipalatinsk”
Ms. Akane Umezu, Research fellow for Cabinet Office, International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, Government of Japan “Overlooked War Contamination: Its Diversity and the Difficulty of Restoration”
Group discussion
■Organizers:
AEON Environmental Foundation
Future Earth
Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA), Nagasaki University
Research Center for Global Risk (CGR), Nagasaki University
■Collaboration:
AEON Kyushu Co., Ltd.
Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the atomic bomb victims
Permission to publish in the Nagasaki Shinbun has been granted.
長崎新聞22面(2025.8.26)掲載平和と環境2025
