Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu

Peace Doll

Over twenty years ago, as I was getting off the train at my station, a Japanese woman handed me...

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Here and There Japan

My blog of this and that from here and there in Japan is written especially for children. It was...

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Story Calendar with Links

Somewhere Among takes place in Japan 2001. Anniversaries, holidays, solstices, and historical events that Japan and the United States...

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Story Playlist

Many songs influenced the writing of Somewhere Among. I have included links to some of them. I listened to...

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Numbering Dickinson, Knowing Stevenson

Emily Dickinson did not number her poems. She didn’t give them titles. My college anthology of American literature (1978)...

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Bullying and Resolving Conflict

ANTI-BULLYING DAYS & WEEKS & MONTHS Across the world, days, weeks and months have been set aside to spotlight...

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International Day of Peace for Peace One Day

International Day of Peace is on September 21. The 2017 theme is Together for Peace, Safety, Respect & Dignity...

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Promoting Peace

Many opportunities for peace and conflict resolution educational programs and activities can be found through the following links: President...

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Japan-U.S. Friendship

GIFTS OF TREES, 1910 – present You may know the long and interesting history of Japan’s 1912 gift of...

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The Ehime Maru February 2001

On February 9, 2001, The Ehime Maru, a Japanese high school fishery training boat, sank 9 miles off Diamond...

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Mayors for Peace August 2001

On August 2, 2001, the 5th World Conference of Mayors for Peace opened first in Hiroshima. Events were also...

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Hiroshima on August 6, 2001

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan visited the annual Hiroshima Memorial Service for the Dead and the Peace Memorial...

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Nagasaki on August 9, 2001

Mayor Itcho Ito of Nagasaki City read “The Nagasaki Peace Declaration” and warned that “the nuclear threat is now...

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National Veterans Awareness Week November 2001

President George W. Bush, XLIII, proclaimed November 11, 2001, as Veterans Day. He encouraged all Americans to observe November...

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Pearl Harbor Memorial on December 7, 2001

President George Bush marked the 2001 anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor by declaring December 7 as National...

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9-11 Memorials

This page is a work in progress, but for now, here are some links: From Scholastic Understanding...

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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2016

This year 2016 is the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. For more information, check this website,...

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ISS International Space Station

image credit: NASA Facilities around the world support the operation and management of the International Space Station. The...

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Mamoru Mohri, Japan’s First Astronaut

image credit: NASA Mamoru Mohri (spelling used on NASA site) was Japan’s first astronaut on STS-47, Spacelab-J, a cooperative...

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Chiaki Mukai, Japan’s First Woman Astronaut

image credit : NASA Chiaki Mukai was selected as a payload specialist for the International Microgravity Laboratory on board...

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