Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan visited the annual Hiroshima Memorial Service for the Dead and the Peace Memorial Ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in 2001. There was a moment of silence and a release of doves. Hiroshima’s Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba gave a “Peace Declaration,” and children gave a “Commitment to Peace.”
Prime Minister Koizumi stated, “Being the only country ever to have experienced nuclear devastation, Japan observes its Peace Constitution, firmly maintaining the Three Non-Nuclear Principles. Japan is also continuing to appeal to the international community for the abolition of nuclear weapons and realization of a permanent peace so that the horrors of nuclear weapons never be repeated.”
2001
Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba’s Peace Declaration 2001
BBC News photos of Hiroshima August 6, 2001
Hiroshima Memorial Service Washington Post
Japan marks 56th anniversary of Hiroshima USA Today
Education
Hiroshima and Peace program for undergraduate and graduate students
General
Children’s Peace Monument Tower of a Thousand Cranes
Hiroshima Peace Site Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Website
Media
Message from Hiroshima Official Trailer narrated by George Takei
George Takei’s Hiroshima part 1
George Takei’s Hiroshima, Japan part 2 George Takei Remembers
George Takei’s Hiroshima, Japan part 3 Reconnecting with Family
Books
The Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw, 2016
Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu 
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