On 5 July2025, I gave a lecture on the “Birth of the UN Peace Bell and its donation to the UN” to 90 participants of the Sakura City International Culture course and 10 related people at the Sakura City Central Community Centre. This lecture was made possible through the introduction of Mr Ishizuka Yoshiaki, a former principal of a Japanese school in New York, who became a member of the Association.
The Sakura City International Culture course was established in 1990 with the aim of fostering citizens who can think from an international perspective and act as cosmopolitans. Some of the graduates are active at the forefront of international exchange and friendship. I am very grateful to Mr Suzuki Akihiro, Secretary General, for allowing me to give a lecture at this traditional course for citizen in Sakura city.
Mr Katsura, Director of the Association, did a good job of assembling the video for the lecture. After the lecture, all participants rang the Peace Bell and prayed for world peace.
