From 11:00 AM
Home of Dr. Joseph Gerson and Lani Gerson - 4 Washburn Street, Watertown
Meet Members of Nihon Hidankyo
The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations
Sunday, May 3, 2026, 11:00 AM, Home of Dr. Joseph and Lani Gerson, 4 Washburn Street, Watertown
Members Hiroshi Kanamoto, Yoshinori Ohmura, and Yayoi Tsuchida of the Nihon Hidankyo delegation recently participated in the “Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference” meetings at the United Nations.
Japanese A-bomb survivors, who have transformed their excruciating physical and emotional wounds into the world’s strongest force for nuclear weapons abolition are coming to the Boston area to help us reinvigorate our movements. The delegation which includes Hiroshi Kanamoto, Yoshinori Ohmura, and Yayoi Tsuchida will have recently participated in meetings for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference at the United Nations.
We face unprecedented times on the world stage with the risk of the use of nuclear weapons and the potential for a nuclear accident increasing daily. With the end of long-established nuclear treaties between the U.S. and Russia, the absence of any confidence building dialogues among the nine nuclear nations, and the consideration of non-nuclear nations to acquire nuclear capability, we must do whatever we can to move the goal of nuclear disarmament forward.
Come learn from those who have experienced the nuclear attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 and its consequences and those who are leading the nuclear disarmament efforts in Japan. Our guests are Hirosi Kanamoto the Assistant Secretary General of Nihon Hidankyo, the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize recipient organization, Yoshinori Ohmura a second generation Hibakusha and a leading figure in Nihon Hidankyo, and Yayoi Tsuchida the Assistant Secretary General of Gensuikyo, the Japan Council against A- & H-Bombs.
Please RSVP at watertowncitizens@gmail.com
A special thanks to the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security who are sponsoring the delegation in the United States and to Dr. Joseph Gerson and Ms. Lani Gerson for hosting this event.