Tokyo. Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima Memorial Parks, symbols of enmity between the US and Japan during World War II, will now promote peace and friendship under a ‘sister park’ agreement. US Ambassador to Japan Ram Emmanuel and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui signed an agreement on Thursday providing for the establishment of a ‘sister park’ system between the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and the Pearl Harbor National Memorial of Hawaii.
Today, Hiroshima Mayor Matsui and I signed a historic Sister Parks agreement between #Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and @PearlHarborNPS to embrace the power of peace and the promise of partnership. If we heed the lessons, the intertwined histories of Hiroshima and Pearl Harbor… pic.twitter.com/xIcUic3RxM
— ラック・エマックル駐日 American Ambassador (@USAmbJapan) June 29, 2023
“Nobody can be the same old person when they go to Pearl Harbor or the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, walk in through the entrance and walk out through the exit,” Emmanuel said during the signing ceremony at the US Embassy in Tokyo. He said, “I think the intention behind this initiative is to inspire people all over America and all over Japan to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and Pearl Harbor, so that they can understand the spirit of friendship and brotherhood ”
According to the US embassy, under the ‘sister park’ arrangement, the two parks will exchange best practices in restoring historic structures and their natural forms, using virtual reality and digital images for conservation and education, and youth education and tourism management. Promote cooperation and share mutual experiences.
On the other hand, Matsui said, “The establishment of the ‘sister park’ arrangement between the two parks associated with the beginning and end of the war is proof that despite making the mistake of waging war, mankind can come to its senses, take the initiative of reconciliation.” Can and can try to establish peace. After Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, America entered World War II. On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing at least 1.40 lakh people. Three days later, on August 9, he targeted Nagasaki with an atomic bomb, killing 70,000 more people. After these attacks, Japan surrendered to the war on 15 August.
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