2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Transborder "Hiroshima": Peace Movements and Movements for A-bombSurvivors in the U.S. and Occupied Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23820015
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Historical studies in general
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	KAWAGUCHI Yuko 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 助教 (60612116)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Keywords	原爆 / 核兵器 / 広島 / 平和運動 / 被爆者救援運動 / 日米関係 / 冷戦
Research Abstract	This research focuses on the Hiroshima Peace Center and its various activities for A-bomb survivors in Hiroshima. The Hiroshima Peace Center was an institution established during the U.S. occupation of Japan, based on both U.S. and Japan, and under the leadership of the Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto in Hiroshima. One of the main reasons that the Peace Center was active in both U.S. and Japan was that it was directly and strongly influenced by the international circumstances. At the same time, this “transborder” background of the Peace Center caused frictions. This is because “Hiroshima” in the U.S. symbolized something different from what it meant in Hiroshima, for it was interpreted according to American people’s interest in the Hiroshima bombing and the nuclear weapons.

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