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Canotaph during a
Remembrance Day ceremony, commemorating
those who passed away in the World Wars.

he says.

Despite facing challenges of running the
organisation, Tanaka has high hopes in the
younger generation for promoting peace, “A
new group that shares our core values might be
formed in the future and continue our work,”
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bombing can be our members,”

Tanaka says the organisation is
considering admitting survivors’
descendants as members.

“We are worried that surviving
members and new members who
did not have the experience might
have different views and that will be
a problem. If membership becomes
more diverse and opinions are in
conflict, it becomes harder to form
unity,” the retired professor shares.

The Nobel Peace Prize mone-
tary award has greatly improved the
organisation’s financial condition
with about JP¥150 million (US$100
million), the future of the group re-
mains uncertain. “We are still dis-
cussing how to make good use of Office of Nihon Hidankyo, in Tokyo
the resources and who should take
over the work of the organisation,”