On January 30, the 10 delegates from Israel and Palestine invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan paid a visit to the Hiroshima Prefectural Government. This invitation program has been implemented annually since 1997 in a bid to support to build trust in a relationship between Israel and Palestine.

Prior to the visit to the Hiroshima Prefectural Office, the delegates learned the humanitarian consequences of the atomic bombing through a testimony of Hibakusha and visit to the Peace Memorial Museum. At the Prefectural Office, the staff of the Peace Promotion Project Team delivered a presentation about the history of the reconstruction of Hiroshima City, and the courtesy call to Vice Governor Tanabe was made by the delegates.

One of the delegates asked about a role of the Hiroshima Prefecture for peace in the Middle East, and the Vice Governor answered that we are responsible to disseminate a message for peace throughout the globe as a reconstructed city from the ruin caused by the atomic bombing.