Hiroshima Junior International ForumHiroshima for Global Peace

Hiroshima Junior International Forum

Overview

Hiroshima Prefecture hosts the Hiroshima Junior International Forum, in order to cultivate the next generation of leaders by having domestic and international high school students discuss global peace, engage with one another, and send a message of peace to the world.

◆Sponsor: Hiroshima Prefecture

◆Theme: How can I contribute to the realization of world peace?
(Initiatives to abolish nuclear weapons, reconstruction, and peacebuilding)

◆Contents: (Varies by year)
Approx. 4-5 days (Usually in August)
Orientation, team-building, tour of Peace Memorial Park, hibakusha (A-bomb survivor) testimony
Lectures and group discussion (Themes: nuclear weapons abolition, reconstruction and peacebuilding etc.)
Create and present the Hiroshima Declaration

◆Participants: (Varies by year)
Japanese high school students: Approx. 40
International high school students: Approx. 20-40