August 9 Memorial for Korean A-bomb Victims in Nagasaki ８月９日長崎原爆朝鮮人犠牲者追悼早朝集会 나가사키 원폭 조선인 희생자 추도 조조집회 메시지

Below is the keynote speech by Dr. Takazane Yasunori, Director of Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum, and Chair of the Nagasaki Association for Protecting Human Rights of Korean Residents in Japan, at the early morning memorial gathering for the Korean victims of the Nagasaki atomic bomb, on August 10, 2010. Our Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Tour group always visits this memorial that starts at 7 a.m., before we visit the Shiroyama Elementary School memorial and Nagasaki City's main ceremony. The photo above is the monument for the Korean victims, located at Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park.

The monument was built in 1979 with donations collected by the Nagasaki Association for Protecting Human Rights of Korean Residents in Japan, and since then, a gathering in memory of the Korean victims has been held in front of the monument every year, to remember and to pay tribute to the over 20,000 Korean victims of the atomic-bombing of Nagasaki, and over 10,000 who were killed. This is the fourth year that I attended the ceremony, and I had an impression that the crowd was particularly large this year, perhaps around 400 people, compared to 200 or so for the previous years. This could be related to the fact that this year marks the 100th year of Japan's annexation of Korea, and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, a Korean national, visited both the Korean memorials in Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

The speech is available in Japanese and, for the first time, in Korean this year. Takazane takes months to prepare for this August 9 speech every summer, and the speech of this year places specific emphasis on the 100th year of Japan's forceful annexation of Korea. To summarize the main points, Takazane called for Japan and its people to recognize the Korean victims of the atomic bombing, not just as victims of a nuclear weapon, but also as victims of Japan's colonization of Korea, and Japan's invasive war in Asia. He stressed the illegality and unjustifiability of the "Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty" of 1910. He pointed out there is crucial lack of consciousness in Japan about their responsibility for the division of Korea, and condemned the Japanese government for continuing to implement policies that reinforce the division and hostility in Korean Peninsula. He also criticized the Japanese government's continued alienation and discrimination against Korean residents in Japan, particularly their exclusion of Korean schools from the tuition subsidy program for high school students. Referring to the unresolved issues of the military sex slavery and forced labour, he called for the government to legally recognize the responsibility for and provide individual compensation to the Korean war victims.

Takazane concluded his speech with the set of five demands to the Japanese government: 1)to declare the 1910 annexation treaty null and illegal; 2)to pave the way for the Atomic Bomb Victims' Relief Law to be applied to the victims living in DPRK(North Korea); 3)to recognize the right to request compensation by individual victims of Japan's war, and to establish a "war reparations law"; 4)to include Korean high schools in the tuition subsidy program, and to waive tuition for the Korean elementary and junior high schools as well; 5)to resume a diplomatic relationship with DPRK.

Here is the speech, first in Japanese then in Korean.

長崎原爆朝鮮人犠牲者追悼早朝集会メッセージ

　この長崎の街に原子爆弾が投下されて六五年目の今日、私たちは朝鮮人原爆犠牲者追悼碑の前に集いました。半世紀を超える歳月が流れたとはいえ、朝鮮人原爆犠牲者の無念に思いを馳せずにはいられないからであります。絶対悪である核兵器を使用した米国の責任は人類史上永遠に追及されなければなりません。駐日大使が広島の平和記念式典に参加したとはいえ、法的責任も道義的責任さえも認めず、ただ大量殺戮兵器としての脅威にのみ着目している現状は言語道断であります。しかしながら、原爆の投下責任を糺し、原爆の悲惨さと核兵器廃絶を訴えるだけで核時代を生きる私たちの使命は果たせるといえるでしょうか。私はそこにもエゴイスティックな思考が隠されていると思えてなりません。なぜならば、朝鮮人原爆犠牲者は核兵器の犠牲者であるばかりではなく、日本の朝鮮侵略とアジア侵略戦争の犠牲者でもあるからです。日本国民は自国のこの加害責任を深く心に刻み、反省と謝罪と賠償を怠ってはなりません。

　日本が朝鮮を侵略しなければ、朝鮮人が原爆の犠牲になることもありえませんでした。韓国強制併合から一〇〇年、「保護条約」から一〇五年の今年、日本国民はこれらの「条約」がいかに暴力的な威圧と欺瞞に満ちた不法なものであったかをどれほど認識しているでしょうか。「併合条約」の第一条と第二条をみるだけでもその欺瞞は明らかであるにもかかわらず、日本政府をはじめ多くの国民も「合法的に交わされた有効な条約」と信じ込んでいる現実があります。第一条「韓国皇帝陛下は韓国に関する一切の統治権を完全かつ永久に日本国皇帝陛下に譲与す」。第二条「日本国皇帝陛下は前条にかかげる譲与を承諾しかつ全然韓国を日本帝国に併合することを受諾す」。韓国皇帝が統治権を譲与すると申し出たから承諾して併合するのだという。欺瞞であるのみか、これほど他国を侮辱した「条約」がありうるでしょうか。当初から不法・無効であることは明らかです。

　また、私はこの不法な「併合条約」のもとで断行された無数の暴虐に目を向けるのみならず、侵略を賛美し推進した思想的背景にも着目しなければ、原爆犠牲者の無念も暴虐の犠牲者の無念も決して癒されることはないと思います。「取り易き朝鮮・満州・支那を切り随え･･･」と弟子たちに説いた吉田松陰や、「朝鮮は腐儒の巣窟、上に磊落果断の士人なくして、国民は奴隷の境遇･･･斯かる軟弱無廉恥の国民･･･脅迫と決したる上は国務の実権を我手に握り、韓人等は単に事の執行に当たらしむるのみにして、･･･喙を容れしめず･･･」と、偏見をほしいままにして脅迫による支配までも鼓吹した福沢諭吉の侵略思想はどれほど認識され、反省されているでしょうか。福沢諭吉が最高紙幣の肖像であるところにも、反省はおろか、偉人として崇拝している現実があるといわざるをえません。侵略思想の大罪を告発し、二度とその轍は踏まないと誓うことこそ、犠牲者を追悼する私たちの責務であると信じます。

　日本は朝鮮の南北分断をもたらした根源的責任も問われます。日本の侵略がなければ朝鮮の分断はありえないからです。それにもかかわらず、戦後日本は分断を煽り、統一を阻害する政策を一貫して執り続けました。昨年の政権交代によってもこの政策を見直す気配はありません。私は南北融和から再び対立の傾向を濃くしている情況に憂慮の念を禁じえませんが、日本政府が相変わらず対立を助長する政策に終始していることに失望と義憤を覚えます。南北分断の根源的責任の自覚が完全に欠如しているからです。対立に拍車を掛けるこの無責任な態度は内政にも見られ、朝鮮学校の存在と民族教育を露骨に敵視しています。本来無償であるべき初等中等教育から朝鮮学校を排除して国費を一切支給せず、ましてや新たに実施された高校無償化から朝鮮高級学校を排除して平等待遇を拒むとあっては人権侵害に他ならず、世界から指弾されて当然であります。国連機関から差別撤廃を勧告され、韓国の言論界からも強く批判されています。日本政府は一刻も早くこの恥ずべき差別待遇を放棄しなければなりません。

　日本軍「慰安婦」問題と強制連行問題をはじめ、未解決のまま今日に至っている問題も忘れてはなりません。国家間の戦後処理で「解決済み」とすることは許されません。国家といえども個人の損害賠償請求権を奪うことはできないからです。朝鮮人原爆犠牲者の無念の叫びに応えるためにも、私は次の五点を日本政府に強く要求します。皆さんの賛同を得られれば幸いです。

一、 「韓国併合条約」は当初から不法・無効であることを宣言すること
一、 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国在住の被爆者に被爆者援護法適用の道を開くこと
一、 個人の損害賠償請求権を認め、抜本的「戦後補償法」を制定すること
一、 朝鮮高級学校の無償化に加え初級中級学校の国費による無償化を図ること
一、 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国との国交正常化を実現すること

　最後になりましたが、日本軍「慰安婦」問題や遺骨の返還運動に全力を注ぎ、韓国政府の「日帝強占下強制動員被害真相糾明委員会」の任務にも日本との懸け橋となってかけがえのない貢献をされた福留範昭氏の急逝に衝撃と哀しみを抑えることができません。同委員会の調査員と共に長崎にも度々来られた氏の面影を偲び、偉大な思想と実践に深く思いをいたしながら、朝鮮人原爆犠牲者追悼碑の前で哀悼の誠を捧げたいと存じます。

　　　二〇一〇年年八月九日

　　　長崎在日朝鮮人の人権を守る会代表　　高　實　康　稔

나가사키 원폭 조선인 희생자 추도 조조집회 메시지

이곳 나가사키에 원자폭탄이 투하된지 65년을 맞이하는 오늘, 우리는 조선인 원폭 희생자 추도비 앞에 모였습니다. 반세기를 넘는 세월동안 풀리지 못한 조선인 원폭 희생자의 한을 생각하지 않을 수 없었기 때문입니다. 절대악인 핵무기를 사용한 미국의 책임은 인류사상 영원히 추궁당해야 마땅합니다. 주일 미국대사가 히로시마 평화기념식전에 참석했다고는 하나, 법적인 책임이나 도의적인 책임도 인정하지 않은 채, 단지 대량학살무기의 위협에만 주목하고 있는 현상은 언어 도단입니다. 그러나 원폭투하의 책임을 규명하고 원폭의 비참함과 핵무기 폐기를 호소하는 것만으로 핵시대를 살아가는 우리의 사명이 완수된다고 할 수 있을까요? 저는 여기에도 이기적인 사고가 숨어 있다고 생각합니다. 왜냐하면 조선인 원폭 희생자는 핵무기의 희생자일뿐 아니라 일본의 조선침략과 아시아 침략 전쟁의 희생자이기도 하기 때문입니다. 일본 국민은 자국의 가해 책임을 마음 속 깊이 되새기며, 반성과 사죄와 배상을 소홀히 해서는 안 됩니다.


일본이 조선을 침략하지 않았다면, 조선인이 원폭에 희생되는 일도 없었을 것입니다. 한국 강제병합 100년, (을사)'보호조약'으로부터 105년이 흐른 올해, 일본 국민은 이들 '조약'이 얼마나 폭력적인 위압과 기만으로 가득찬 불법인가를 얼만큼 인식하고 있을까요. '병합 조약' 제1조와 2조를 보는 것만으로도 그 기만성은 명백하지만, 일본정부를 시작으로 많은 국민이 '합법적으로 체결된 유효한 조약'이라고 믿고 있는 것이 현실입니다. 제1조 "한국 황제폐하는 한국에 관한 일체의 통치권을 완전히 그리고 영구히 일본제국 황제폐하에게 양여한다.", 제2조 "일본국 황제폐하는 전 조항에서 제기한 양여를 승낙하며, 한국을 완전히 일본제국에 병합하는 것을 수락한다." 즉, 한국 황제가 통치권을 양여하겠다고 스스로 요청했기 때문에 그것을 승낙하여 병합하는 것이라는 뜻입니다. 이는 기만일 뿐 아니라, 이 정도로 타국을 모욕한 조약이 있을 수 있을까요. 이 조약은 당초부터 불법・무효라는 것은 명백합니다.


또한 저는 이 불법적인 '병합 조약' 아래 단행되었던 수많은 포학 행위에도 관심을 갖되, 침략을 찬미하고 추진했던 사상적 배경에도 주목해야 한다고 생각합니다. 그렇지 않으면 원폭희생자의 원통함도, 잔인한 학대에 희생되었던 사람들의 한(恨)도 결코 치유될 수 없다고 생각합니다. "빼앗기 쉬운 조선・만주・지나(중국)를 정복하고･･･"라고 제자들에게 가르쳤던 요시다 쇼인(吉田松陰)이나 "조선은 부패한 유학자들의 소굴･･･위로는 도량이 크고 결단성 있는 선비가 없으며, 백성들은 노예의 처지･･･이러한 연약하고 염치가 없는 국민･･･협박한다고 결정한 이상은 국무 실권을 우리 손에 잡아, 한인 등은 단순히 일의 집행만 맡게 하고･･･참견하지 못하게 하여･･･"라는 등 제멋대로 편견을 들이대, 협박에 의한 지배마저 고취했던 후쿠자와 유키치(福沢諭吉)의 침략사상을 우리는 얼만큼 인식하고 반성하고 있을까요. 후쿠자와 유키치가 일본 엔화의 최고 화폐인 1만엔 짜리 지폐의 인물이라는 점은, 반성은커녕 그를 위인으로 숭배하고 있다는 일본의 현실을 뒷받침합니다. 침략사상의 대죄를 고발하고, 두 번 다시 전철을 밟지 않겠다고 맹세하는 것이야말로 희생자를 추도하는 우리의 책무임을 믿습니다.


일본은 한반도의 남북 분단을 초래한 근원적인 책임도 추궁당하고 있습니다. 일본의 침략이 없었다면 조선의 분단도 있을 수 없었기 때문입니다. 그럼에도 불구하고, 전후 일본은 오히려 한반도의 분단을 부추기고, 통일을 저해하는 정책을 일관되게 펼쳐 왔습니다. 지난해 정권교체에 의해서도 이 정책을 재검토하는 기색은 보이지 않습니다. 저는 남북이 화해의 흐름에서 다시 대립 국면으로 기울어가는 정황에 우려를 금할 수 없습니다만, 일본정부가 변함없이 대립을 조장하는 정책을 시종일관하고 있다는 점에 실망과 의분을 느낍니다. 남북분단의 근원적 책임에 대한 자각을 완전히 결여하고 있기 때문입니다. 대립에 박차를 가하는 이 무책임한 태도는 내정에서도 엿볼 수 있어, 일본 정부는 조선학교의 존재와 민족교육을 노골적으로 적대시하고 있습니다. 본래 무상이어야 할 초중등교육에서 조선학교를 배제하고 국비를 일체 지급하지 않으며, 또한 새롭게 실시된 고교 무상화 정책에서도 조선 고급학교는 베제해 평등한 대우를 거부하고 있습니다. 이는 인권침해와 다름없으며, 세계로부터 지탄받아 마땅합니다. 유엔기관도 차별 철폐를 권고하였으며, 한국의 언론에서도 강한 비판을 제기하고 있습니다. 일본 정부는 조속히 이 부끄러운 차별대우를 포기해야 합니다.


일본군 '위안부' 문제와 강제연행 문제를 시작으로 하여, 오늘 이 시점까지도 미해결 상태로 남아있는 문제 역시 잊어서는 안 됩니다. 국가간의 전후 처리로 '해결 완료'라고 하는 것은 용납될 수 없습니다. 국가라 해도 개인의 손해배상청구권을 박탈할 수는 없기 때문입니다. 조선인 원폭 희생자의 한맺힌 절규에 응답하기 위해서도, 우리는 다음과 같은 다섯 항목을 일본 정부에 강력하게 요구합니다. 여러분이 찬성을 해주시면 감사하겠습니다.


1. '한국 병합 조약'은 당초부터 불법・무효라는 것을 선언할 것.
1. 조선민주주의 인민공화국(북한)에 거주하고 있는 피폭자에게 피폭자 원호법 적용의 길을 열
것.
1. 개인의 손해배상청구권을 인정하고, 근본적인 '전후 보상법'을 제정할 것.
1. 조선 고급학교 무상화와 더불어, 초중급 학교의 국비에 의한 무상화를 꾀할 것.
1. 조선민주주의 인민공화국(북한)과의 국교정상화를 실현할 것.


마지막이 되었습니다만, 일본군'위안부' 문제나 유골 반환 운동에 온힘을 다했으며, 한국 정부의 '일제강점하 강제동원피해 진상규명위원회'가 업무를 수행하는 과정에서, 한국측 위원회와 일본을 잇는 가교가 되어 그 누구도 대신할 수 없는 공헌을 했던 후쿠도메 노리아키(福留範昭)씨의 갑작스러운 죽음에 충격과 슬픔을 억누를 길이 없습니다. (한국의 강제동원진상규명 위원회) 조사원들과 함께 나가사키에도 몇 차례 방문하였던 후쿠도메 씨의 모습을 그리며, 그 위대한 사상과 실천에 마음 깊이 생각을 옮겨 봅니다. 조선인 원폭희생자 추도비 앞에서 진심으로 애도의 마음을 올리고 싶다고 생각합니다.


2010년 8월 9일
나가사키 재일 조선인의 인권을 지키는 모임
대표 다카자네 야스노리(高實康稔)

Kan Statement to Mark the Centennial Anniversary of Japan's Annexation of Korea 菅談話 내각총리대신 담화

Today is the centennial anniversary of Japan's annexation of Korea. Here is the full text of Prime Minister Kan Naoto's statement on August 10 to mark the 100th year of the start of colonization of Korea, in English, Japanese, and Korean, from the website of Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet. There are different evaluations of this statement, and comparisons with the "Murayama Statement" issued back in 1995 to commemorate the 50th year anniversary of the end of the war. I appreciate the fact that this statement was issued with reiteration of the Prime Minister's "feelings of deep remorse and heartfelt apology" for Korea and its people, and the fact that none of the members of the Kan Cabinet went to Yasukuni Shrine on August 15. At the same time, it is unfortunate that the statement was only issued for the Republic of Korea and ignored DPRK, and the statement seems to generally avoid the use of the subject of those colonial deeds. If somebody who does not know anything about the history reads the first paragraph, s/he may not be able to tell who colonized and oppressed Korea. It also avoided mentioning specific unresolved issues, such as military sex slavery and forced labour. (PeacePhilosopher)

English Translation

Statement by Prime Minister Naoto Kan

10 August 2010
[Provisional Translation]

This year marks a significant juncture for the Japan-Republic of Korea relationship.
In August precisely one hundred years ago, the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty was concluded, making the beginning of the colonial rule of thirty six years. As demonstrated by strong resistance such as the Samil independence movement, the Korean people of that time was deprived of their country and culture, and their ethnic pride was deeply scarred by the colonial rule which was imposed against their will under the political and military circumstances.

I would like to face history with sincerity. I would like to have courage to squarely confront the facts of history and humility to accept them, as well as to be honest to reflect upon the errors of our own. Those who render pain tend to forget it while those who suffered cannot forget it easily. To the tremendous damage and sufferings that this colonial rule caused, I express here once again my feelings of deep remorse and my heartfelt apology.

Guided by such understanding, I will build a future-oriented Japan-Republic of Korea relationship by placing the next one hundred years to come in my prospect. I will continue in all sincerity conducting such humanitarian cooperation as the assistance to ethnic Koreans left in Sakhalin and the assistance in returning remains of the people from the Korean Peninsula. Moreover, in response to the expectations of the Korean people, I will transfer precious archives originated from the Korean Peninsula that were brought to Japan during the period of Japan's rule through the Governor-General of Korea and the Government of Japan possesses, such as the Royal Protocols of the Joseon Dynasty.

Japan and the Republic of Korea, through active exchanges of cultures and peoples for over two thousand years, deeply share wonderful culture and tradition that are renowned to the world. In addition, the exchange between our two nations today is remarkably multi-layered and wide-ranging, as well as the affinity and friendship which the peoples of our two nations mutually embrace are stronger than ever. Furthermore, the scale of economic relations and people-to-people exchanges between our two nations has dramatically expanded since our relationship was normalized, and our ties have become extremely solid while both sides have been improving together by friendly rivalry.

Japan and the Republic of Korea have become the most important and closest neighboring nations now in this twenty-first century, sharing such values as democracy, freedom, and market economy. Our relationship is not confined to our bilateral relations, but rather it is a partnership where we cooperate and exercise leadership for the peace and prosperity of the region and the world by encompassing a broad spectrum of agenda: the peace and stability of this region envisioning, among others, the future establishment of an East Asia community, the growth and development of the world's economy, as well as issues of global scale such as nuclear disarmament, climate change, poverty and peace-building.

At this significant juncture of history, I strongly hope that our bond will become even more profound and solid between Japan and the Republic of Korea, and I declare my determination to make every ceaseless effort to open the future between our two nations.

Original Japanese Version

内閣総理大臣談話

　平成二十二年八月十日

　本年は、日韓関係にとって大きな節目の年です。ちょうど百年前の八月、日韓併合条約が締結され、以後三十六年に及ぶ植民地支配が始まりました。三・一独立運動などの激しい抵抗にも示されたとおり、政治的・軍事的背景の下、当時の韓国の人々は、その意に反して行われた植民地支配によって、国と文化を奪われ、民族の誇りを深く傷付けられました。

　私は、歴史に対して誠実に向き合いたいと思います。歴史の事実を直視する勇気とそれを受け止める謙虚さを持ち、自らの過ちを省みることに率直でありたいと思います。痛みを与えた側は忘れやすく、与えられた側はそれを容易に忘れることは出来ないものです。この植民地支配がもたらした多大の損害と苦痛に対し、ここに改めて痛切な反省と心からのお詫びの気持ちを表明いたします。

　このような認識の下、これからの百年を見据え、未来志向の日韓関係を構築していきます。また、これまで行ってきたいわゆる在サハリン韓国人支援、朝鮮半島出身者の遺骨返還支援といった人道的な協力を今後とも誠実に実施していきます。さらに、日本が統治していた期間に朝鮮総督府を経由してもたらされ、日本政府が保管している朝鮮王朝儀軌等の朝鮮半島由来の貴重な図書について、韓国の人々の期待に応えて近くこれらをお渡ししたいと思います。

　日本と韓国は、二千年来の活発な文化の交流や人の往来を通じ、世界に誇る素晴らしい文化と伝統を深く共有しています。さらに、今日の両国の交流は極めて重層的かつ広範多岐にわたり、両国の国民が互いに抱く親近感と友情はかつてないほど強くなっております。また、両国の経済関係や人的交流の規模は国交正常化以来飛躍的に拡大し、互いに切磋琢磨しながら、その結び付きは極めて強固なものとなっています。

　日韓両国は、今この二十一世紀において、民主主義や自由、市場経済といった価値を共有する最も重要で緊密な隣国同士となっています。それは、二国間関係にとどまらず、将来の東アジア共同体の構築をも念頭に置いたこの地域の平和と安定、世界経済の成長と発展、そして、核軍縮や気候変動、貧困や平和構築といった地球規模の課題まで、幅広く地域と世界の平和と繁栄のために協力してリーダーシップを発揮するパートナーの関係です。

　私は、この大きな歴史の節目に、日韓両国の絆がより深く、より固いものとなることを強く希求するとともに、両国間の未来をひらくために不断の努力を惜しまない決意を表明いたします。


Korean Translation

내각총리대신 담화

2010년 8월10일

올해는 일한관계에 있어 큰 전환점이 되는 해입니다. 백년 전 바로 8월
일한병합조약이 체결되고, 그 후 36년에 이르는 식민지 지배가 시작되었습니다.
３・１독립운동 등의 격렬한 저항에서도 드러났듯이, 정치적 군사적 배경 하에
당시 한국인들은 그 뜻에 반한 식민지 지배로 인하여 나라와 문화를 빼앗기고
민족의 자긍심에 큰 상처를 입었습니다.

저는 역사에 대하여 성실히 임하고자 합니다. 역사적 사실을 직시하는 용기와
이를 받아들이는 겸허함을 가지고 자신의 잘못을 성찰하는 데 솔직하고자 합니다.
아픔을 준 측은 잊기 쉽고, 당한 측은 그것을 쉽게 잊을 수 없는 법입니다. 이
식민지 지배가 가져온 다대한 손해와 고통에 대하여, 이에 다시금 통절한 반성과
진심어린 사죄의 마음을 표명합니다.

이러한 인식 아래 앞으로의 백년을 내다보며 미래지향적인 일한관계를 구축해
나가겠습니다. 또 지금까지 실시해온 이른바 재사할린 한국인 지원, 한반도
출신자의 유골 봉환 지원과 같은 인도적인 협력을 앞으로도 성실히
실시하겠습니다. 그리고 일본의 통치기간에 조선총독부를 경유해서 들어와
일본정부가 보관하고 있는 조선왕조의궤 등 한반도에서 유래된 귀중한 도서를
한국인들의 기대에 부응하여 가까운 시일에 인도하고자 합니다.

일본과 한국은 ２천년의 활발한 문화교류와 사람들의 왕래를 통해 세계에
자랑할 만한 훌륭한 문화와 전통을 깊이 공유하고 있습니다. 더욱이 오늘날의
양국교류는 매우 중층적이고 광범하며 다방면에 걸쳐 있어 양국 국민이 서로에게
느끼는 친근감과 우정은 일찍이 유례가 없을 만큼 강해졌습니다. 또한 양국의
경제관계와 인적교류 규모는 국교정상화 이래 비약적으로 확대되었고, 서로
절차탁마하면서 그 유대는 지극히 굳건해졌습니다.

일한양국은 지금 이 21세기에 민주주의와 자유, 시장경제 같은 가치를
공유하는 가장 중요하고 긴밀한 이웃나라가 되었습니다. 이는 양국관계에 그치지
않고 장래의 동아시아공동체 구축도 염두에 둔 이 지역의 평화와 안정,
세계경제의 성장과 발전, 그리고 핵군축과 기후변화, 빈곤과 평화구축 같은
범세계적인 과제에 이르기까지 지역과 세계의 평화와 번영을 위하여 폭넓게
협력하며 리더십을 발휘하는 동반자 관계입니다.

저는 이 큰 역사의 길목에서 일한양국의 유대가 보다 깊고 보다 견고해지기를
강력히 희구하는 동시에, 양국 간의 미래를 열어나가기 위하여 부단한 노력을
아끼지 않을 결심임을 표명합니다.

Ban Ki-moon's Speech in Hiroshima, August 6, 2010 広島式典での潘基文国連事務総長の演説

Ban Ki-moon speaking at the Hiroshima Atomic-Bomb Memorial Ceremony on August 6, 2010 (photo by Wu Zhaowei ８月６日　広島の式典に出席した潘基文国連事務総長　撮影　呉　兆煒)

This year, Ban Ki-moon spoke the Hiroshima ceremony on August 6 as the first UN Secretary General attending the annual commemoration. Below is the full text of his speech then, first in English and in Japanese. In my observation, many who attended the ceremony, or heard or read his speech thought that it was the best of all. He shared his personal experience in the Korean War as a child, reinforced his commitment for nuclear weapons abolition, recognized Hibakusha (a-bomb survivors), their suffering and their contribution to the cause, and demonstrated some concrete steps for disarmament.

There was something, however, that I was expecting to hear in Ban's speech and did not. It is the idea of a Nuclear Weapons Convention(Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Testing, Production, Stockpiling, Transfer, Use and Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons and on their Elimination), supported by Ban, atomic-bomb survivors' organizations like Nihon Hidankyo, Mayors for Peace, and many other NGOs around the world. It is also mentioned, though rather subtly, in his "five-point plan to rid world of nuclear weapons." He talked about it at the NGO Conference at Riverside Church, on May 1, 2010 in New York. Below is the YouTube video of his 20-minute speech then. "I especially welcome your support for the idea of concluding a Nuclear Weapon Convention," he said during the speech. It is reported that the idea of a Nuclear Weapons Convention was for the first time included twice in the final document of the 2010 NPT Review Conference, because of the Secretary General's strong commitment to the idea. But he did not mention it in his Hiroshima speech. Neither did he at the opening speech of the NPT Review Conference in New York, on April 30.

YouTube video of Ban Ki-moon and Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba's speeches at the NGO Conference at Riverside Church, New York, on May 1, 2010. The full text of Ban's speech then is available at the UN website.

I was at the Riverside Church on May 1 to hear Ban's speech, which was powerful, convincing, and inspiring, so this is probably why I was not as excited as the other people at the Hiroshima ceremony were about his speech on August 6. Apparently, Ban avoided talking directly about the Convention idea at the main UN conference in order not to upset the nuclear weapons states too much. That was understandable, but why did he avoid it again in his speech in the city, which is regarded by many as the international capital for nuclear abolition movements? Was he too considerate to the presence of U.S. Ambassador John Roos at the ceremony? It has been reported that Ban made a phone call to the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at some point when he was in Japan this summer. Whatever the reason was, we need to be vigilant about the forces that disable Ban from talking about a Nuclear Weapons Convention in the ceremony hosted by Hiroshima City, a co-leader of Mayors for Peace, an organization of 4,000+ mayors around the world committed to the idea of a Nuclear Weapons Convention and the total abolition of nuclear weapons by the year 2020.

Here are the full texts of Ban's speech in Hiroshima, first in English and then in Japanese.

http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=4712 　

Hiroshima, Japan, 6 August 2010 - Secretary-General's remarks at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony

Hiroshima no minasama konichiwa. Ohayo gozaimasu.

We are here, on hallowed ground, to see, to feel, to absorb and reflect.

I am honored to be the first UN Secretary-General to take part in this Peace Memorial Ceremony on the 65th anniversary of this tragic day. And I am deeply moved.

When the atomic bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I was one year old. Only later in life, could I begin to understand the full dimension of all that happened here. As a young boy, I lived through the Korean War. One of my earliest memories is marching along a muddy road into the mountains, my village burning behind me. All those lives lost, families destroyed -- so much sadness. Ever since, I have devoted my life to peace. It has brought me here today.

Watakushiwa sekai heiwa no tameni Hiroshima ni mairimashita.

We gather to pay our solemn respects to those who perished, sixty-five years ago, and to the many more whose lives forever changed. Life is short, but memory is long.

For many of you, that day endures, as vivid as the white light that seared the sky, as dark as the black rains that followed. To you, I offer a message of hope. To all of you, I offer my message of peace. A more peaceful world can be ours. You are helping to make it happen. You, the survivors, who inspired us with your courage and fortitude. You, the next generations, the young generation, striving for a better day.

Together, you have made Hiroshima an epicentre of peace. Together, we are on a journey from ground zero to Global Zero ? a world free of weapons of mass destruction. That is the only sane path to a safer world. For as long as nuclear weapons exist, we will live under a nuclear shadow.

And that is why I have made nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation a top priority for the United Nations – and put forward a five-point plan.

Our moment has come. Everywhere, we find new friends and allies. We see new leadership from the most powerful nations. We see new engagement in the UN Security Council. We see new energy from civil society. Russia and the United States have a new START treaty. We made important progress at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington last April, which we will build upon in Korea.

We must keep up the momentum. In September, I will convene a high-level meeting in support of the work of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations. We will push for negotiations towards nuclear disarmament. A Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. A Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty. Disarmament education in our schools -- including translating the testimonies of the survivors in the world's major languages. We must teach an elemental truth: that status and prestige belong not to those who possess nuclear weapons, but to those who reject them.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Sixty-five years ago, the fires of hell descended upon this place. Today, one fire burns, here in this Peace Park. That is the Flame of Peace ? a flame that will remain lit until nuclear weapons are no more. Together, let us work for that day ? in our lifetime, in the lifetimes of the survivors. Together, let us put out the last fire of Hiroshima. Let us replace that flame with the light of hope. Let us realize our dream of a world free of nuclear weapons so that our children and all succeeding generations can live in freedom, security and peace.

Thank you. Domo arigato gozaimasu.

http://mainichi.jp/select/wadai/archive/news/2010/08/06/20100806dde007040042000c.html
広島原爆の日：潘基文・国連事務総長あいさつ（全文）
　私たちは今、この神聖な場所に身を置き、自らの目で見て、感じ、吸収し、そして深く考えます。

　私は初の国連事務総長として、この平和記念式典に参加できたことを光栄に思います。そして今、深い感動に包まれています。

　広島と長崎に原爆が投下された当時、私はまだ１歳でした。私がここで何が起きたのかを十分に把握したのは、しばらく後になってからのことでした。

　私は少年時代を朝鮮戦争のさなかに過ごしました。

　炎上する故郷の村を後にして、泥道を山中へと逃れたことが、私にとって最初の記憶の一つとして残っています。

　多くの命が失われ、家族が引き裂かれ……、後には大きな悲しみが残されました。

　それ以来、私は一生を平和のために捧（ささ）げてきました。

　私が今日、ここにいるのもそのためです。

　私たちは６５年前に命を失った人々、そして、その一生を永遠に変えられてしまったさらに多くの人々に対して哀悼と敬意の念を表するため、一堂に会しているのです。

　命は短くとも、記憶は長く残ります。

　皆さんの多くにとって、あの日はまるで、空を焼き尽くした閃光（せんこう）のように鮮明に、また、その後に降り注いだ黒い雨のように暗く、記憶に残り続けていると思います。

　私は皆さんに、希望のメッセージを送りたいと思います。

　より平和な世界を手にすることは可能です。

　皆さんの力は、それを実現する助けとなります。

　被爆者の皆さん、あなた方の勇気で、私たちは奮い立つことができました。

　次の世代を担う皆さん、あなた方はよりよい明日の実現に努めています。

　皆さんは力を合わせ、広島を平和の「震源地」としてきました。

　私たちはともに、グラウンド・ゼロ（爆心地）から「グローバル・ゼロ」（大量破壊兵器のない世界）を目指す旅を続けています。

　それ以外に、世界をより安全にするための分別ある道はありません。なぜなら、核兵器が存在する限り、私たちは核の影に怯（おび）えながら暮らすことになるからです。

　そして、私が核軍縮と核不拡散を最優先課題に掲げ、５項目提案を出した理由もそこにあります。

　私たちの力を合わせる時がやって来たのです。

　私たちには至るところに新しい友や同志がいます。

　最も強大な国々もリーダーシップを発揮し始めました。国連安全保障理事会でも、新たな取り組みが生まれています。また、市民社会にも新たな活力が見られます。

　ロシアと米国は新しい戦略兵器削減条約に合意しました。

　私たちはワシントンでの核セキュリティーサミットで重要な進展を遂げることができました。その成果を踏まえ、２０１２年には次回のサミットが韓国で開催される予定です。

　私たちはこの勢いを保たなければなりません。

　私は９月にニューヨークで軍縮会議を招集する予定です。

　そのためには、核軍縮に向けた交渉を推し進めなければなりません。

　それは、包括的核実験の禁止に向けた交渉です。

　また、兵器用核分裂性物質生産禁止条約（カットオフ条約）に向けた交渉でもあります。

　また、被爆者の証言を世界の主要言語に翻訳するなど、学校での軍縮教育も必要です。

　地位や名声に値するのは核兵器を持つ者ではなく、これを拒む者であるという基本的な真実を、私たちは教えなければならないのです。

　皆さん、

　６５年前、この地には地獄の炎が降り注ぎました。

　今日、ここ平和記念公園には、一つのともしびが灯（とも）っています。

　それは平和のともしび、すなわち、核兵器が一つ残らずなくなるまで消えることのない炎です。

　私たちはともに、自分たちが生きている間、そして被爆者の方々が生きている間に、その日を実現できるよう努めようではありませんか。

　そしてともに、広島の炎を消しましょう。

　その炎を希望の光へと変えようではありませんか。

　核兵器のない世界という私たちの夢を実現しましょう。私たちの子どもたちや、その後のすべての人々が自由で、安全で、平和に暮らせるために。

White Rock Meeting on September 18 (Sat.) ９月ホワイトロックの会

Peace Philosophy's White Rock Group will host its first meeting of the new school year. This time, we will think about food safety and together watch the film "Food, Inc." It will be held in White Rock from 1:30 PM on Saturday September 18. Email whiterock@peacephilsophy.com for details.

皆さん、

夏休みもあとわずか、いかがおすごしですか。あと１０日あまりで　新学期ですが　ここのところの晴天で、あともう一週間夏休みがあったらなんて　思っているのは私だけでしょうか。

さて　９月の会は　第二土曜日の１１日が九条の会のイベントと重なってしまうため、一週間のばし、第三土曜日の１８日に行うことに決めました。

食欲の秋ということで　私たちの健康、力の素となる、毎日の食べ物について考えてみたいです。

今回は　"Food Inc." という映画を　みなさんと一緒に鑑賞し、その感想や　経験を話し合っていきたいとおもいます。私事ですが、わが家の子供たちも　学校などで　見たことがあり、とても興味ある内容だといっていました。

いままで　毎年、９月の会では　乗松聡子さんの　日本での夏の活動報告をしていただいてきたのですが、聡子さんも　たいへんお忙しく、お時間が許せば　この日、いらしていただき　報告をしてもらいます。　

日時：９月１８日　土曜日、１時半

場所：ホワイトロックにて。場所の詳細と、申込、問い合わせは whiterock@peacephilosophy.com にお問い合わせください。

また　私たちのキルトが各地のイベントで活躍してます。賀上マサさんが京子さんに送ってくれたキルトの写真を添付しました。ご覧ください。

Mariko

Konan High's Ace Shimabukuro was a Junior Peace Activist 興南エース島袋、小学生代表として宜野湾市民大会で発言していた

Konan High School of Okinawa Prefecture defeated Kanagawa's Tokaidai Sagami 13 - 1 in the final game of the 92nd National High School Baseball Championship, to be the first Okinawan school to win the summer game title, and the first since 1998 to claim both the spring and summer titles (photo from Okinawa Times).

The summer high school baseball tournament is a national tradition in Japan, enjoying overwhelming popularity across the country, equal or greater than professional baseball tournaments. I have never been a baseball fan, but even I followed the summer high school baseball since childhood. The spring tournament is played by 30+ high schools selected based on previous records, and the summer one is of a bigger scale, gathering winners of all the prerfectural tournaments. There are 47 prefectures in Japan, and Tokyo and Hokkaido are divided into two tournament districts, making the total number of participating schools to 49. Major Leabue players like Matsui Hideki and Matsuzaka Daisuke are former high school baseball heroes.

The tournament is held at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, near Kobe, home stadium of a professional baseball team Hanshin Tigers. The single-elimination tournament makes each game an emotional event for players, coaches, families and supporters. When you lose once, that's the end of your summer. One well-known ritual of the high school baseball tournament is collecting soil on the stadium ground and bring it home as memorabilia.

The first Okinawan school to play in the national high school tournament was Shuri High School, back in 1958, when the island was still under the U.S. occupation. The students had to obtain passports to go to Koshien, and they lost in the first game. Following the tradition, they collected the stadium soil to take home, only to be confiscated at the border quarantine.

What is not reported much in the Japanese mainland media is the fact that Konan's ace pitcher Shimabukuro Yosuke (photo from Japan Times) lived in Ginowan City, where Futenma Air Station is, at the time of the 2004 USMC helicopter crash into the Okinawa International University campus. The helicopter burst into flames and debris flew in front of the apartment building where he and his family lived then.

Shimabukuro was a grade 6 student, and as a student leader, he spoke at the Ginowan Residents Rally, as representative of all elementary school students. The Rally was held on September 12, 2004, a month after the August 13 accident, and attended by more than 30,000 residents, one third of Ginowan City's residents. (rally photos from Ginowan City's website) Shimabukuro then called for a safer living environment for the residents.

See this previous post for more information about the helicopter crash.

See the below related links for the Konan High's victory, Pitcher Shimabukuro, and Ginowan City.

The Wall Street Journal

The Japan Times

Jiji News Agency

Nikkan Sports (Japanese)

Ginowan City Website with Photos of Residents' Rally

Congratulations for Konan High's Victory!

Peace Philosopher

Today's Vancouver Sun バンクーバー・サン紙より

Related to the previous post, here is an excerpt from today's Vancouver Sun - Jonathan Manthorpe's Asia-Pacific Report, " South Korean president's proposal for unification tax raises eyebrows."

We will see what this "most of a 400-page report" to be published within a few days will prove.

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The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan sank with the loss of 46 sailors. Seoul swiftly blamed Pyongyang, saying a torpedo fired by a North Korean submarine sank the ship.

As a result, Lee's administration in the South has cut off almost all remaining economic and diplomatic ties with the North.

Pyongyang has reacted to both Lee's curbing of bilateral relations and his accusations over the sinking of the Cheonan with the overblown rhetoric and threats it always employs on these occasions.

More of the same can be expected in the next few days when Lee's government in Seoul is due to publish most of a 400-page report on the sinking.

Publication of the report is an attempt to counter a good deal of skepticism about the purported findings of two inquiries into the sinking and the role of much-touted "international experts."

The international judgment that Lee has failed to provide conclusive evidence of North Korea's guilt in the sinking of the ship is well illustrated by the United Nations' refusal to impose the new sanctions on Pyongyang that Seoul wanted.
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To read the full article, go to:
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/South+Korean+president+proposal+unification+raises+eyebrows/3430617/story.html

Yoshio SHIMOJI: Making big deal out of Cheonan Sinking

Photo from the related article by Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun, June 18, 2010.
An unpublished letter to The Japan Times:

By Shimoji Yoshio

August 11, 2010

Making big deal out of Cheonan sinking


To show off power to North Korea over the South Korean corvette's sinking incident, the U.S. and South Korea began a series of massive joint military exercises, code-named Invincible Spirit, after delays and revisions.


But, first of all, is the premise correct and irrefutable that the corvette Cheonan's sinking was caused by North Korean mini-submarine's torpedoing?


Even to a layman's eyes, there are so many moot questions that need clearer explanations albeit Seoul's and Washington's claim that the investigation was carried out by an international team scientifically and objectively.


Dr. Seunghun Lee, a professor of solid state physics at the University of Virginia, and Dr. J. J. Suh, an associate professor of international politics at Johns Hopkins University, himself with a physicist background, point out in their coauthored paper that the final report announced by the
Li Myung-bak government is imbued with fabrications and concoctions. Both submitted their opinion to the U.N. security council.


The war games are said to involve 8,000 service members, more than 20 warships and submarines including the nuclear-powered carrier George Washington, plus 200 aircraft.


What's the real purpose of these overblown war games? Does Washington want the East Asia region ever so volatile so that it can keep its bases in Japan, especially in Okinawa, as securely and indefinitely as possible? Naturally, Washington's adamant demand that the Futenma Air Station be moved within Okinawa can be construed in this unspoken context.


Yoshio Shimoji

Naha, Okinawa

Japan

For more articles on this blog by Yoshio Shimoji, see HERE.

See Shimoji's article in Japan Focus, "The Futenma Base and the U.S.-Japan Controversy: an Okinawan perspective."

For more information and articles on the questions surrounding the official investigation result of the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan, see this link.

Hiroshima Nagasaki 65th Years

The Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Studies Tour 2010, August 1 - 10 completed successfully. See below link for the NHK World special program on the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, featuring our tour.

http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/tv/japan7/recent.html

Bloomberg: Japanese Police Arrest U.S. Marine Suspected of Sexual Assault in Okinawa ブルームバーグ： 沖縄で性暴力 海兵隊員逮捕

Bloomberg Business News, August 4, 2010

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-04/japan-police-arrest-u-s-marine-for-sexual-assault-in-okinawa-kyodo-says.html

Japanese police arrested a U.S. Marine for the alleged sexual assault of a woman on the island of Okinawa, where similar incidents in the past have led to protests against the American military presence.

Marine Sergeant Phillip Edward Sawyerr, 28, was taken into custody in the capital of Naha early this morning on suspicion of breaking into the house of a woman in her 20s and sexually assaulting her, police spokesman Motoki Haneji said by phone. The U.S. serviceman has denied the charges, Haneji said.

The U.S. Marine Corps based in Okinawa acknowledged the arrest in an e-mailed statement without mentioning the name of the person held. The Marines are “fully cooperating” with the investigation by the Naha Police Department, it said.

The arrest of a Marine in 1998 led to demonstrations outside the U.S. embassy in Tokyo and Okinawa’s local assembly adopted a resolution demanding the U.S. remove military personnel from the island, where about half of American forces in Japan are located.

Months of protests after allegations American servicemen raped a 12-year-old girl in 1995 forced the U.S. to agree to relocate an airbase from central to northern Okinawa. Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama cited his failure to keep a campaign promise to relocate a base off the island as a reason for resigning in June.

There are about 47,000 U.S. military personnel based in Japan on land and at sea, according to the U.S. Forces in Japan Web site.

To contact the reporter on this story: Yumi Otagaki in Tokyo at yotagaki@bloomberg.net

「すみっち通信」にこのようにありました。
http://sumichi7878.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2010/08/post-6a60.html　


米ブルームバーグ通信は４日、沖縄に駐留する米海兵隊の３等軍曹が同市内に住む女性の住居に侵入し、強制わいせつ罪を働いた疑いで同日午前、同県警那覇署に現行犯逮捕されたと報じた。米海兵隊は同通信社の取材に対し、電子メールで事実を認めるとともに、事件の解明を望むと述べている。



逮捕されたのは米海兵隊軍曹フィリップ・エドワード・ソーヤー容疑者（２８）で、４日午前３時５０分ごろ、那覇市前島のアパートの１室に侵入し、２０代の女性の口をふさいでわいせつな行為をした疑い。那覇署によると、同容疑者は容疑を否認しているという。



米ブルームバーグ通信は、沖縄では過去に何度も米兵の暴行事件がきっかけで大規模な抗議集会が開かれたと伝え、日本本土に比べて基地負担が大きいと指摘。ＡＦＰ通信は、１９９５年に発生した１２歳の少女暴行事件のように、米兵による凶悪犯罪が沖縄県民の反基地感情につながっていると伝え、２００９年度は米軍関係者５０人が逮捕されたと報じた。



また、事件の概要を同じく伝えた米ＢＮＯニュースは、普天間飛行場の県外移設という公約を果たせなかった鳩山前首相が辞任に追い込まれたとし、在日米軍基地問題の大きさを強調した。



日本メディアによると、沖縄県の又吉進知事公室長は４日午後、在日米軍の事務所を訪れ、「県民に不安を与える事態」と訴え、再発防止対策を要請。防衛省の沖縄防衛局と外務省の沖縄事務所にも同様の申し入れを行った。