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Visited Sotoku High School Newspaper Club

2024-12-07

On December 5, our Directors, Bradley & Susan visited the Sotoku High School Newspaper Club. Four members of the Sotoku High School Newspaper Club participated in the Korean PAX in the spring of 2024 and the club covered various activities of WFC and published articles in the Sotoku Gakuen Newspaper.

It was very interesting to visit a Japanese high school and hear about its activities from the students in the newspaper club. Incidentally, the students are very interested in the newspaper club at Suntoku High School, and about 10% of the entire school’s students are members of the club. In October, the club won the “Gold Prize” in the National High School Newspaper Contest. Bradley and Susan were surprised to learn that the newspaper club is active every day after school until late, except during test periods. The directors expressed their hope that our new facility will serve as a place where guests from abroad can hear A-bomb testimonies from hibakusha and think about peace.

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International Festa 2024

2024-11-27

On November 24, WFC participated in the “Activities Introduction Corner” at the “International Festa 2024” organized by the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation at the International Conference Center Hiroshima.

This year, we decided to focus our introduction on the PAX (Peace Ambassadors Exchange Program) between the U.S. and Korea. In addition to the new directors, board members, and members participating in WFC activities, we were joined by PAX participants who visited the U.S. fall in 2023 and Korea in spring 2024. A total of 120 people stopped by the WFC corner. We were able to publicize PAX, WFC’s activities, and the open house scheduled for December 7 to a wide variety of people, from those familiar with WFC to those new to WFC, and from children to the elderly, who stopped by. We hope this will lead to future activities.