This project started when I organized
Asian WorldWork in 1996 to deal
with the issues of Japanese invasion to Asia during the WWII. After
that event, I helped Iris Chan for her book of "Rape of Nanjing"which
made a tremendous impact on the awareness of this issue in US. Some
of the activities after 2000 include helping undergraduate students
at Stanford University to organize a photo exhibition and a series
of lectures regarding World War II in Asia. In that event, about
thirty young students, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Philippine, and
Americans, got together to educate Stanford community that the living
history of World War II in Asia is more than what the history text
book teaches.
Their willingness to take the history as their own and to work together
for that difficult issue gave me a great hope for the future generation.
In 2001, I attended a conference in San Francisco on the issues
of WWII in Asia. This event was held at the same time as the
cerebration of San Francisco Peace Treaty, and I joined the demonstration
of Asian people who claimed justice for the past Japanese war responsibility.
Recently Kaz, who was also a participant in Asian Worldwork invited
me to initiate a project "Visit
of Remorse to Nanjing." This project has faced several
difficult issues to carry out the original idea and now plan to
organize some Art event in Nanjing, collaboration of Japanese and
Chinese artists.
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