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Japanese inscriptions on the Japanese Peace Bell of the United Nations Headquarters, New York City. In 1951, Chiyoji Nakagawa, who was a then-current council member of the UN Association of Japan and later became the mayor of Uwajima City (Ehime prefecture), participated in the 6th General Assembly of the United Nations held in Paris at his own expense as an observer from Uwajima, a city ...
In the latter half of the 20th century, the World Peace Bell Association was set up in Japan, with the purpose of funding and casting temple bells to be placed around the world as symbols of peace. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Bonshō have also been cast in response to natural disasters such as the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami ; several affected ...
Dedication plaque for the United Nations Japanese Peace Bell, United Nations Headquarters, New York City. Photograph credit: Dragonbite. Date: 4 August 2007 (original upload date) Source: Transferred from to Commons. Author: The original uploader was Rodsan18 at English Wikipedia.
The Japanese Peace Bell. The Japanese Peace Bell is a United Nations peace symbol. Cast on 24 November 1952, it was an official gift of the Japanese people to the United Nations on 8 June 1954. The symbolic bell of peace was donated by Japan to the United Nations at a time when Japan had not yet been officially admitted to the United Nations.
The Japanese Peace Bell at the UN headquarters in New York, the first bell donated by the World Peace Bell Association. The World Peace Bell Association (WPBA) is a Japanese organisation which attempts to raise awareness of the World peace movement by casting and installing Japanese temple bells in locations around the world.
The Japanese Peace Bell was presented to the United Nations in June 1954 by the United Nations Association of Japan. It was cast from coins collected by people from 60 different countries including children, and housed in a structure resembling a Shinto shrine, made of cypress wood.
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Symbols of peace, a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.