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Hiroshima Prefecture and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (“ICAN”) hold the Hiroshima-ICAN Academy on Nuclear Weapons and Global Security 2025. Through this program, we aim to nurture global leaders who can make concrete contributions towards a more peaceful and secure world.
In 2025, marking the 80th year since the atomic bombings and the end of the war, we held a webinar session in July and conducted the “Hiroshima Session” from October 14 to 18.
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Hiroshima-ICAN Academy 2025 (7th Session)
◆Theme: “Building peace in times of change.”
2025 Schedule
【Part 1】Online Learning & Webinar Sessions
◆Dates: Tuesday, July 15, 2025; Friday, July 18; Tuesday, July 22; Thursday, July 24; Wednesday, July 30
※ Attend online lectures by instructors, including experts in various fields, on nuclear weapons and security.
| Date |
Time (JST) |
Event Details | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
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7/15 (Tue) |
9:00～10:00 |
The humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons |
Mary Dickson（downwinder, writer, and advocate） |
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10:00～11:00 |
Kazuhiko Futagawa（Hibakusya） | ||
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7/18 (Fri) |
9:00 ～11:00 |
The social, economic, and environmental impacts of nuclear weapons |
Robert Jacobs（author of “Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha”） |
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7/22 (Tue) |
19:00～20:30 |
Current and future nuclear risks |
Laura Considine（professor specialising in global nuclear politics at the University of Leeds） |
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7/24 (Thu) |
21:00～22:00 |
Building peace in times of change |
Olamide Samuel（network and engagement specialist at the Open Nuclear Network） |
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22:00～23:00 |
Daryl Kimball（executive director of Arms Control Association） | ||
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7/30 (Wed) |
21:00～22:00 |
The roles of the UN and civil society |
Melissa Parke（Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)） |
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22:00～23:00 |
Christopher King (Chief of the WMD Branch in the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)) |
(Affiliations are as of the time of implementation)
【Part 2】Hiroshima Session
◆Dates: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 – Saturday, October 18, 2025
◆Location: Hiroshima City (Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, etc.)
◆Participating Countries: 20 participants from 17 countries and regions (Part 1, Part 2)
※ ７Participants from nuclear-weapon states (as defined by the NPT): China, UK,US, France)
※ 13Participants from non-nuclear-weapon states: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Kazakhstan, Turkey
※ Includes listening to atomic bomb survivors' testimonies and field training.
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Date |
Time |
Event Details |
Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
|
10/14 (Tue) |
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
Opening, Orientation |
Satellite Campus, Hiroshima |
|
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM |
Peace Memorial Park Tour |
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park | |
|
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
Courtesy visit to the Hiroshima Governor |
Hiroshima Prefectural Government Office | |
|
10/15 (Wed)
|
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM |
Exchange with Hibakusha (A-bomb survivors) |
Satellite Campus, Hiroshima |
|
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM |
Lunch with Hibakusha |
Satellite Campus, Hiroshima | |
|
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Entrance to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum | |
|
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
Lecture: About ICAN
(Lecturer: Mr. Florian Ebnerkamp, ICAN) |
Satellite Campus, Hiroshima | |
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10/16 (Thu) |
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Lecture about the foreign victim of an A-bomb |
Satellite Campus, Hiroshima |
|
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
Lecture about 'Kinoko Kai', Microcephaly Caused by the Atomic Bomb (Lecturer: Mr. Naomasa Hirao) |
Satellite Campus, Hiroshima | |
|
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM |
Lecture about Nagasaki Prefecture's Peace Initiatives (Lecturer: Mr. Mitsuhiro Hayashida) |
Satellite Campus, Hiroshima | |
|
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
Exchange with youth activists around Hiroshima |
Satellite Campus, Hiroshima | |
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10/17 (Fri) |
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Courtesy Visit to deputy Mayor of Hiroshima City |
Hiroshima International Conference Center |
|
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Visit to the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) |
Radiation Effects Research Foundation | |
|
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Guided tour around Hijiyama |
Around Hijiyama | |
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10/18 (Sat) |
8:00 AM - 9:45 AM |
Hiroshima City Tour (Theme: Atomic Bomb Survivor Trees and Postwar Hiroshima) |
Hiroshima City |
|
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
Preparation for the final presentation |
Essor Hiroshima | |
|
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
Final presentation (public session) |
Essor Hiroshima |
2025 Event Report
（Under Preparation）
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