Memorial Events and Activities
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espeically the victims of the Nanjing Massacre.
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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 19:40:05 -0400
From: Ignatius Ding(need Email-980416)
To: ding@capella.cup.hp.com
Subject: Press Release
Alliance for Preserving the Truth of Sino-Japanese War
Website http://WWW.SJWar.Org/, e-mail: info@sjwar.org
P.O. Box 2066, Cupertino, CA 95015-2066, Phone: (415) 398-7758
Press Release
June 9, 1998
The Forgotten Holocaust in Asia and the Pacific, 1931-1945
Japan's Germ Warfare in WW II
What: An exhibition of photographs of Unit 731, Japan s secret wartime human
experimentation program, and other examples of aggression against Asian
countries during World War II.
Where: Navy Library, Avenue B, Treasure Island, San Francisco (behind the
Chapel).
When: Grand Opening July 5, 1998, 2 p.m.
Exhibit July 5 through July 19, 1998
Hours: Sunday to Friday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
This is part of the world tour of the exhibition, which includes
testimony by former Japanese soldiers and members of Unit 731.
The exhibition is organized by the Global Alliance for Preserving the
History of WW II in Asia. The Bay Area presentation is sponsored by the
Alliance for Preserving the Truth of Sino-Japanese War
The exhibit includes video programs and photography of numerous
atrocities committed by the Japanese military in China and other Asian and
Pacific nations, such as the biochemical warfare lab experiments and
battlefield deployments, military sexual slavery, Nanking Massacre, killing and
torturing of Allied prisoners of war and civilian internees. In addition,
there is an exhibit of WW II era stamp collection.
Free admission. Directions: Take the Bay Bridge (Interstate 80) and
exit at Treasure Island. Stay on Avenue of Palms, go straight after entering
the front gate, turn right to California Avenue, turn left to Avenue B by the
Naval Chapel. The library is on the left.
Public transportation available -- call (415) 398-7758 for information.
Please visit our website at http://www.sjwar.org for additional information.
Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 13:54:40 -0400
From: Ignatius Ding(need Email-980416)
To: ding@capella.cup.hp.com
Subject: Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
May 5, 1998 Gregory Rodriquez 202 625-0583
e mail: shaman4@ix.netcom.com
(For information about Iris Chang, call Sabrina Bracco 212 207 7656)
PRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING
ON THE RAPE OF NANKING: IMPLICATIONS FOR 1998
--Washington, DC. Iris Chang, award-winning author of the best-seller Rape
of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust, will brief Congressional staff and the
press at a panel on Japanese War Crimes during World War II: Implications
for the U.S. in 1998 on Friday, May 8, 1998.
The briefing, which is co-sponsored by the Congressional Caucus on Women's
Issues and the Congressional Asian Pacific Caucus, will be held from 10:00 -
11:15 a.m. in the U.S. Senate Russell Office Building, Room 385.
The purpose of the briefing is to provide information about atrocities that
resulted in the rapes and deaths of hundreds of thousands Asian civilians
during World War II, as well as biological weapon experiments conducted on
living U.S. soldiers who were POWs imprisoned by the Japanese military.
Despite the confessions of some of those responsible for war crimes, the
vast majority of the Japanese war criminals were never prosecuted by the
U.S. and its Allies, and many became well-respected members of the Japanese
medical establishment and government.
In the U.S. today, the majority of history books fail to mention the more
than 80,000 Chinese women who were raped and the more than 260,000 Chinese
men, women, and children who were murdered in Nanking during the few weeks
following the Chinese surrender to the Japanese military.
Iris Chang will briefly describe the rape of Nanking, and the cover-up
that followed. Dr. Robert Donihi, an American prosecutor at the Nuremberg
trials who is also the last surviving U.S. prosecutor from the Tokyo war
crimes trials following World War II, will describe why the U.S. did not
support the prosecution of Japanese war criminals and will discuss
strategies of how the U.S. government can finally set the historical
record straight.
Sulia Chan, who as an NGO representative has worked with the U.N. to seek
justice for the Asian women who were forced into sexual slavery ("Comfort
Women") during World War II, will briefly describe Congressional efforts
to seek justice for those women.
Gregory Rodriquez, the son of an American POW who was imprisoned by the
Japanese military in Mukden, China, will describe the failure of the U.S.
government to acknowledge that American POWs were guinea pigs in
biological experiments conducted by their Japanese captors.
FCSPC Held Conference on Japanese Holocaust
From: Long Chen 2/2/98
The Federation of Chinese Students and Professionals in Canada, along with
Ontario Chapter of Global Alliance for Perserving World War II History and
Hong Kong Veteran Association as well as other Chinese communities, held a
conference on Japanese holocaust on February 1st in Metro Hall, Toronto. The
purpose of the conference is to reveal the truth to the public as this
miserable history is rarely known outside of Asia.
Since the second print of Iris Chang's book in December 1997, The Rape of
Nanking - a Forgotten Holocaust, FCSPC has launched a campaign to encourage
its members across Canada to buy the books and donate them to the public
libraries. In the Toronto area, FCSPC's call for donation has received
enthusiastic responses and participation. During the conference, FCSPC
donated 65 books, worth $2,500, to Ms. Gabriele Lundeen, CEO of Toronto
Public Library.
Nanking Conference at Princeton
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 14:09:30 -0500
I represent a student organization in Princeton University which is
organizing a conference to be held at the end of the year to mark the 60th
anniversary of the Nanking Massacre. We've invited many experts in the
field to participate, and also intend to have a photo exhibition and a film
series. Thus far, the level of support from the academic community has been
very encouraging. Our website contains a brief decription of our goals, the
schedule of events, and a page of links (including one to your website).
We'd be grateful if you could link to our site so that the conference will
be publicized. Thanks.
Here are the details:
URL: http://www.princeton.edu/~nanking/
Description
Academic conference to be held in Nov 97 at Princeton University to mark
the 60th anniversary of the Rape of Nanking.
Please email me if you have any questions
I-Shin Chow
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 14:37:59 -0800
From: Ignatius Ding
Global Alliance For Preserving The History Of WW-II In Asia
P.O. Box 2066, Cupertino, California 95015 U.S.A.
International Symposium
on
Japanese Responsibility of WW II Atrocities
Fairchild Auditorium, Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California USA
December 6 - December 8, 1996
Conference Agenda
December 6, 1996 (Friday)
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Time Program Speaker(s)
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09:00 Opening Remarks M/C Iris Chang, Jinjun Cao
Welcome APTSJW Chair Betty Yuan
Memorial Program:
Poem Reading Lisa Yang
Musical Performance Zhongjian Sun
Silent Memorial of Victims of Japanese
WW II Atrocities
Alliance Chairman's Remarks Andrew H.K. Tu
Keynote Speech: "The Unfinished Business" Samuel Yang
09:30 The Reincarnation of Japanese Militarism Tsuin-Ho Kwoh
09:50 Historical Background of the Diaoyutai Yue-Him Tam
Islands
10:10 Review and Future Prospect of the Diaoyutai Richard Chu
Islands Dispute
10:30 Break
10:50 International Laws & Treaties: Compensation Karen Parker
for War Victims
11:20 Pending Litigations and Claims (Filed by Etsuro Totsuka,
Chinese and other Asian Victims) Yat-Hing Ng
11:50 Legal Bases for Cases Pending in Japanese Gilbert Hair
Courts (Filed by Former Allied POWs and
Internees)
12:20 Lunch & Writer's Forum Frank Hsu*
13:50 New Discovery of Japanese Biochemical Takao Matsumura*, Hiromitsu
Warfare During WW II Masuda, Eisuke Matsui, Wang
Xuan, Miwa Ichinose
15:10 Japan's Germ Warfare in Zhejiang During Shijie Ying
the War
15:40 Break
16:00 American WW II Veterans' Legal Claims and Gregory Rodriguez
the U.N. Resolutions for the "Survivors of
Hirohito's Holocaust."
16:30 International Laws on Wars and Military Yu-Long Ling
Conflicts
17:00 Pursuing for Redress and Distributing Yu-Hwa Wei
Atonement Funds
17:30 Recess
18:00 Dinner Banquet at the Ming's of Palo Alto
Recognition of the Most Outstanding Andrew H.K. Tu*
Contributors
Regional Activity and Progress Reports Member Organizations
December 7, 1996 (Saturday)
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Time Program Speaker(s)
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09:00 Destruction of Chinese Intellectual Jianmin Zhao
Properties During the War
09:30 Unforgivable Ordeal of a British POW John Owen Edwards
10:00 Japanese "Center of Disease Control" Yong Xu
in Northern China
10:30 Break
Penal Discussions:
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10:50 1A. Public Education on the History of the Theresa Chao*, Leland Yee,
Sino-Japanese War and Atrocities Ke-Lin Yang, Peter Hsia,
(Schools, Public Forums, Books and Young Shi
Other Media)
1B. Workshop and Case Study: How to Karen Parker*, Gilbert Hair
Prepare and Pursue Legal Cases Seeking
for Redress from the Japanese
Government.
1C. Chinese Government's Position on
Reparation Issues
12:10 Lunch & Nominating Alliance Officers Ping Tcheng*
(1996 - 1998)
13:40 2A. From Tours of Photography Exhibit Charles Shao*, Betty Lu,
to Permanent Museum Displays T.C. Peng, Jesse Feng,
Thekla Lit
2B. Establish Global Project Team Seeking Sulia Chan*, Ping Tcheng,
Redress from the Japanese Government Kian Seng Soon, Lien-Fu Kuo,
Ignatius Ding
15:00 Break
15:10 3A. Establishment and Utilization of a Andrew H.K. Tu*, Tsuin-Ho
Permanent Foundation Kwoh, John Tsu, David Tsang,
C.C. Tian
3B. Mainstream Media Campaign Workshop KaiMay Yuen Terry*,
Ignatius Ding, Daniel Kwan,
Gregory Rodriguez, Jinjun
16:30 Break
16:40 4A. Military Sexual Slavery by Japan: Byong Moon Kim
Movement Seeking Justice for Victims Bi-Ching Chang
and Its Implications Demands by the
surviving victims
4B. Chinese & Japanese Legislative David Chien*, Kuen-Chen Fu,
Representatives Kuo-Yu Han, Shoji Motooka
17:30 Recess
18:00 Dinner Banquet & Introduce New Officers Ping Tcheng*
(1996 - 1998)
19:30 Viewing Docudrama Film: "Black Sun II: T.F. Mou
Rape of Nanking"
December 8, 1996 (Sunday)
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Time Program Speaker(s)
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09:00 Recognizing Japan's War Aggression: Peace Akiko Tsutsui
Activities in Japanese and Asian-American
Communities
09:20 Sino-Japanese Reconciliation: An American Roy Wolff
Perspective
09:40 Pre-requisites of Sino-Japanese Qiqian Zhou
Reconciliation
10:00 Historical Impact of the "Nanjing Massacre" Zhaiwei Sun
and Related Subjects
10:20 Break
10:40 International Media Campaign and Gilbert Hair
Congressional Lobbying
11:00 Summary Reports and Project Proposals Ignatius Ding*
11:40 Conclusion Yue-Him Tam
12:00 Closing Remarks M/C Iris Chang, Jinjun Cao
Memorial Service for the Victims of the James Yin*, Hong Rong
"Nanjing Massacre"
12:30 Farewell Lunch
* Denotes Session Moderator
Memorial Musical Performance
and
Photography Exhibit in San Francisco
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 18:12:30 -0700
From: Ignatius Ding
Alliance for Preserving the Truth of Sino-Japanese War
P.O. Box 2066, Cupertino, CA 95015-2066
What: The Alliance for Preserving the Truth of Sino-Japanese War will sponsor
a memorial musical performance and a photo exhibit to commemorate the 65th anniversary of "The Mukden Incident" - the beginning of the fall of Manchuria, the northeastern region of China, to the brutal Japanese invasion forces in 1931.
Where: Chinese Cultural Center, 750 Kearny St., 3/F, San Francisco Chinatown.
Phone: (415) 398-7758. Alternative No.: (415) 668-1769/(408) 973-0688.
When: Performance - 2:00 to 4:00PM, September 8, 1996 (Sunday).
Exhibit - September 7 to September 15, 10:00AM to 6:00PM;
Closed on Monday, September 9.
The show will feature a number of accomplished performing artists from China and local groups from the Chinese American community.
Admission to both events is free. Tickets for the 9/8 event will be available to the public as follows (limited to 2 tickets per request):
- send a stamped, self-addressed envelop to APTSJW, PO Box 2066,
Cupertino, CA 95015-2066, or
- stop by the APTSJW SF Office at 811 Sacramento Street, San
Francisco (Phone: 415-398-7758), 10AM and 2PM, Mon. through Fri.
Asian Worldwork
From: Haru3@aol.com
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 03:59:06 -0400
Dear Friends;
I am a Japanese graduate student in psychology at California Institute of
Integral Studies in San Francisco. I organize the following workshop in
July, and look for more Asian participants, especially Chinese and Korean
people. If anybody in your group are interested in this workshop, please
contact me, haru3@aol.com. We can offer scholarship.
Exploring the Root of Denial of "the Other"
- Accusation, Denial, and Transformation-
Awareness and Resolution Workshop on East Asian
Experiences and World War II
In the cross-cultural relationship, we often treat people from the different
culture as "the Other," and have a tendency to deny the fact that they are
the same human being. Towards the next century, for the global community, it
is necessary to go beyond such an attitude, but, for that purpose, we first
have to face the complicated and often unfortunate history from the past and
to explore what made us to treat the same human being as "the Other."
In this Asian Worldwork, we first focus on the relationships among Asian
countries; especially, the deep hurt of Asian people caused by what Japan did
during the first half of this century, which has never been fully
acknowledged, and has left unresolved through this century.
Arnold and Amy Mindell, through individual work and group work, will help us
to become aware of our deeper feelings about these issues, and to express
them to each other. Then, we hope to investigate how the denial of "the
Other" casts shadow both on the cross-cultural tensions, and on the today's
social issues such as children's suicide, terrorism, environmental
destructions, and etc. The encounter of people in a deeper level will help
us to realize that denial of "the Other" is not the issue only among Asians.
We believe that learning from this is also useful to explore the root of
today's tensions and conflicts between Asians and Americans
Arnold and Amy Mindell, Ph.D. the renowned originators of Process Oriented
Psychology (POP), began process work with individuals and families, and have
developed it as Worldwork for large groups, especially with multi-ethnic
groups. POP helps us to become aware of what we are feeling at a certain
moment, how we are reacting, and then to express these feelings to each
other. Expressing these feelings can be frightening, but it release
creative, even caring energy, and this is the only way to genuine growth.
POP has been practiced in more than 30 countries all over the world.
Date: July 4th & 5th. (9:00~17:00)
Place: Holiday Inn Golden Gateway, San Francisco.
Fee: $175 (Scholarship is available)
Information: Kenji School of California, 415-239-2917
E-mail: haru3@aol.com
*This workshop is a project of Inochi, U.S. Non-profit organization.
APTSJW Greets VP Al Gore in Silicon Valley
Alliance for Preserving the Truth of Sino-Japanese War
Press Release: April 29, 1996
From: Ignatius Ding
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 15:24:22 -0700
What: Representatives of APTSJW will meet with Vice President Al Gore, Jr. in
a private reception during a local fundraising event for the Democratic National Committee.
Where: Home of George and Judith Marcus in Los Altos Hills, California.
When: 6:30-8:00PM, April 29, 1996 (Monday).
Mr. Gore will be the guest of honor for the evening. He will listen and exchange information with local political, business, and community leaders in several one- on-one private sessions.
APTSJW has prepared a whitepaper expressing its grave concern over the announcement of the expanded U.S.-Japanese joint security alliance during President Clinton's recent visit this month. The announcement indicates U.S. administration's support of the expansion of Japan's military capability and its role in the region - a development that will have certain negative and serious consequences.
APTSJW will also inform Mr. Gore its objection to American government's support of Japan's attempt to seek a permanent seat in the U.N. Security Council before it will formally apologize and pay atonements for its atrocious acts during the Sino-Japanese War.
Memorial event for 9 (September)-18 in Toronto
In Memory of Victims of Nanjing Massacre, and commemorate the "9-18", there will be a screening of the movie "In the Name of the Emperor (Remembering Nanjing 1937)" in the Auditorium of (OISE) Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, on Sunday, September 17, 1995, 2:00 pm. The address is 252 Bloor St. West, Toronto.
The event is sponsored by the Alliance in Memory of Victims of Nanjing Massacre (Toronto Chapter). There is a suggested minimum donation of $10 for the ticket, and also $50 for the Video.
For information or ticket, please email to ericli@io.org or call Dick Chan at (416) 241-0719.
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