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KAZUMI MATSUI

Japan Times
JAPAN
May 9, 2022
Nagasaki mayor to attend first U.N. nuclear ban meeting in June
Tomihisa Taue, who aims to rally the global community against the use of such armaments, has been calling on the government to participate in the meeting as an observer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2020
Hiroshima eyes smaller-scale atomic bomb ceremony due to coronavirus
Hiroshima may reduce the scale of its memorial ceremony in August of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing unless the coronavirus epidemic ends by that time, Mayor Kazumi Matsui said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2019
On A-bomb anniversary, Hiroshima mayor calls on Japan to join nuclear ban treaty
Hiroshima marked the 74th anniversary of its atomic bombing by the United States on Tuesday, with tens of thousands of people attending a ceremony at ground zero.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2017
Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will attend next month's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, at which the award will be given to a group that campaigned for a landmark treaty banning nuclear weapons, according to officials from the cities.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2016
Hiroshima mayor Matsui calls Carp an integral part of city
Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui was there in person at Tokyo Dome to see the Carp capture the Central League pennant. The baseball-mad residents of his city might make it hard for him to do the same should the Carp be on the verge of a Japan Series title.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 10, 2016
Hiroshima Carp capture first pennant since 1991
For two days, the Hiroshima Carp and their fans watched as Yomiuri Giants victories over other teams kept them from clinching a long-awaited Central League title.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 6, 2016
Full text of 2016 Hiroshima Peace Declaration
The following is the full text of the Peace Declaration read Saturday by Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui at a ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima:
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2016
Paris mayor visits Hiroshima to pay respects to A-bomb victims
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and laid a wreath at the base of a monument dedicated to victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2014
Hiroshima marks 69th anniversary of atomic bombing
Hiroshima marked the 69th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing Wednesday, as survivors of the attack and others gathered at the city's Peace Memorial Park early in the morning to pay their respects and to attend an annual ceremony commemorating the event.

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Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on