World News Designer Miyake urges Obama to visit Hiroshima

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Clothing designer Issey Miyake, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, expressed hope in a New York Times Op-Ed July 14 that U.S. President Barack Obama would visit the city Aug. 6 for the annual commemoration of the bombing.

Miyake, 71, said Obama's pledge to seek a nuclear-free world in an April speech in Prague awakened "something buried deeply within me, something about which I have until now been reluctant to discuss. I realized that I have, perhaps now more than ever, a personal and moral responsibility to speak out as one who survived what Obama called the 'flash of light,'" Miyake wrote.

"If Obama could walk across the Peace Bridge ... it would be both a real and a symbolic step toward creating a world that knows no fear of nuclear threat." (Kyodo News)

三宅一生氏、オバマ大統領に広島訪問を要請

服飾デザイナーの三宅一生さんが7月14日付の米紙ニューヨーク・タイムズに寄稿し、オバマ大統領に対して、8月6日の原爆の日に広島を訪問するよう呼びかけた。

Shukan ST: July 24, 2009

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