Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs
The Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (原水爆禁止日本協議会, Gensuibaku Kinshi Nihon Kyōgikai), usually abbreviated Gensuikyō in Japanese, is a Japanese NGO founded in 1955 that seeks a worldwide ban on nuclear weapons.
History
On March 1, 1954, the Japanese fishing vessel
To build on this initial success and keep the movement going, the council established a more formal, permanent organization called the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (原水爆禁止日本協議会, Gensuibaku Kinshi Nihon Kyōgikai) in 1955. Within a short time, local affiliate organizations were established in all 47 prefectures and many cities and towns around Japan.[3] The organization touted itself as apolitical in order to secure as broad a base of support as possible, and thus drew support from both left-leaning and conservative politicians alike[1][3] In the later half of the 1950s, Gensuikyō became a vocal leader in the burgeoning worldwide anti-nuclear movement, deriving moral authority from Japan's unique status as the only nation to have been attacked with nuclear weapons.
Gensuikyō played an active and enthusiastic role in carrying out the large-scale 1960
The departure of members affiliated with the two more conservative political parties left Gensuikyō under the control of activists affiliated with the
These disagreements led to a schism in Gensuikyō,[5] with the JSP-affiliated groups splitting off to form a rival organization bearing the very similar name "Japan People's Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs" (原水爆禁止日本国民会議, Gensuibaku Kinshi Nihon Kokumin Kaigi)), usually abbreviated Gensuikin. Today both groups remain active, and sometimes collaborate for large-scale protest events, but Gensuikyō remains largely under the control of the JCP, whereas Gensuikin has more diffuse political affiliations following the demise of the JSP in the 1990s.
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d Kapur 2018, p. 16.
- ^ Kapur 2018, p. 1.
- ^ a b Orr 2001, p. 48.
- ^ Kapur 2018, p. 19.
- ^ a b Kapur 2018, p. 134.
Bibliography
- Kapur, Nick (2018). Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo. Cambridge, MA: ISBN 978-0674984424.
- Orr, James J. (2001). The Victim as Hero: Ideologies of Peace and National Identity in Postwar Japan. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0824824358.