International Citizens' Forum on War Crimes and Redress
---Seeking Reconciliation
and Peace for the 21st Century---
Tokyo,
Dec.10th-12th 1999
(Dec.10 Tokyo Women's Plaza / Dec.11 &12 Shakai Bunka Kaikan)
Dec 10th (Fri) Conference Day One
12:00-20:00 Registration at Tokyo Women's Center
12:30-14:50 Video Shows
l "A Secret Buried for 50 Years" (84min.)
l "The Rape of Nanking" (44min.)
15:00-17:00 Opening Session
A) Opening Addresses:
l Atty. Koken TSUCHIYA (Chair of Japan Organizing Committee [JOC] )
l Prof. Yue-him TAM (President of Global Alliance for Preserving the History of WW II in Asia [GA] )
l Prof. Lester TENNEY (Victim representative)
B) Conference Keynote Speech:
l Attorney Mark WEINTRAUB (Canadian Jewish Congress)
"Accountability, Justice and the Importance of Memory in the Era of War"
C) War Crimes and Postwar Redress: An Overview of Current Japan Situation
l Prof. Akira FUJIWARA (Emeritus Prof. of Hitotsubashi University)
l Mr. Shigenori NISHIKWA (All-Japan Association of Bereaved Families for Peace)
"Facing the New Prewar Era - What is happening here in Japan"
l Prof. RONG Weimu (Modern History Research Centre of China Academy
of Social Sciences)
Moderators: Prof. Hiroshi TANAKA (Hitotsubashi University)
Ms. Citania TAM (Secretary General of GA)
18:00-20:30 Panel Symposium I
Theme: "Japan's War Crimes and Postwar Compensation ---- Analysis and Evaluation"
Panelists:
l Dr. Gunter SAATHOFF (Policy staff for German Congress)
l Prof. Takeshi ISHIDA (Emeritus Prof. of Tokyo University)
"Why Japan can not apologize nor redress?"
l Prof. KANG San-jun (Tokyo University)
Moderators:
Prof. Takao SATO (Takusyoku University)
Mrs. Elizabeth KING (Michigan Historical Society of WW II in Asia)
Dec 11th (Sat) Conference
Day Two
9:00-20:00 Registration at Shakai Bunka Kaikan
9:30-12:00 Five Concurrent Workshops:
"Testimonies & Reports by victims, lawyers & supporters. Discussions on: What victims are seeking now? What are the issues they are confronting now?"
A) Nanjing Massacre
l Ms. LI Gui-ying (Victim of Nanjing Massacre)
l Prof. CHEN Juan (Naking Museum)
l Prof. ZHANG Lianhong (Jilin Provincial Museum)
l Mr. Yoshiyuki KOIKE
l Mr. Kenji ONO
l Ms. LIU Caipin (Association for No More Nanking!)
l Prof. Hiroshi TANAKA (Hitotsubashi University)
"Why is Asia demanding postwar compensation now?"
"Closing the Compensation Gap"
B) Military Sexual Slavery & Sexual Violence against Women
l Ms. Nancy WANG (Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation)
l Ms. YI Jeonson (Tegu Citizens Forum for Harumuni)
l Prof. SU Zhi-liang (Shanghai Teachers University)
l Hon. Congressman Romeo CANDAZO (Philippines)
l Ms. Fumiko KAWATA (Writer)
l Ms. KIM Yonghi (Korean & Japanese Citizens' Joint Solidarity Committee
for Redress of War Victims)
C) Forced Labors / POW
l Prof. HE Tianyi (History Research Center of Hebei Academy of Social Sciences)
l Atty. Takashi NIIMI
l Prof. Lester TENNEY (Victim of Forced Labor)
l Mr. Gilbert HAIR (The Center for Internee Rights)
D) Unit 731 / Germ & Chemical Warfare
l Prof. Sheldon HARRIS (Emeritus Prof. of California State University)
"JAPANESE MEDICAL ATROCITIES IN WORLD WAR II:
UNIT 731 WAS NOT AN ISOLATED ABERRATION"
l Prof. Takao MATSUMURA (Keio University)
l Ms. WANG Xuan (Victims' representative of Germ-Warfare Lawsuit Against the Japanese Government)
"Civilian Activities in China over Japanese Biological Warfare: Lawsuit and Investigation"
l Atty. Keiichiro ICHINOSE
"Concealment of the Germ Warefare"
l Prof. ZHOU Hongjun (International Economic Laws Research Center of
Huadong Institute of Law & Politics)
l Prof. JING Chengming (Unit 731 Exhibition Center)
l Others
E) Military Payment Certificate & Looted Cultural Properties
l Mr. NG Yat-hing (Victim of Military Payment Certificate, Reparation Association Hong Kong)
l Mr. KAN Sui-pin (Chinese Alliance for Commemoration of the Sino-Japanese War Victims)
l Prof. ZHAO Jianmin (Fudan University, Shanghai)
l Atty. Masatoshi UCHIDA
13:00-14:00 Summary of Workshops' Conclusion / Recommendations
14:00-17:30 Panel Symposium II
14:00-15:45 Session I: "Litigation to Seek Redress of Japan's Wartime Atrocities"
Panelists:
l Atty. Yoshitaka TAKAGI
"Redress lawsuits in Japan"
l Atty. Barry A. FISHER
"Global perspectives of redress litigation "
l Atty. KIM Kyondok
l Atty. Hiroshi OYAMA
l Atty. CAHNG Wan Ick
l Prof. ZHOU Hongjun (Huadong University)
Moderators: Atty. Takashi NIIMI
Ignatius DING (Spokesperson of GA)
15:45-17:30 Session II: "Legislation & Movement for Redress"
Panelists:
l Hon. Assemblyman Mike HONDA (California State)
l Hon. Congressman Romeo CANDAZO (Philippines)
l Mr. Tatsuo KAGE (Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens' Association)
日系カナダ人のための補償とその遺産"Implications of the Redress Movement in Canada"
l Prof. John TSUCHIDA
l Japanese Diet members
Moderators: Mr. Ken ARIMITSU (Coordinator of Citizens' Fund for Redress,
Network for Redress of War Victims by Japan)
Ignatius DING (Spokesperson of GA)
18:00-20:00 Reception (Shakai Bunka-kaikan)
Dec 12th(Sun)
Conference Day Three
9:30-16:00 Registration at Shakai Bunka Kaikan
10:00-12:30 Panel Symposium III
A) "Reflection of Humanity on the Atrocious Past and Pacifism against
Resurgence of Militarism in Japan"
Panelists:
l Ms. Kimiko KURIHARA (Former Senator from Hiroshima)
"Hiroshima: being assailant before being victim"
l Mr. Yukio GIBO (Former Chairperson, Teachers' Union in Okinawa)
l Mr. LEE Soogap (Korean Peace Activist)
l Mr. Greg SMITH (Social Studies Coordinator, Ministry of Education of British Columbia, Canada)
"Jewish Holocaust & Asian Holocaust - Humanity Education in School"
l Prof. YIN Yan-jun (Nankai University)
l Hon. Albert HO Chun-yan (Legislative Councilor of Hong Kong)
"Reflection on Humanity on the Atrocious Past and Pacifism Against Resurgence of Japan Militarism"
Moderators: Prof. Yoshihisa YOSHIDA (Sagami Women's University)
Ms. Kaimay YUEN (Minnesota Alliance for Preserving the History of WW II in Asia)
B) "War Crimes -- the Wounds in the Hearts of Victims & Perpetrators"
Panelists:
l Prof. Masaaki NODA (Kyoto Zokei Geijyutsu University)
"Psychological analysis of war memories in postwar Japan"
l Dr. Peter LIEBERMANN (German Psychiatrist)
"Post-traumatic impact on survivors' of war crimes against humanity"
Moderators: Ms. LIU Caipin (Association for No More Nanking!)
Atty. Tony WONG (Toronto Association for Learning & Preserving the History of WW II in Asia)
13:30-16:00 Panel
Symposium IV
Theme: "Seeking Reconciliation & Peace for the 21st Century"
Panelists:
l Prof. Yoshikazu SAKAMOTO (Emeritus Prof. of Tokyo University)
l Atty. Mark WEINTRAUB (Canadian Jewish Congress)
"War Crimes and Redress: the Perspective of a Jewish Canadian"
l Prof, Yopung Ho KIM (Kyungpook National University)
l Prof. Yue-him TAM (President of GA)
"Japan's peace role in 21st Century -- Japan's resistance to the redress of its war atrocities as perceived by the people of victimized countries and the international community"
Moderators: Prof. Mihoko EJIRI (Tsuda University)
Prof. John PRICE (University of Victoria, Canada)
16:00-17:00 Closing Session
Adoption of Tokyo Appeal
Concluding Remarks by Prof. Shinichi ARIA (Surigadai University)
Closing Address by Atty. Koken TSUCHIYA (Chair of JOC)
17:20-19:00 Rally in commemoration of the 62nd Anniversary of Nanjing Massacre
Other Related Papers
l Mr. Zhang Lian - "Japanese War Crime in China and Crime Responsibilities"
l Mr. Li - "¤¤°ê¥Á¶¡¹ï¤é¯Á½ßªº´XÂI«ä¦Ò"
l Mr. Sun - "Nanjing Massacre in Chinese Memories"
l Mr. Wu Kwong Yi - "Analysis on Compensation To the Victims"
