Former U.S. President Barack Obama once said in a speech about nuclear proliferation, that we all must “pursue a world without nuclear weapons” and that every U.S. citizen should visit Hiroshima..
Traveling to Japan has given me many once-in-a-lifetime type moments, many of which involved seeing some magnificent sights. From the top of Mt. Misen on the island of Miyajima to the hundreds of..
Being able to envelop myself in a country so rich in culture and so uniform in ideals and goals was immensely enlightening. I think I speak for the collective group that being in Japan had sparked..
Hello, my name is Sean Kearns and I went on a study abroad trip to Japan to discuss peace building a nuclear disarmament. Personally, going to Japan was on my bucket list of places to visit and it..
Before leaving for our two-week study abroad trip to Japan, we were tasked to read various sources on: war, culture, religion, food, lifestyle, nuclear weapons, World War II memoirs, and other..
To quote Mark Twain, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” The United States and the island nation of Japan have a very dark past full of hatred and violence. During the..
I have always been meaning to go to Japan and I knew that it was only a matter of time before I found myself there for one reason or another. However, I didn’t imagine that I would be there studying..
The past two weeks in Japan have been one of the most memorable two weeks of my life. I never would have thought that out of the 195 countries in the world, I would have gone to Japan; it was 100..
From the get-go, I knew that as soon as I landed in Japan—knowing full well I was in the country that shaped me for the majority of my life—I was going to cry tears of happiness. What I did not know..
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