Notes from the President's Office¡¡No.6 Remembering the ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app Students Who Did Not Return on the Anniversary of the War's End
August 18, 2022
Professor Kohei Itoh President, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app
A sculpture of a young man, "Heiwa Kitaru," whose name translates as "peace has come," stands in front of the Jukukan-kyoku (´ºÓêÖ±²¥app Corporate Administration) on ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app's Mita Campus. On August 15, 2022, the anniversary of the end of World War II, Chief Administration Officer Toshiko Hirota and I laid flowers at the foot of Heiwa Kitaru. The statue is inscribed with the following words of tribute to the ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app students who lost their lives from Shinzo Koizumi, who was ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app President during the war.
On peaceful days on the Hill of Mita I remember those who went out but never returned
Reflecting on these sentiments, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app commits itself to the cause of learning: to avoid at all costs a repeat of the mobilization to war of our students; to protect the sovereign nation of Japan; and to contribute to the stable and peaceful progress of the world. More information on the statue of the young man "Heiwa Kitaru" can be found in the May 2014 Mita-hyoron (official monthly journal published by ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app Press) article contributed by ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app Vice-President Keita Yamauchi. Another statue to the ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app war dead the "Monument to Those Lost," which contains a list of persons related to ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app who lost their lives in the war, stands facing "Heiwa Kitaru." We also observed a moment of silence at the Monument to Those Lost.