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 2014Mita-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.