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| The "The Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake10th Anniversary Memorial Ceremony"
was held on January 17, 2005 to remember the
victims of the earthquake, to show gratitude
for the warm support from around the nation
and abroad and as a message to people around
the country and overseas that we are determined
to march forward toward the future. |
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| Date Held |
January 17, 2005 (Monday) |
| Venue |
Hyogo Prefecture Kokan, and in front of the Memorial Monument at the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institute |
| Hosted by |
Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 10th Anniversary
Memorial Ceremony Executive Committee
(Hyogo Prefecture; Hyogo Prefecture Assembly;
Hyogo Prefecture Mayors Association; Hyogo
Prefecture Towns and Villages Association;
Hyogo Prefecture Towns Assemblies Mayors
Association; 1.17 Conference for Human
Safety and Harmonious Coexistence - Hyogo,
Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 10-Year
Reconstruction Assistance Committee; The
Association of Hyogo Prefecture Chambers
of Commerce; Japanese Trade Union Confederation
RENGO - Hyogo Prefecture; Hyogo Prefecture
Federation of Community Associations;
Hyogo Prefecture Federation of Women's
Associations; Kobe City Women's Associations
Committee)
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Program
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Dedicated Music |
Title "On the
G Line Aria"
Conductor: Yutaka Sado
Performed by: The Special 1.17 Memorial
Orchestra
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Memorial Flame |
Representative of Bereaved Families |
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Opening Address |
Ryosuke Hara, Ceremony Committee Member, Hyogo Prefecture Assembly Chairperson
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Singing of the Anthem |
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Silent prayer |
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Ceremony Address |
Toshizo Ido, Chairperson
of the Committee for the 10th Anniversary
Memorial Event of the Great Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake, Governor of the Hyogo
Prefecture |
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The Emperor's Address |
The Emperor of Japan |
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Guest's Address |
Yoshitaka Murata, Government of Japan Representative, Minister for Disaster Management |
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Bereaved Families' Representative's Address |
Kyoko Muramatsu, Bereaved Families Representative |
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Song of Dedication |
| Title |
"Shiawase wo Hakoberuyouni" |
| Chorus |
The Nishinomiya Children's
Choir
Kobe Municipal Nagisa Elementary
School
Marist Brothers International School |
| Conductor |
Yutaka Sado |
| Performer |
The Special 1.17 Memorial Orchestra |
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1.17 Declaration |
Kojiro Niino, 1.17 Conference for Human Safety and Harmonious Coexistence - Hyogo, Representative |
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Song of Dedication |
| Title |
"Ave verum corpus" |
| Chorus |
Nishinomiya Boys Chorus |
| Conductor |
Yutaka Sado |
| Performer |
The Special 1.17 Memorial
Orchestra |
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Offering of Flowers |
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End of Ceremony |
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Ceremony Address
Toshizo Ido
Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
10th Anniversary Memorial
Ceremony Committee Chairperson
Hyogo Prefecture Governor |
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The
Governor's Ceremony Opening Address (Summary)
"It is people who help people."
On this occasion, let the lessons we have
learned from the earthquake be engraved
on our hearts. It is our, we who have
survived, duty to create a safe and secure
community and realize a society where
people and nature can coexist.
We shall never forget January 17, 1995.
We shall never forget the mortification,
the sorrow we experienced then. I firmly
promise make every effort to share the
experiences and lessons of the great earthquake
with people around the world, and using
them to create a safer and more secure
Hyogo that will be a leader of Japan in
the 21st century. |
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| The Emperor of Japan's
Address |
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The
Emperor of Japan's Address (Summary)
I wish to express my sincerest gratitude
for the great efforts of the people of
the prefecture, and to the government
institutions that supported those efforts,
the enormous number of volunteers who
gathered from all over the country, and
also for the cooperation from abroad.
With the passing of 10 years since the
earthquake, I hear that the ratio of people
in the earthquake-stricken area who did
not experience the earthquake is growing.
We should never forget the enormous tragedy
of the earthquake. We should pass on to
the people of our country and the people
of the world the reality of such a disaster
so that we will work to construct a safe
society which will protect as many people
as possible from unexpected disasters.
I pray that you will continue to endeavor
even more in your work in order that the
many lives of those who were lost in the
earthquake may have been lost in vain.
With these words I wish to close my memory
ceremony address. |
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Guest's Address
Yoshitaka Murata, Minister
for Disaster Management |
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Guest:
Minister for Disaster Management, Mr.
Murata's Address (Summary)
The Government has, through the experiences
and lessons learned from this great earthquake
disaster, strengthened our country's disaster
reduction measures. However, I pledge
that the government will strengthen further
its crisis management system for times
of disasters and actively promote overall
disaster reduction and prevention measures
so as to create a society where the people
of the nation may live safely.
I sincerely hope that the Hanshin-Awaji
area will become a model of 21st century
community and town creation and become
a safe and attractive area to live in. |
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Bereaved Families'
Representative's Address
Kyoko Muramatsu, Bereaved
Families' Representative |
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Bereaved
Families' Representativ, Kyoko Muramatsu's
Address (Summary)
With the encouragement of my friends I
have been able to overcome my troubles
and suffering and gain the courage to
get through these 10 years. I am now determined
to go out into society and live my life
as a woman to the fullest.
I close my address by offering my sincerest
condolences to the over six thousand people
who lost their lived in the earthquake. |
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