HIGHLIGHTS OF CAMAJ'S ACTIVITIES 1987-1994

1987Dec.Sponsored group show by 64 artists on the 50th anniversary of the Rape of Nanking(NYC. 12/11-23). Buddhist memorial service for the victims(NYC 12/13)
Sept.Sponsored group show by 51 artists on the Unit 731-germ warfare atrocity(NYC 9/1624). Symposium of Chinese, Japanese and U.S. experts, on reparation from Japan(NYC 9/17-18)
Oct.Demonstration in front of Japanese Consulate to protest whitewashing of Emperor Hirohito's war crimes(NYC, 10117).
DecArchival photo exhibition and screening of documentary film on the Rape of Nanking(NYC 12./10).
1989Jan.Distributed flyers in front of Japanese Consulate, on Japan's rewriting of history and deification of Hirohito( 1 /12-14). Joined Ad. Hoc Committee on the Case Against Hirohito; open letter to pres. Bush urging cancellation of plan to attend Hirohito's funeral.
Feb.Full-page NY Times ad. on the sanitizing of Hirohito's role in history (NY Times 2/ 16). Buddhist memorial service in public for the victims of Japanese invasion of China, followed by demonstrator marching to the Japanese Consulate (NYC 2/17)
Mar.Sponsored U.S. premiere and benefit screening of "Black Sun Unit 7319 H.K. docudrama on Japanese germ warfare and human experimentation (NYC, 3/24)
1990JuneCAMAJ member attend a memorial service for the Chinese victims of slave labor camps in Japan.
Aug.CAMAJ representative attended a symposium on Sino-Japanese relations(H.K. 8/13-14)
Sept.Screening of documentary, followed by discussion on the "Sept. 18 Incident"(NYC 9/16)
Dec.Full-page NY Times ad. refuting Shintaro Ishihara's denial of the Rape of Nanking(NY Times 12/26)
1991Jan.Co-sponsored a symposium on the Rape of Nanking(Columbia University 12/26)
Sept.60th anniversary of Sept. 18 Incidents-archival photo exhibition and concert performance(NYC, 9/14) Screening feature film on the Rape of Nanking (NYC, 12/14).
1992Jul.video program and panel discussion- July 7th Incident''(Taipei Info. Center; 7/2).
Oct.Fundraising banquet for NY Times ad. on apology and reparation for victims of Japanese war crimes (Silver Palace Rest., 10/2). CAMAJ member attended memorial shaman ceremony for Korean "comfort women" victims Korea ( 10/1 7).Published full page NY Times ad ( 10/18), followed by demonstration (Japanese consulate, NYC 10/19), demanding apology and reparation from Emperor Akihito.
Nov.Joined demonstration Korean-Americans demanding apology and reparation for "comfort women "victims (Dag Hammarskjold pl., NYC, 11/23)
1993Feb.Organized panel discussion: "Rape as War Crime"; guest speakers include prof. C.O.Yun, co-chairperson of Korean Council for Women drafted for Sexual Service by Japan, and Mr. Robert Donihi, former U.S. attorney at the Tokyo war crimes trial(Columbia U. 2.6). Joined Korean Liberation Day demonstration, led by former "Comfort women", to protest admission of Japan as permanent member of the U.N. Security Council (3/10).
Sept.CAMAJ member attended International Conference on Women War Victims (Berlin, Germany, 9/12). Demonstration during Prime Minister Hosokawa's visit to the U.N. to protest admission of Japan to permanent membership at the U.N. security Council (NYC 9/27).
1994Mar.Open letter to Prime Minister Li Peng, during Hosokawa's visit to China, calling on China to reject admission of Japan as permanent member at the U.N. Security Council(3/18).
JuneDemonstration in front of the White House, during Akihito's visit. calling on him to apologize and make reparation to victims of Japanese war crimes (Wash.D.C. 6/12). Follow-up demonstration during Akihito's visit to the U.N.(NYC, 6./16). Full-page NY Time ad protesting admitting Japan as permanent member of the U.N. Security Council (NY Times 6.17)