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TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE MEMORIAL13 MARCH 20212021 marks the 10th Anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami that devastated Tohoku and the northern Kanto region of Japan. Each year Canberrans, friends of Japan, and members of the Japanese community gather at the...

23 January 2021Could you imagine the impact if a modern nuclear bomb was dropped on Canberra or any Australian City in anger? How would we cope, where would help come from for those that survived? Now imagine that there were multiple bombs dropped all over the world,...

Prevention of Nuclear WarJonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute is an International lawyer who chairs the nuclear task force of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association. He serves as the Representative to the United Nations...

World Peace Day 2020A Chorus of women

World Peace Day 2020Our keynote speaker at this years World Peace Day event, 21 September 2020, was Mr Tim Weeks the former captive for 3 years and 3 months of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Take the time to listen to what Tim had to say to those assembled.

A special ringing was held at the Canberra Rotary Peace Bell to remember the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima Japan on 6 August 1945.A short statement was read by His Excellency Ambassador Mr Reiichiro Takahashi — Japanese Ambassador to Australia.

To mark the 33rd anniversary of the "World Peace Prayer Gathering" ceremony a special ringing was held at the Canberra Rotary Peace Bell where the words of the ancient Chinese Philosopher Laozi were read. Following each verse, the Peace Bell was struck with the wish...

Now available: translation to 104 languages!8JULY 2020 We have just added a connection to Google Translation services to allow viewers of this website to read any page or post in their language. There are 104 languages available to select. Just click on the blue...

Canberra Rotary Peace Bell Plans for 2020 and beyond26January 2020The Rotary Club of Canberra Burley Griffin (RCCBG) would appreciate assistance to operate the Japan Earthquake event and also the Hiroshima event — in future — from any group connected with Japan, or...

Canberra Rotary Peace Bell Review of 2019 26January 2020During 2019 there were a huge 23 Special events conducted at the Canberra Rotary Peace Bell during 2019 with over 4132 people attending. This significant community series of Canberra events was created by a...

TO CHRISTCHURCH21 MARCH 2019 Rotary Meeting, 21 Mar 2019 Firstly - a minute's silence. I'm sure we're all deeply shocked, saddened, dismayed by the brutal assault of an Australian citizen on people at prayer in mosques at Christchurch NZ Friday last week, 15 March...