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Dr. Mikamo will be speaking at the Inauguration Ceremony of the exhibit world tour: Transforming the Human Spirit, organized by SGI and co-sponsored by City of Tijuana, Mexico. The exhibition has toured over 20 countries in past 8 years spreading messages of peace all around the world. To read more please visit: http://www.sgi.org/resource-center/ngo-resources/peace-disarmament/transforming-the-human-spirit.html

San Diego-WISH President Dr. Akiko Mikamo was invited to present her story and a message for peace for 1,700 San Gabriel Unified School District students.

UK-based broadcast TVapex has featured Dr. Akiko Mikamo for a special one hour interview on their Profile hosted by Mr. Arif Anees Malik.

San Diego-WISH代表で『8時15分−ヒロシマで生きぬいて許す心』の著者でもあり、臨床心理ドクターでもあるDr.美甘章子が、Japanese Family Support Center(JFSC)とぽーと会の共催による平和セミナーで2月15日(日)に講演します。

Dr. Mikamo’s Japanese edition of “Rising from the Ashes”, “8ji15fun Hiroshima de Ikinuite Yurusu Kokoro (8:15 – Survival and Forgiveness from Hiroshima)” (Kodansha Editorial) has been nominated for the 2015 Hiroshima-Book Grand Prix award. The award is a regional event in Hiroshima prefecture to nominate and select the Grand Prix in 2 categories (“Novels” and “Oth

San Diego-WISH is pleased to announce our first Peace & Humanity Day Art Contest. Following the guidelines below, artists may submit their peace symbol artwork. One winning symbol will be used as our symbol of peace for our 2015 events. The winning artist will receive an award at our events in August 2014. Please see the rules & guidelines below (click to enlarge):

The Hiroshima Peace Media Center has featured "Rising from the Ashes" by Dr. Akiko Mikamo in an article on their website.

Japanese legend says one who folds 1,000 origami paper cranes will be granted any wish they choose. This legend has been made world famous by the story of Sadaka and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Today, many hold this legend as a sincere act of dedication and commitment. The students of Minato Gakuen Japanese school in San Diego have collectively folded 1,000 cranes as a WISH for world peace. The chain of paper cranes h

Dr. Akiko Mikamo’s life work has been to strengthen understanding, forgiveness, and love between people from opposing viewpoints. With the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima approaching, Dr. Mikamo’s book Rising From The Ashes: A True Story of Survival and Forgiveness from Hiroshima celebrates the message her father, Shinji Mikamo, embodies. This true account tells the story of Shinji as