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Orizuru Night Game held in conjunction with the 2020 Vision Campaign

On Tuesday, August 26, 2008, thanks to cooperation from the Coop Hiroshima and the Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team, Orizuru (paper crane) Night Game was held at the Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium in conjunction with an official professional baseball game.
Before the game began, we conducted a petition drive for the Cities Are Not Targets (CANT) project which calls for the detargeting of cities and the elimination of nuclear weapons, in front of the baseball stadium and we collected 3,721 signatures. Aside from the petition, the whole audience conveyed their messages of peace to the world from Hiroshima, through peace message video footage by citizens shown on the stadium screen and made an appeal for the 2020 vision campaign using green posters during brakes in the game.
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Orizuru Night Game Calling for support for the petition drive of CANT project
Orizuru Night Game (August 26 at Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium) Calling for support for the petition drive of Cities Are Not Targets (CANT) project

Mayor of Hiroshima collecting signatures Chairman of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation collecting signatures
Mayor of Hiroshima collecting signatures Chairman of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation collecting signatures

Signing a petition Volunteers calling for signatures
Signing a petition Volunteers calling for signatures

Foreign children signing the petition Hiroshima Jogakuin High school students collecting signatures
Foreign children signing the petition Hiroshima Jogakuin High school students collecting signatures
Citizen's Peace Message shown on the stadium screen Asking for cooperation from the audience
Citizens' Peace Messages shown on the stadium screen Asking for cooperation from the audience to convey their message for peace with Orizuru Mikoshi (paper crane portable shrine) and green posters

Peace message with green posters Releasing green baloons
Peace message with green posters with audience participation Releasing green baloons for peace. Green is the Mayors for Peace simbol color
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