Creatives unveil 'Letters of Empathy' to promote peace and understanding
Three creative personalities Kazunori Shiina, Brendan Irving, and Niger Miles have created a campaign titled 'Letters of Empathy' to commemorate people who experienced World War II and also encourage youngsters to promote peace.
Message of peace from Americans have been translated into Japanese calligraphy which will be presented to Japanese veterans. The same will be done for American war veterans where peace messages in Japanese will be translated into English.
The messages will then be documented and shared across digital platforms to encourage people to have conversations about the same.
The letters aim to bridge the gap between Japan and America and encourage people to understand each other better. The project started when Shiina and Irving discovered that their grandfathers were both veterans of World War II.
They had fought as enemies, and then died. Shiina and Irving are trying to helping other veterans avoid such long-lasting pain and animosity.
