Goi Peace Foundation
Ise City Peace Pals Competition Exhibition. Ise City, Japan
There is a special Cafe “Kawasaki-gura” In Ise City, Tokyo. This is a very significant area in Japan where two shinto shrines are located. One of them is considered the most sacred shrine in Japan and is dedicated to Shinto’s most important god, the Sun Goddess Amaterasu. Here in this sacred place there were one…
Read MorePope Francis Given Gift of Peace Pole. Tokyo, Japan
Pope Francis will be visiting Japan from November 23-26th. Prior to His Holiness’ visit, May Peace Prevail On Earth International (MPPOE, INT)/The Goi Peace Foundaton in Japan gave the gift of a Peace Pole on October 16th, 2019. This gift was presented by MPPOE, Int. President Mr. Hiroo Saionji to ArchBishop Joseph Chennoth for The…
Read MoreHiroo and Masami Saionji receives the Outstanding Peace Activists Award at the Luxembourg Peace Prize Award Ceremony June 14th, 2019
Each year, since 2012, the Schengen Peace Foundation and the World Peace Forum award the Luxembourg Peace Prize to outstanding individuals and organizations in the field of peace. This year, the 8th annual Award Ceremony took place on 14 June at the historic European Parliament Schuman Building to celebrate the Luxembourg Peace Prize Laureates along with peace…
Read MorePeace Pole and Flag Ceremony at the Fourth Global Forum
June 14 – 16 2017 Conscious business leaders from 32 countries traveled to Cleveland, Ohio to attend the Fourth Global Forum hosted by the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit. The three day Forum was held June 14th through 16th on the campus of Case Western Reserve University. The World…
Read MoreFounder Goi Centennial Celebration -Fuji Sanctuary, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, JAPAN
Masahisa Goi, author of the universal message, May Peace Prevail On Earth, was born in 1916 in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan. He grew to love philosophy and the arts and in his mid thirties birthed a great peace movement which a hundred years later still inspire the hearts of humanity. To mark the…
Read MoreInternational Day of Peace in DENMARK
A group of organizations including The World Peace Prayer Society and the Goi Peace Foundation, supported an event in Denmark titled “Pathways to Peace and Justice.” It was held north of Copenhagen at the Gribskov Community Center in Gribskov, Denmark. Bente Milton, an award winning film maker and Director of Club of Budapest in Scandinavia and…
Read MorePeace Pole Planted in Community Park in Lalitpur, Kathmandu –NEPAL
March 26-April 8, 2016 I, Mitsuru Ooba, visited Nepal, March 26-April 8, 2016 with Japanese Esperantists to attend a Nepali Esperanto Congress in Kathmandu. When Mr. & Mrs. Thapa found out I would be visiting Nepal, they asked me to bring a Peace Pole for Mr. Smeet Lama and a second, identical, Peace Pole as…
Read MoreThe Fuji Declaration at the United Nations in honor of World Interfaith Harmony Week-USA
February 3, 2016 Mrs. Saionji joined other distinguished government and U.N. speakers, religious, and heads of international organizations to discuss the importance of interfaith solidarity in ensuring the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The event was organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations in partnership with the Committee of Religious NGOs at…
Read MoreMr. Hiroo Saionji was Awarded by the Ministry of Education Sports Science and Technology
December 14th, 2010 Mr. Hiroo Saionji, President of The World Peace Prayer Society was awarded “Social Education Distinguished Service Award” from the Ministry of Education, Sports, Science and Technology as Representive the Goi Peace Foundation. Mr. Saionji was given the award for outstanding services and distinguished activities of past 10 years at the Goi Peace…
Read More2010 International Essay Contest for Young People around the World, Japan
Dear Friends of Peace, Young people from around the world are again invited this year to enter the 2010 International Essay Contest for Young People organized by the Goi Peace Foundation and UNESCO. The theme of the 2010 International Essay Contest for Young People is: “MY ROLE IN CREATING A PEACEFUL WORLD.” What is your vision of…
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