I met Mr.Nishimura,my old friend, a 78-year-old unversity student in Okinawa.

Mr.Mamoru Nishimura,my classmate in university,came back to Hokkaido for the first time this year from Okinawa.He was a retired teacher from a junior high school in Sapporo,and had worked for a certain American language school for several years. When I heard he entered Ryukyu University,a national university in Okinawa,I was surprised because he was already 76 years old. He was of the same age as Ayako's late brother, and actually they were the contemporary at Takikawa Senior High School,in central Hokkaido.
I went to the Chitose Airport to meet him,and also met Mr.Okazaki,who also had come to meet him.Mr.Okazaki was a friend of Mr.Nishimura,and both had been members of "Article 9 Association",which was established by a Nobel-prize winner auther Mr.Kenzaburo Oe and other 8 members.The bulletin of the association says:
"The "Article 9 Association" strives to shine the light of Article 9 upon this turbulent world, in order to join hands with the peace-seeking citizens of the world."
Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan: Renunciation of war
"Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order,the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
I sincerely hope that the time will come when there will be no wars in the world.