JFK: His Life and Legacy
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Exhibition Title
JFK: His Life and Legacy
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Dates
Friday, March 6, 2015 – Sunday, May 10, 2015
Seven days a week, 66 days in total.
Opening hours: Mon - Thu, Sat, Sun 10:00-17:30
Fri
10:00-20:00
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Venue of the Exhibition
1st floor of the National Archives of Japan
3-2, Kitanomaru Park, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
TEL: 03-3214-0621 FAX: 03-3212-8806
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Organizers
Organizers:
Co-organizer:
With the special support of:
With the support of:
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National Archives of Japan
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Nikkei Inc.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Cabinet Office
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
United States Embassy
Exhibition Supervisors
Professor Naoyuki Agawa
Faculty of Policy Management
Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
Professor Toshihiro Minohara
Faculty of Law
Graduate School of Law, Kobe University
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Admission
Admission is free.
Outline of the “JFK: His Life and Legacy” exhibition:
Inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States in January, 1961, John F. Kennedy
became the youngest person ever elected to serve in that office. During his term, President
Kennedy resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis and made key decisions on civil rights bills as
well as the NASA space program. President Kennedy continues to attract admiration from all
over the world even after a half-century later from his tragic assassination in November, 1963.
This exhibition will feature President Kennedy’s life and legacy by introducing original
documents, reproductions, video images, photographs, and various mementos held at the John
F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, where President Kennedy was born.
Materials deposited in the National Archives of Japan and loaned pertinent materials from
other individuals and/or organizations will also be exhibited.
The exhibition will focus on President Kennedy's inaugural address, the Cuban Missile Crisis,
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, civil rights movement, and the space program that successfully sent
the first man to the moon. In regards with his relationship with Japan, his experience during
the Second World War and his 1951 trip to Asia will be highlighted.
The exhibition will also explore the US-Japan relationship during the Kennedy administration
by utilized the public records of both countries. The topics to be introduced in this part will
include Prime Minister Ikeda’s visit to the US, establishment of the US-Japan committee, and
appointment of Edwin O. Reischauer as the US Ambassador to Japan.
Lastly, in the main exhibition area, “The Strategy of Peace" speech given at American
University on June of 1963 and other famous speeches by the President will be shown in
order to represent what Kennedy stood for and believed in.