Tano Jodai
/Overview
Tano Jodai born Daito, Yamagata, Japan July 3, 1886 (d. 1982). Japanese educator and peace activist; Quaker. International WILPF leader; UNESCO Council member. Founded first Japanese peace group Japanese Woman’s Peace Association, which became Japanese chapter of WILPF, 1921. Co-founded UN Association Japan; organized Committee of Seven to Appeal for World Peace, favoring abolition of nuclear weapons. Organized Small Kindness movement, which grew globally, 1963. President of Japanese Women’s College, 1958-65.
Quotations
"[W]e know the [Vietnam] war cannot be solved by force, but through negotiations. . . in order to check the hopeless and useless continuation of the war, I believe we must no longer depend solely on the will of the belligerent nations alone, but all the nations and peoples of the world should cooperate in one way or another in common service at this time of supreme crisis in Vietnam." (letter to Shingo Shibata re: Alice Herz, May 18, 1965)