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WORLDVIEW: Global Activism Stories

The Peace Boat

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The Peace Boat: a Japanese Organization Trying to Make Diplomacy Personal
Presented by Emiko Ichinose
Photos by Andrea Wenzel

For more information about the Peace Boat, visit their website.
   
 
photo of the peace boatThe Peace Boat takes some 800 passengers around the world three times a year.
 
revelers on the peace boatPassengers dance onboard. The Peace Boat is hoping to open a U.S. branch in the future so it can market "rogue nation tours" to Americans.
 
photo of protestersPeace Boat passengers protest in front of the Israeli embassy in Athens after their delegation is refused entry into Jerusalem.
 
photo of Emiko IchinoseNarrator Emiko Ichinose translates English to Japanese at a demonstration in front of the Israeli embassy in Athens.

 
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