Abstract
This study analyzes the Hiroshima and Nagasaki 'Peace Declarations' and 'Oath to Peace' from the perspective of Japanese linguistics. As the title indicates, this is an exploratory study, and therefore, various analytical methods were used. For the 'Peace Declaration,' we found commonalities in the messages of the declaration read out in both cities. Regarding the correspondence analysis, we found that more than the differences between the cities, the differences between the eras, such as Showa, Heisei and Reiwa, were effective in the language. Not only the 'Peace Declaration' by the two mayors, but also the 'Oath to Peace' included in the program of the 'Peace Memorial Ceremony' highlighted the characteristics of the elementary school students in Hiroshima, who are the inheritors, and the Nagasaki hibakusha as survivors.
https://ror.org/03tgsfw79 
