In January, an official of the Foreign Ministry called me on the phone and asked me to meet the mayor of Featherstion in New Zealand where the Featherston incident happened. About fifty Japanese POWs died there during World War II. I met her with Mr. Misawa, a section chief of Oceania, and Mr. Hada, an assistant section chief of Oceania. Prime Minister Murayama created a programme called "Peaceful Exchange of Friendship" in 1995. The reason he developed the programme was so that Japanese people would not commit the same offenses in the future. The mayor of Featherston was invited through the programme. I knew about the Featherston incident when a professor at Canterbury University used "SHURIKEN" as a text for a course in drama. I was surprised to read Japanese haiku in the book. I visited Featherston and saw the haiku on the monument where the incident occurred. I met some of the persons concerned, Akiko, Mr. Adachi, Mr. Shinya, Mr. Sakurai, Mr. Mizuno. Mr. Mizuno, who is living in Hokkaido, was by the bodies of the Japanese POWs that night and was shocked to see all the bodies had disappeared the next morning. Many people are searching for the ashes. Mr. Mizuno asked me to give his regards to the mayor of Featherston. The Japanese POWs like and respect New Zealand and New Zealanders.