The “RAZAK SENSEI Gallery,” a peace-themed exhibition honoring the life and legacy of the late Haji Abdul Razak bin Abdul Hamid (Razak Sensei), opened at the National Education Museum of Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI) in Malaysia on August 6, 2026. Razak Sensei was a special student from Southeast Asia who studied in Japan under an Imperial Japanese wartime program and experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Drawing on that experience, he spent his life sharing the importance of peace.

The opening ceremony brought together educators and researchers from Malaysia and abroad to celebrate the launch of a new hub for promoting peace connecting Hiroshima and Malaysia, 81 years after the atomic bombing. Attendees included Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, former Rector of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), the eldest son of Razak Sensei, and a key figure in establishing the RAZAK SENSEI Gallery; Shikata Noriyuki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Malaysia; and YBhg. Professor Dato’ Dr. Md Amin bin Md Taff, Vice Chancellor of Sultan Idris Education University.

After experiencing the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, Razak Sensei returned to his homeland on the Malay Peninsula. As an educator, he devoted himself to the development of Japanese language education in post-independence Malaysia and helped strengthen ties between Japan and Malaysia through the promotion of the Look East Policy. He also continued to share his experience of the atomic bombing and called for a peaceful world free of nuclear weapons. The RAZAK SENSEI Gallery, which presents his life and hope for peace, is expected to serve as an educational hub for passing on his experience of the atomic bombing to future generations and sharing a message of peace from Malaysia with the world.

At the opening ceremony, a TSS news feature produced by Shinhiroshima Telecasting CO., LTD. (TSS), a television station based in Hiroshima, the city that experienced the atomic bombing, was screened: “TSS Like! Special Feature: A Promise Between a Malaysian Second-Generation Hibakusha and an Atomic Bomb Survivor — A Peace Museum in His Homeland” (originally broadcast on February 13, 2024). The English translation was prepared with the cooperation of the University of Idaho and is available worldwide through the official website of the “TSS Archive Project,” TSS’s peace promotion initiative.

The feature highlights the friendship between Kurihara Meiko, who experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and Razak Sensei, as well as their shared commitment to peace. It also portrays Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Razak Sensei’s son and a second-generation hibakusha—the child of an atomic bomb survivor—speaking about his determination to carry forward his father’s legacy by creating a place where the experience of the atomic bombing can be passed on to future generations.

The opening of the RAZAK SENSEI Gallery symbolizes how the hope for peace born in Hiroshima has crossed national borders and taken new form in Malaysia. Footage made available through the TSS Archive Project will be on permanent display at the gallery and will also be used as peace education materials at Sultan Idris Education University. Razak Sensei’s legacy of sharing his experience of the atomic bombing and his commitment to peace will continue to reach people across countries and generations.