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Uchimoto met Duc, who is a half of a conjoined twin successfully separated by Vietnamese doctors during a 15-hour operation at Vietnam-Germany Hospital in Hanoi 24 years ago. Duc was much luckier than his twin bother, Nguyen Viet, who lived in a vegetative state until he died in 2007.
Surviving one of the most famous operations in Vietnamese history, which gathered a team of 70 doctors and nurses, Duc has overcome many difficulties to integrate into the community.
After meeting Duc, Uchimoto decided to create a message of peace, and the song "For a Brighter World" was born. He then spread the song across his school, which Duc visited several times to share his life experiences with Uchimoto's students.
To help Vietnamese people understand the song, Duc asked singer Nguyen Phi Hung to write Vietnamese lyrics for it. Hung then recorded the song and produced a music video for it.
"We decided to produce the music video with truthful and vivid images, expecting anyone watching would be able to understand the message of peace in the song," Hung said.
Duc sought volunteers, including other Agent Orange victims, to act in the video. Uchimoto and Japanese singer Yoshie Ruth Linton, who presented the original Japanese version, also joined Duc and Hung in shooting the video.
After Vietnamese version of the song debuted last month, Duc said his Agent Orange foundation has received more spiritual and material support. All of the donations received on August 4 were given to the Thien Duyen House in HCM City's Cu Chi District, which is home to hundreds of children of Agent Orange victims.
Duc will travel back to Japan this week in the role of Vietnam's Peace Ambassador as a part of an exchange programme to support Agent Orange Day on August 10.