Hibakusha

On October 11, the Nobel Institute announced that it was awarding the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo. Survivors of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 (known as hibakusha) created the grassroots organization in 1956 to raise awareness of the horrors of nuclear weapons and to campaign for their abolition.

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization comprised of atomic bomb survivors, recognized for their "extraordinary efforts" in promoting a world free of nuclear weapons. The announcement was made at a ceremony in Oslo on Friday, highlighting the group's significant contribution to establishing a nuclear taboo over the years.

Tomoyuki Mimaki, representative director of the Nihon Hidankyo, attends a press conference after the group was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, in Hiroshima on Oct. 11, 2024. The Nobel Peace Prize was on Oct. 11 awarded to the Japanese anti-nuclear group Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha.

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