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Nihon Hidankyo is a nation-wide organisation formed by survivor groups of atomic bomb victims from Hiroshima and Nagasaki in each prefecture. [4] The fallout from Castle Bravo , a thermonuclear weapon test conducted at Bikini Atoll by the United States in 1954, caused acute radiation syndrome in residents of neighbouring atolls and 23 crew ...
Upon hearing about Nihon Hidankyo's awarding of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, Mimaki announced his disbelief at a press conference in Hiroshima's city hall, stating that he expected the award to go to "go to people working for peace in Gaza". [4] [10] [11] Mimaki also stated that the suffering of Palestinians in 2024 was "like in Japan 80 years ago."
OSLO (Reuters) -Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, in a warning to countries who ...
Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki who are also known as Hibakusha, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. In 1945 the ...
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, an international peace prize established according to Alfred Nobel's will, [3] was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo (the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations), for their activism against nuclear weapons, assisted by victim/survivors (known as Hibakusha) of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. [4]
Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, 1945, ending World War II and its nearly half-century of aggression across Asia. Nihon Hidankyo was formed in 1956 by survivors of the attacks and victims of nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific amid demands for government support for health problems.
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki for its efforts “to achieve a world free of ...
Nihon Hidankyo uses the testimony of those who survived the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings to campaign for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese anti-nuclear ...