Nihon Hidankyo,the Japanese Group Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.the survivors and their descendants, who are known as “hibakusha,” or “bomb-affected people,” in Japan.

 

日本被団協の浜住事務局次長は12日開いた会見で、「私は広島の胎内被爆者で、父親は原爆で亡くなった。報告を父親にと思った次第です」と語りました。

Toshiyuki Mimaki was beside himself with joy when he found out that the atomic bomb survivors' group that he co-chairs had won the Nobel Peace Prize, but later pushed back tears of sorrow as he pictured children suffering in Israel and Gaza.得知自己共同主持的原子彈倖存者團體獲得諾貝爾和平獎時，禦牧俊之欣喜若狂，

 the survivors and their descendants, who are known as “hibakusha,” or “bomb-affected people,” in Japan.

For Atomic Bomb Survivors, Nobel Peace Prize Is a Bittersweet Victory

Many survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks have dedicated their lives to campaigning for nuclear disarmament. Their mission has grown more urgent as the number of living witnesses to the bombings has dwindled.

Shigemitsu Tanaka, a member of Nihon Hidankyo, reacting in Nagasaki, Japan, after the Nobel announcement on Friday.Credit...Kyodo, via Reuters

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   What Is Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese Group Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

   Those who lived through the nuclear attacks of 1945 have dedicated their lives to recounting their experiences of loss and the physical and emotional toll.

   By Megan Specia and Lynsey Chutel

   Oct. 11, 2024

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   Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

   The Nobel committee said that Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese grass-roots movement of “hibakusha,” or atomic bombing survivors, has demonstrated that “nuclear weapons must never be used again.”

   Oct. 11, 2024
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