Nihon Hidankyo held a meeting in Tokyo on Saturday to report on its reception of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize at the award ceremony in Norway in December. Read more
The group wanted to discuss Japan’s possible participation in a U.N. conference on banning nuclear weapons but did not get the opportunity to raise it. Read more
Toshiyuki Mimaki said that Nihon Hidankyo’s receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize represented “the moment when the activities of our predecessors bore fruit.” Read more
The atomic bomb survivors urged countries to abolish the weapons resurging as a threat 80 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Read more
Now-deceased hibakusha spearheaded antinuclear activities while grappling with severe injuries, illnesses and the loss of their families. Read more
Kosuzu Harada’s late grandfather, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, is one of the few individuals officially recognized as having survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Read more
Terumi Tanaka was referring to threats made by Putin and others to use nuclear bombs if necessary to counter what they see as a hostile West in the Ukraine war. Read more
Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize is “not the goal,” said one hibakusha. Read more
The Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony will be held from 1 p.m. Tuesday, followed by a banquet. Read more
From Oscars and Emmys to a Nobel Peace Prize, it was a year of awards and triumphs in key cultural fields. Read more