Tokyo, Oct 11, 2024 (AFP) - Nihon Hidankyo: Japan's A-bomb survivors awarded Nobel

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2024-10-11

Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo is a group of survivors of the US nuclear bombings that virtually obliterated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. The Japanese grassroots anti-nuclear organisation was established in 1956 and is the only nationwide association of A-bomb survivors, who are known as hibakusha. It has long been tipped for the Nobel for its calls to abolish nuclear weapons, including throug......

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