Nihon Hidankyo Honored with Nobel Peace Prize for Anti-Nuclear Advocacy

The Japanese survivors' group warns of a weakening nuclear taboo and calls for global efforts to eliminate atomic weapons.

Nihon Hidankyo, a group of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for its decades-long advocacy for a nuclear-free world.
The organization’s co-chair, Terumi Tanaka, emphasized the urgency of preventing the erosion of the 'nuclear taboo' during the Oslo ceremony.
Tanaka, who survived the 1945 Nagasaki bombing at age 13, described the catastrophic human toll of nuclear weapons and urged younger generations to continue the fight for disarmament.
There are an estimated 12,000 nuclear warheads globally, with 4,000 ready for immediate use, raising concerns over escalating threats from nations like Russia and North Korea.
The Nobel Committee highlighted the existential danger posed by modern nuclear weapons, which are far more destructive than those used in 1945, and called for renewed global cooperation to prevent their use.