Bomb survivors use Nobel Peace Prize win to share their anti-nuke message with younger generations
Saturday, 12 October 2024 Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of atomic bomb survivors, won the Nobel Peace Prize for their activism against nuclear weapons. As survivors age, they are committed to passing their message to younger generations. High school students are inspired and pledging to continue the movement.
"It is not nuclear arms that have deterred the use of the weapons, but it was what we have done that has deterred the use of them", says a member of Japan's Nihon Hidankyo during a press conference in Tokyo, the day after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize was awarded Friday to the grassroots...
Residents and visitors in Japan's Hiroshima welcome the Nobel committee's decision to award this year's peace prize to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors pushing..