The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement formed by survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings and nuclear weapons testing (or Hibakusha),

The grassroots organization, Nihon Hidankyo, was lauded for "demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again"

A grassroots group of survivors formed after the 1945 atomic bombings in Japan reacted with tears and dire warnings on Friday after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

Atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki expressed joy Friday after Japan's leading organization representing them, Nihon

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.

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.

The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Japanese grassroots organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work to “achieve a world free of nuclear weapons,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in a Friday press release.

Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, was named winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Oct. 11.

The Nobel Peace Prize was won by Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki and also known as Hibakusha.

For many Japanese survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their relatives, Friday’s awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a Japanese organization against nuclear weapons giv