Nihon Hidankyo Marks 70 Years of Founding
Tokyo, Aug. 10 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, the country's only national organization of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors and the 2024 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, marked on Monday 70 years since its establishment. Survivors of the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of the western Japan city of Hiroshima and the southwest...
On August 10, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, also known as Nihon Hidankyo, celebrated 70 years since its founding. This organization represents the atomic bomb survivors from the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Survivors have been advocating for the global abolition of nuclear weapons, emphasizing that their experiences can help save humanity from the crisis.
Mikiso Iwasa, a co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, who lost his mother in the Hiroshima bombing, once stated that they must draw lessons from the negative legacy of nuclear weapons for the future. At the time of the explosion, Iwasa, aged 16, was in his garden approximately 1.2 kilometers from the center of the blast and suffered only minor injuries.
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