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| Founded | 10 August 1956 |
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| Focus | Abolition of nuclear weapons |
| Headquarters | Shibadaimon, Minato, Tokyo |
Area served | Japan |
| Method | Lobbying |
Executive director | Sueichi Kido |
| Award(s) | 2024 Nobel Peace Prize |
| Website | www |
The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (日本原水爆被害者団体協議会, Nihon gensuibaku higaisha dantai kyōgi-kai), often shortened to Nihon Hidankyō (日本被団協, Nihon Hidankyō), is a group that represents survivors (known as hibakusha) of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was formed in 1956.
Nihon Hidankyō lobbies both the Japanese government for improved support of the victims and governments worldwide for the abolition of nuclear weapons.[1] Their activities included recording thousands of witness accounts, issuing resolutions and public appeals, and sending annual delegations to various international organisations, including the United Nations, to advocate for global nuclear disarmament.[2]
The organisation was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize "for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again".[2][3]
- ^ "Welcome to HIDANKYO". Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organization (Nihon Hidankyo) website. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ^ a b "The Nobel Peace Prize 2024 – Press release". NobelPrize.org. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ "Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo of survivors of the World War II atomic bombings". The Telegraph (India). 11 October 2024.