OSLO, Norway — Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo accepted its Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, pleading for the abolition of nuclear weapons that are resurging as a threat 80 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
OSLO, Norway — Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo accepted its Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, pleading for the abolition of nuclear weapons that are resurging as a threat 80 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.One of the three Nihon Hidankyo co-chairs, 92-year-old Nagasaki survivor Terumi Tanaka, demanded 'action from governments to achieve' a nuclear-free world.
'He saw gravely wounded people fleeing the city, burnt bodies on the roadside. He and his mother cremated his aunt's body 'with our own hands.''I was numb, not able to feel anything.'Nihon Hidankyo's ranks are dwindling with every passing year. The Japanese government lists around 106,800 'hibakusha' still alive today. Their average age is 85.
Peace Prize Winner Nihon Hidankyo Calls For World Without Nukes
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