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Powerful AP photos show the scars of a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing

On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, The Associated Press is republishing the extraordinary photos of one survivor of the attack.

The Independent UK

Hiroshima renews call for peace, 80 years after atomic bombing

Japan this week marks 80 years since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing World War II to an end. For the first time, Hiroshima has opened its memorial ceremony to all countries, including representatives from Taiwan and the Palestinian Authority.

Radio France Internationale

Survivors’ voices 80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki sound a warning and a call to action

Eighty years ago, in August 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incinerated by the first and only use of nuclear weapons in war. By the end of that year, approximately 140,000 people had died in Hiroshima and 74,000 in Nagasaki.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner sends message to Keir Starmer as nuclear rhetoric ramps up

A 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate has sent a message to Keir Starmer on nuclear weaponry – warning that victims of the weapons are being abandoned…

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Japanese Organization Nihon Hidankyo Wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize

Nihon Hidankyo, a group of atomic bomb survivors, wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for advocating nuclear disarmament and promoting global peace.

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Japanese atomic bomb survivors say Nobel Peace Prize gives fresh impetus to disarmament push

Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki said being recognised with a Nobel Peace Prize has given them a new incentive to push for nuclear disarmament ahead of the 80th anniversary next year of the attacks

The Independent UK

Nagasaki survivor accepts Nobel Peace Prize and calls for world free from nuclear weapons

Tanaka says he is ‘infinitely angered that nuclear taboo threatens to be broken’, pointing to Russia and Israel

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Japan's Atomic Bomb Survivors To Accept Nobel Prize In Oslo

This year's Nobel Peace Prize will be presented Tuesday to Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo, which lobbies against the weapons now resurging as a threat 80 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

International Business Times

Nobel Laureate Warns Putin About Danger Of Nuclear Weapons

This year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo, on Monday urged Russia to stop issuing nuclear threats in a bid to prevail in its war in Ukraine.

International Business Times

Nobel Peace Prize winner urges Putin to understand the destructiveness of nuclear weapons

Terumi Tanaka, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan and the representative of an organization that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop making nuclear threats

The Independent UK

Japan's A-bomb Survivors: From Discrimination To A Nobel

Survivors of the US atomic bombings of Japan will receive the Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday but, after years of anti-nuclear campaigning and showing the world their scars, they still retain the painful memories of the discrimination they have faced.

International Business Times

30-strong Japan A-bomb Delegation To Collect Nobel Prize

Japanese atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo said Monday a 30-strong delegation will collect its Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo after a crowd-funding campaign to pay their travel costs.

International Business Times

I survived Nagasaki bombing – Putin has no idea of the horrors of nuclear war

INTERVIEW: Exclusive: Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning group representing survivors of the US atomic bomb attacks in 1945, tells Adam Withnall in Tokyo that civilisation as we know it is in imminent danger as Russia ramps up its sabre-rattling against the West over the invasion of…

The Independent UK

Michiko’s story: How a Japanese girl survived an atomic bomb

Michiko Kodama was a small child when the US atomic bomb hit her home city of Hiroshima in 1945.

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70 Years Later, Godzilla Continues To Give A Clear And Urgent Warning To Humanity

The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize reminds us of Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-bomb Sufferers Organizations — and Godzilla.

The Conversation

Nobel peace prize was another win for anti-nuclear activists, but much work remains

The 2024 Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese grassroots organisation created by survivors of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Nihon Hidankyo has provided thousands of witness accounts and public appeals by survivors, who are known as hibakusha, and has sent…

The Conversation

Godzilla at 70: The monster’s warning to humanity is still urgent

The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-bomb Sufferers Organizations. Many of these witnesses have spent their lives warning of the dangers of nuclear war – but initially, much of the world didn’t want to hear it.

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Risk of nuclear war rising amid global conflicts, Nobel peace laureate says

‘Path to self-destruction’: Survivors recall horrors of nuclear bombings as they draw parallels to ongoing wars.

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International Business Times

Nobel Prize A Timely Reminder, Hiroshima Locals Say

Just like the dwindling group of survivors now recognised with a Nobel prize, the residents of Hiroshima hope that the world never forgets the atomic bombing of 1945 -- now more than ever.

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Nobel peace prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group for its efforts to free the world of nuclear weapons

The 2024 Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese grassroots organisation created by survivors of the two US atomic bombs that were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

International Business Times

'Unspeakable Horror': The Attacks On Hiroshima And Nagasaki

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors who are advocating for "a world free of nuclear weapons".

Dynamite News

Nobel Peace Prize 2024 awarded to Japanese nuclear bomb survivors Nihon Hidankyo

The winner was announced at a ceremony in Oslo on Friday, for the group, which "contributed greatly to the establishment of the nuclear taboo". Read further on Dynamite News:

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Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivor Group Nihon Hidankyo Wins Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to the Japanese anti-nuclear group Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha.