Japanese atomic bomb survivors' group wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize

Committee cites Nihon Hidankyo for work against nuclear weapons

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Nagasaki Peace Park, left, and the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. (Photos by Masaru Shioyama and Kosaku Mimura)

TAMAYO MUTO and YUICHI SHIGA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's nationwide organization of atomic bomb survivors, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

The group, officially known as the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, was formed in 1956, 11 years after the atomic bombings, by survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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