Photo/Illutration Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, wins the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. (Captured from the official X account of the Nobel Prize)

Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, was named winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Oct. 11.

“This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as hibakusha, is receiving the 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,” the committee said in a statement.

It said the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo is securely anchored in Alfred Nobel’s will to honor those who have performed the greatest or most outstanding activities for fraternity among nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies, or for the organization or promotion of peace conferences.

“Nihon Hidankyo has provided thousands of witness accounts, issued resolutions and public appeals, and sent annual delegations to the United Nations and a variety of peace conferences to remind the world of the pressing need for nuclear disarmament,” the committee said.

As of last year, 111 people and 30 organizations have been awarded the prize in these three categories.

Last year, the Nobel Peace Prize went to imprisoned Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, 52.

This year’s prize was selected from 286 candidates (197 people, 89 organizations) who were nominated by the end of January.

The prize money is 11 million Swedish kronor (about 157 million yen).

The award ceremony will be held in Oslo on Dec. 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death.

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