By KAYOKO SEKIGUCHI/ Staff Writer
November 16, 2024 at 16:58 JST
Jiro Hamasumi, a Nihon Hidankyo assistant secretary-general, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 15. (Kayoko Sekiguchi)
The Japanese anti-nuclear organization that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize has mounted a crowdfunding drive to help offset the expenses for sending a delegation to the award ceremony scheduled for Dec. 15 in Oslo.
The Nobel Committee only pays for the travel expenses of the three co-chairpersons who will take the stage to accept the award.
However, Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, is planning to send a delegation of 31 members, plus six caregivers.
The cloud funding drive set a goal of raising 10 million yen ($65,000).
The group held a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 15 to announce the start of the drive.
Jiro Hamasumi, who is 78 and a Nihon Hidankyo assistant secretary-general, noted that the risk of war, including the use of nuclear weapons, has increased.
“There will be significance in going to the award ceremony and to once again raise our voices to never again create hibakusha and repeat our slogan of ‘No more hibakusha,’” he said. “We ask for everyone’s help.”
Nihon Hidankyo officials said any leftover funds from the crowdfunding would go toward the organization’s general activities.
Donations can be made at https://syncable.biz/campaign/7344.
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