Japan's A-bomb survivor group receives Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony took place in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, TASS reported.
Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, presented a gold medal featuring a portrait in relief of the award's founder, Alfred Nobel, along with a diploma, to three members of Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo organization which unites survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The prize was awarded to the group "for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through testimonies that nuclear weapons must never be used again."
Seventeen Japanese citizens who survived the 1945 atomic bombings attended the ceremony in Norway. The organization has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize multiple times since 1985.
Unlike other Nobel prizes, the award ceremony for the Nobel Peace Prize takes place in Oslo and not Stockholm, in accordance with the last will of renowned Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel. In his will, the scientist also specified that the prize should be awarded by a committee of five members appointed by the Norwegian parliament.
As reported, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize on October 11, marking a milestone for the group that has campaigned over the years for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
