Toshiyuki Mimaki, president of Nihon Hidankyo reacts as he speaks to media members in Hiroshima, western Japan, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, following Nihon Hidankyo’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

This story has been updated with new information. A grassroots Japanese organization made up of atomic bomb survivors won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons.

LONDON -- Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese anti-nuclear weapons group, has won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work toward the abolition of nuclear weapons. "This grassroots movement of atomic bomb ...

T he 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Japanese grassroots organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work to “achieve a world free of nuclear weapons,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in a ...

Tomoyuki Mimaki, representative director of the Nihon Hidankyo, attends a press conference after the group was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, in Hiroshima on October 11, 2024.

Nihon Hidankyo is this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner. It is a movement of atomic bomb survivors—also known as Hibakusha—from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But how is the Nobel Peace Prize given?

Hiroshima survivor tells her story as G7 world leaders meet in the Japanese city 06:29. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 was awarded Friday to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, with the ...

The Nobel Peace Prize, worth 11 million Swedish crowns, or about $1 million, is due to be presented in Oslo on Dec. 10, the anniversary of the death of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, who ...

Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese movement, has been announced as the Nobel Peace Prize winner Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser ...

The Nobel Peace Prize, worth 11 million Swedish crowns, or about $1 million, is due to be presented in Oslo on Dec. 10, the anniversary of the death of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, who ...