The , often shortened to , is a group formed by ''
hibakusha
''Hibakusha'' ( or ; ja, 被爆者 or ; "person affected by a bomb" or "person affected by exposure o radioactivity) is a word of Japanese origin generally designating the people affected by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at th ...
'' in 1956 with the goals of pressuring the Japanese government to improve support of the victims and lobbying governments for the abolition of
nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions ( thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion. Both bom ...
s.
Honors
*2010: Award for Social Activism (
World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
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)
*1985, 1994, 2015: the Swiss-based
International Peace Bureau
The International Peace Bureau (IPB) (french: Bureau international de la paix), founded in 1891, is one of the world's oldest international peace federations. The organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1910 for acting "as a link be ...
(IPB) nominated Hidankyo for the
Nobel Peace Prize
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.
Atomic bomb survivors nominated for Nobel prize , The Japan Times
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See also
*Hibakusha
''Hibakusha'' ( or ; ja, 被爆者 or ; "person affected by a bomb" or "person affected by exposure o radioactivity) is a word of Japanese origin generally designating the people affected by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at th ...
*Anti-nuclear movement
The anti-nuclear movement is a social movement that opposes various nuclear technologies. Some direct action groups, environmental movements, and professional organisations have identified themselves with the movement at the local, natio ...
*Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the onl ...
References
External links
Nihon Hidankyō
HIBAKUSHA - Atomic Bomb Survivors
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Statements
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Anti-nuclear organizations
Anti–nuclear weapons movement
Hibakusha
Organizations established in 1956
1956 establishments in Japan