Risk of nuclear war, warning to the world

Leaders of Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization that works with survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have warned that the risk of nuclear war is growing worldwide. At the same time, the organization called on the powerful countries of the world to destroy nuclear weapons.

Shigemitsu Tanaka, a survivor of the devastation of the 1945 U.S. bombing of Nagasaki and co-head of the Nihon Hidankyo Group, said, "The international situation continues to deteriorate and the war is still going on. Countries around the world are also threatening to use nuclear weapons.

The Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo received the Nobel Peace Prize this year in recognition of building public opinion around the world against nuclear weapons. The organization's leader, Tanaka, said, "I fear that we, as a human race, are on the path to self-destruction. The only way to stop it is the abolition of nuclear weapons.''

In 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In announcing the names of the organizations that won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, the Nobel Institute said, the organization of survivors of that attack, Nihon Hidanki, continues to work tirelessly to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

The organization, also known as hibakusha, won the award for its "efforts to achieve a nuclear-weapon-free world and for campaigning that nuclear weapons should never be used again, highlighting the testimony of eyewitnesses to this disaster," Norwegian Nobel Committee head Jorgen Wattne Friednes said.

Nihon Hidanki is also an anti-nuclear organization. Founded in 1956, the organization started a grassroots anti-nuclear campaign with survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.

Jorgen Wotne Friedness states, “A worldwide movement emerged in response to the atomic bombings of August 1945; Its members have worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of the use of nuclear weapons.”