The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons.
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00:00The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese
00:10organization Nihon Hidankyou. This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima
00:20and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the Peace Prize for its efforts
00:27to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons, and for demonstrating through witness testimony
00:36that nuclear weapons must never be used again.