Anti-Nuclear Weapons Group Nihon Hidankyo Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese anti-nuclear weapons organization, has won the Nobel Peace Prize for its work. Created by survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the group has worked for years to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
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00:00Japan's Nihon Hidankyo organization has won the Nobel Peace Prize for trying to
00:05read the world of nuclear weapons. The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised the
00:10grassroots organization for their work and for, quote, demonstration through
00:14witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.
00:18Nihon Hidankyo was formed by survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and
00:23Nagasaki at the end of World War II.