{"id":276939,"date":"2024-10-14T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=276939"},"modified":"2024-10-12T06:36:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T05:36:06","slug":"hibakusha-receive-nobel-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/10\/hibakusha-receive-nobel-peace-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Hibakusha Receive Nobel Peace Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On 11 Oct 2024, Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, announced that it had been awarded to the Japanese anti-nuclear arms organization Nikon Hidankyo (Japan Council of A and H Bomb Victims Organization) for its striving for a world without nuclear weapons.\u00a0 The Nikon Hidankyo is an organization largely of members who have survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.\u00a0 These survivors are known in Japan as Hibakusha who in 1977 numbered 367,000.<\/p>\n

There are various Japanese organizations actively opposed to A and H Bombs.\u00a0 Each has its own characteristics.\u00a0 Several are related to what in Japan are called “New Emerging Religions” such as the Universal Love and Brotherhood Association, Yokho International, and Konko Hyo.\u00a0 The two best known internationally having been active in United Nations related activities are Gensuikin (The Japan Congress Against A and H Bombs) and Gensuiko (The Japan Council Against A and H Bombs).\u00a0 The two organizations differ concerning the “peaceful use of nuclear energy”. There is little likelihood to unify the two organizations.<\/p>\n

Throughout the years since the end of the Second World War, the anguish of the Hibakusha has not lessened.\u00a0 Rather, it has been intensified by the constant arms buildup which has made the Hibakusha feel that their appeals have not been heard and their experience has been in vain.<\/p>\n

Within Japan, when it began to be rumored that the aftereffects of radiation might result in genetic damage, the Hibakusha found themselves subject to discrimination in marriage, while their susceptibility to disease and tendency to fatigue made it difficult for them to get and hold jobs.<\/p>\n

At this time when there are no governmental negotiations on disarmament and when disarmament is no longer an active issue on the agenda of many non-governmental organizations, the Nobel Peace Prize may help to give a human face to disarmament issues.\u00a0 There is yet much to do, and the Peace Prize may be an important step forward.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Ren\u00e9 Wadlow is a member of the <\/em>TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/a>. He <\/em>is President of the Association of World Citizens, an international peace organization with consultative status with ECOSOC, the United Nations organ facilitating international cooperation and problem-solving in economic and social issues<\/em>, and <\/em>editor of <\/em>Transnational Perspectives.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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