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The Nobel Prizes are one of the most prestigious distinctions worldwide, today one of the most important awards was awarded, the one for peace and who won the Japanese organization ‘Nihon Hidankyo’, which is against the use of atomic weapons.
BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPeacePrize to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo. This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the peace prize for its… pic.twitter.com/YVXwnwVBQO— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 11, 2024
What is ‘Nihon Hidankyo’?
According to its website, this organization
It was founded on August 10, 1956, almost a decade after the atomic bombing that the Japanese cities of Hirosima and Nagasaki suffered at the hands of the American bomber. Enola Gay (the same one that has a song by the British band Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ‘OMD).
For almost ten years after the bombing, the hibakusha received no help from the American occupation forces, who strictly prohibited people from writing or speaking about the bombing and the damage, including the death of 200,000 people, by the Japanese government. even after the country regained its sovereignty in 1952.
The government had waived the right to claim damages from the US for the atomic bombing when the San Francisco Peace Treaty was signed in 1951. hibakusha They had been deprived of their health by radiation from the bombs, were disadvantaged in society and suffered social discrimination. The rise of the antinuclear movement in the country gave the hibakusha a light of hope to live, for the first time since the bombing, which led to the organization of Nihon Hidankyo.
​How much money do they award to the winners?
The amount they receive is 10 million Swedish crowns, which is equivalent to 900 thousand euros, that is, 19 million 35 thousand 619 Mexican pesos, coupled with an 18-karat gold coin with the engraved face of Alfred Nobel. This award is usually used to continue with their research or projects related to the award in their field.
Nobel Prize schedules: what are they?
The schedules for the delivery of the four remaining Nobel Prizes in each category, adapted to Mexican time, are as follows:
Nobel Prize in Economics: Monday, October 14, at 03:45 am.
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