One year on, Nihon Hidankyo seeks to continue as members age
One year after receiving the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, is seeking ways to continue its activities amid the aging of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors.The average age of survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 is now over 86. This presents a challenge to the continuation of the group’s activities aimed at nuclear abolition, even as the situation regarding nuclear weapons grows increasingly severe.In June, Jiro Hamasumi, 79, introduced himself as “the youngest hibakusha” at a news conference after being elected as secretary-general of Nihon Hidankyo.
