The prize was awarded to the organization, also known as Hibakusha, for its activism against nuclear weapons. Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Joergen Watne Frydnesv praised its efforts in "demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again."
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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons.
