Japanese Nobel Prize-winning hibakusha group will send 31 people to the awards ceremony

Nihon Hidankyo, Japan’s organization of hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors, says it will send 31 people to the awards ceremony when it receives the Nobel Peace Prize later this year.

The group, also known as the Japan Confederation of Atomic and Hydrogen Bomb Victims’ Organizations, worked to abolish nuclear weapons from a hibakusha perspective.

The ceremony will take place on December 10 in the Norwegian capital Oslo.

Nihon Hidankyo announced Friday that the 31 members will include the group’s three co-chairs, as well as other hibakusha and the children of such individuals.

The group said the event will also feature one atomic bomb survivor living in Brazil and another living in South Korea, as well as the survivor’s child.

Participants will also include UN Deputy Secretary-General Nakamitsu Izumi and Kawasaki Akira, a member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which won the prize in 2017.

The Japanese group said three co-chairs will be on stage at the ceremony, and one of them, Tanaka Terumi, will give a speech. A 92-year-old man survived the Nagasaki bombing in 1945.

Participants will leave Japan on December 8th and stay in Norway until December 12th to attend related events and talk about their experiences to local students.