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NIHON HIDANKYO

Nihon Hidankyo co-chair Terumi Tanaka (second from right) and other officials hold a news conference in Nagasaki on Monday, marking the 70th anniversary of the group's founding.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2026
Nihon Hidankyo renews call for world without nuclear weapons
The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, held a news conference in Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the group¡¯s establishment.
Yoshinori Omura (second from right), chair of the second-generation committee of Nihon Hidankyo, presents a survey on hibakusha second-generation issues at the organization's general assembly in Tokyo on June 17.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2026
2,000 children of A-bomb survivors support Hidankyo movement
Members of organizations cooperating with Nihon Hidankyo have held exhibitions on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, collected signatures and shared their parents¡¯ stories.
Nihon Hidankyo co-chair Terumi Tanaka (center) speaks during the group's annual meeting in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2026
As hibakusha numbers dwindle, Nihon Hidankyo to vote on group¡¯s future in 2027
Over the past few years, the group has discussed its own future, with some saying that the organization ¡°will cease to exist if hibakusha are no longer here with us.¡±
Toshiyuki Mimaki (right) is stepping down as the head of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-bomb Sufferers Organization.
JAPAN
May 31, 2026
Hiroshima hibakusha group¡¯s head, Mimaki, steps down
Hiroshi Harada, 86, deputy leader of the group of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors and former head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, will succeed Mimaki.
Masao Tomonaga (far right), an 82-year-old doctor who was exposed to the atomic bomb in Nagasaki, and others speak to reporters in the city on Saturday.
JAPAN
May 24, 2026
Hidankyo voices disappointment as nuclear nonproliferation talks fail
The NPT review conference failed to adopt a final document for the third consecutive meeting due chiefly to differences over Iran¡¯s nuclear development program.
An exhibition on the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki held at the United Nations' headquarters in New York on Monday
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2026
Atomic bombing exhibition opens at U.N. headquarters as NPT is under review
The exhibition, organized by the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations,?the 2024 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize,?will run until June 1.
Members of Nihon Hidankyo at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2026
Nihon Hidankyo urges investment ban on makers of nuclear weapons
The organization will make the request directly to financial institutions, including some of Â鶹´«Ã½ largest banks.
Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, speaks at an event for nuclear weapons abolition held in Tokyo on Jan. 22.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2026
Japanese atomic bomb survivors fear war as U.S.-Russia pact expires
The New START treaty ended after U.S. President Donald Trump did not follow up on a Russian proposal to extend warhead limits in the agreement for one year.
Terumi Tanaka (right), co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, speaks during an event in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2026
Hibakusha and activists vow to continue fighting for nuclear abolition
Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, said they are ¡°committed to building the movement¡± for nuclear abolition this year.
Executives of Nihon Hidankyo, including Secretary-General Jiro Hamasumi (second from right) and co-chair Terumi Tanaka (third from left) in Tokyo in June
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2025
One year on, Nihon Hidankyo seeks to continue as members age
The average age of survivors of the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is now over 86.
Terumi Tanaka addresses a Nihon Hidankyo meeting in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Oct. 8.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2025
Nihon Hidankyo¡¯s 93-year-old executive determined to move public opinion
Terumi Tanaka has been traveling around Japan giving lectures about eliminating nuclear weapons despite his advanced?age.
Members of hibakusha groups collect signatures for the abolition of nuclear weapons at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Nov 10, 2025
A year after Hidankyo¡¯s Nobel win, A-bomb survivors pin hopes on youth
While support for nuclear-weapons abolitionist groups is increasing, the average age of hibakusha has exceeded 86.
Nihon Hidankyo co-chair Terumi Tanaka speaks to reporters during an event held in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 12, 2025
Hidankyo and others hold event 80 years after atomic bombings
Outside the venue, attendees spoke with those who experienced the massive U.S. bombing of Tokyo in March 1945.
Natsuki Kai, a high school student who attended last year's Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony as a student peace messenger, is interviewed in Hiroshima in September.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2025
One year after Hidankyo¡¯s Nobel Prize, student remains true to the cause
Natsuki Kai¡¯s great-grandparents were among those exposed to the U.S. atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Representatives from Nihon Hidankyo, formally known as the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, speak during a news conference in Tokyo in October last year after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2025
Nuclear risk continues to rise, 80 years after atomic bombings
The risk of nuclear attack is at an extreme level despite the robust efforts of Nihon Hidankyo, which received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.
Atomic bomb survivors from Nihon Hidankyo making a request to each party at the office building of House of Councilors lawmakers in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2025
Cross-party group for nuclear abolition to be set up in Japan
Nihon Hidankyo members criticized the government for ignoring the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and refusing to send an observer to a meeting of signatories.
In what is billed as the first major production in English of Hisashi Inoue's "The Face of Jizo,¡± the Japanese play will have performances at the Seymour Centre in Sydney both in English and in Japanese.
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 22, 2025
¡®The Face of Jizo¡¯: Hisashi Inoue¡¯s play staged in Sydney commemorates WWII victims
Billed as the first major English-language production of the play, ¡°The Face of Jizo¡± also increases the variety of roles for Japanese actors in Australia.
Members of three organizations working for the abolition of nuclear weapons pose for a picture at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday. The three organizations issued a joint statement calling for spreading awareness of the reality of atomic bombings across the country.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 24, 2025
Japanese groups make united call for abolition of nuclear weapons
This is the first time that Gensuikyo, Gensuikin and Nihon Hidankyo have come together to issue a joint statement.
Masako Wada, assistant secretary-general of Nihon Hidankyo, urged policymakers around the world to "take the leadership ... toward human society free of nuclear weapons."
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2025
Nuclear deterrence ¡®cannot save humanity,¡¯ Nihon Hidankyo member says
Masako Wada urged policymakers around the world to ¡°take the leadership ... toward human society free of nuclear weapons.¡±
Terumi Tanaka, one of the representatives of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo, speaks during the prize ceremony in Oslo in December.
JAPAN
May 14, 2025
Nobel Institute to hold event in Tokyo to call for nuclear disarmament
The Norwegian Nobel Institute plans to hold an event in Japan in July to call for nuclear disarmament, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
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Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

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