Tag Archives | Nihon Hidankyo

Nobel Peace Prize winner: Gaza like Japan after U.S. atomic bombs

Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on October 13, 2024 by Gary Wilson (more by Struggle-La Lucha) | (Posted Oct 15, 2024)

Toshiyuki Mimaki, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese organization honored with the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for its anti-nuclear activism, drew comparisons between the plight of children in Gaza and those impacted by the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.