Merely getting the word out about the horrors of nuclear war isn't enough to prevent it. Japan needs to be more realistic about how atomic armaments may help preserve peace. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/21/japan/japan-nuclear-deterrence-lack-of-debate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #hiroshima #nagasaki #nihonhidankyo #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #defense #us #tpnw
A group of Japanese high school students called for the abolition of nuclear weapons Wednesday in New York, where a meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is underway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/06/japan/society/students-nuclear-abolition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #highschools #students #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #newyork #un #nihonhidankyo #indigenouspeople #nobelprize
A senior official of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Nihon Hidankyo urged the world to push for the abolition of nuclear weapons during a meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/04/japan/hidankyo-meeting-urge-abolition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nihonhidankyo #wwii #us #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nobelprize #hiroshima #nagasaki
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi has signaled that Japan is unlikely to attend future meetings of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/03/japan/politics/hayashi-negative-future-meetings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #yoshimasahayashi #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #us #nihonhidankyo #nobelprize
The annual number of visitors to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, which shows how the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing devastated the city of Hiroshima, has exceeded 2 million for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/03/japan/hiroshima-museum-visitors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #nihonhidankyo #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #wwii #nobelprize #museums
Japan has decided not to participate as an observer in the third meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons due to the country's security environment and reliance on extended deterrence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/19/japan/japan-skips-nuclear-ban-treaty-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearweapons #ldp #komeito #nihonhidankyo
Over 80% of people in the United States do not know that the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, won last year's Nobel Peace Prize, a survey has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/16/japan/us-hidankyo-unawareness/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nihonhidankyo #us #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #nobelprize #awards #surveys
Nihon Hidankyo held a meeting in Tokyo on Saturday to report on its reception of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize at the award ceremony in Norway in December. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/02/japan/society/hidankyo-reports-nobel-prize-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #nobelprize #awards #nihonhidankyo #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #hibakusha
Japan — the only country ever to be attacked with nuclear weapons — will not participate as an observer in a March meeting in the United States of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/26/japan/politics/japan-tpnw-observer-not-participating/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nuclearweapons #nobelprize #un #defense #tpnw #nihonhidankyo
Nihon Hidankyo has expressed disappointment over being denied the opportunity to discuss Japan’s participation in a U.N. conference on banning nuclear weapons during a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/08/japan/politics/ishiba-hidankyo-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nobelprize #awards #nihonhidankyo #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #hibakusha #defense #hiroshima #nagasaki #shigeruishiba
https://www.europesays.com/1726650/ Japanese survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombs honoured with Nobel Peace Prize #1945 #AlfredNobel #damage #hiroshima #Nagasaki #NihonHidankyo #NobelPeacePrize #nuclear #NuclearBombings #NuclearWeapons #oslo #ShigemitsuTanaka #TerumiTanaka #testimony #ToshiyukiMimaki #warheads
Members of Nihon Hidankyo, a group of hibakusha, made a visit to a cenotaph for deceased victims in Hiroshima to mark its receipt of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/18/japan/nihon-hidankyo-hiroshima-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nobelprize #awards #nihonhidankyo #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #hibakusha #hiroshima
Nihon Hidankyo has raised ¥44.7 million from about 5,300 people in its crowdfunding campaign that ended Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/16/japan/nihon-hidankyo-crowdfunding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nihonhidankyo #nobelprize #crowdsourcing #atomicbombings
Hibakusha from the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, have visited a high school in Oslo to share their experiences with students. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/12/japan/hibakusha-experiences-students/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #students #hibakusha #nihonhidankyo #norway
A forum on nuclear disarmament was held at the University of Oslo in Norway in honor of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group, Nihon Hidankyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/12/japan/hibakusha-at-nuke-disarmament-forum/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nihonhidankyo #keikoogura #masaotomonaga
https://www.europesays.com/1681298/ Nuclear disarmament forum held to honor Nihon Hidankyo’s Nobel win #ATOMICBOMBINGS #KeikoOgura #MasaoTomonaga #NihonHidankyo #nuclear #NuclearWeapons
In the HIroshima Peace Park this week, lots of news camera crews taking B-roll of the A-Bomb Dome for stories about Nihon Hidankyo and the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
An unstable global environment has reduced the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to a mere shell, with countries moving to acquire nuclear weapons to either maintain dictatorial regimes or to strengthen deterrence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/11/japan/politics/nuclear-nonproliferation-treaty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nuclearweapons #northkorea #iran #nihonhidankyo
Nihon Hidankyo, this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, have always worked behind the scenes to reduce nuclear weapons, U.N. disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/11/japan/un-disarmament-chief/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #un #nuclearweapons #nihonhidankyo
https://www.europesays.com/1677912/ Nobel Peace Prize winners urge young people to fight against nuclear weapons #conflict #Gaza #hiroshima #japan #Nagasaki #NihonHidankyo #NobelPeacePrize #norway #nuclear #NuclearWeapons #Russia #Ukraine #war
