Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations

Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations

Founded	10 August 1956
Focus	Abolition of nuclear weapons
Headquarters	Shibadaimon, Minato, Tokyo
Area served	Japan
Method	Lobbying
Website	www.ne.jp/asahi/hidankyo/nihon/

The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (日本原水爆被害者団体協議会, Nihon gensuibaku higaisha dantai kyōgi-kai), often shortened to Nihon Hidankyō (日本被団協, Nihon Hidankyō), is a group formed by hibakusha in 1956 with the goals of pressuring the Japanese government to improve support of the victims and lobbying governments for the abolition of nuclear weapons.^[1]

Honors

• 2010: Award for Social Activism (World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates)
• 1985, 1994, 2015: the Swiss-based International Peace Bureau (IPB) nominated Hidankyo for the Nobel Peace Prize.^[2][3]

See also

• Hibakusha
• Anti-nuclear movement
• Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

References

External links

• Nihon Hidankyō
• HIBAKUSHA - Atomic Bomb Survivors
• United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Statements