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The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will take differing approaches toward Taiwan again this year over their annual peace ceremonies to commemorate victims of the 1945 bombings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/12/japan/hiroshima-nagasaki-taiwan-ceremonies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #nagasaki #wwii #us #taiwan #atomicbombings

Japan has announced that 115 nations and regions have taken part in a joint statement calling for promoting education on nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/01/japan/npt-meeting-joint-statement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #newyork #un #nuclearweapons #sanaetakaichi #npt #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nagasaki

An exhibition on the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki began Monday in the lobby of the United Nations' headquarters in New York, coinciding with a review conference for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/29/japan/atomic-bomb-exhibition-united-nations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #npt #atomicbombings #un #hiroshima #nagasaki #nihonhidankyo #us

Japanese atomic bomb survivors said Thursday that they feared the world was marching toward nuclear war as the last U.S.-Russian arms control treaty expired. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/japan/japan-atomic-bomb-survivor-start/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #newstart #usrussiarelations #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nihonhidankyo #terumitanaka

Hibakusha atomic bomb survivors and antinuclear advocates pledged to build momentum toward the abolition of nuclear arms amid the fifth anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons coming into effect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/23/japan/hibakusha-nuclear-arms-abolition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nagasaki #nihonhidankyo #hibakusha

In the post-survivor era, the question is not whether Hiroshima will be remembered, but whether it will continue to matter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/05/japan/when-the-last-hibakusha-is-gone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #hiroshima #nagasaki #peaceclock #atomicbombdome #hiroshimapeacememorialmuseum #hibakusha #atomicbombings #wwii #nuclearweapons

North Korea fires warning over Japan’s ambition for nuclear weapons

North Korea said Japan’s ambition for possession of nuclear weapons should ⁠be “thoroughly curbed”, state media KCNA reported…
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One year after receiving the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, Nihon Hidankyo is seeking ways to continue its activities amid the aging of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/aging-nihon-hidankyo-members/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nihonhidankyo #hiroshima #nagasaki #atomicbombings #nobelprize

A year after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Nihon Hidankyo's 93-year-old co-chair continues working hard to move public opinion toward the abolition of nuclear weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/japan/hidankyo-co-chair-determined/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nihonhidankyo #terumitanaka #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nobelprize

In August, for the first time, over half of participants at the Japan's national memorial service for those who died in World War II were born after it ended, highlighting the urgent need to hand down wartime memories. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/society/war-memories-legacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #wwii #internalaffairsministry #atomicbombings #aging #mhlw

While support for Japan's nuclear-weapons abolitionist groups is increasing, the average age of hibakusha has exceeded 86. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/japan/nihon-hidankyo-nobel-peace-prize-one-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nihonhidankyo #nobelpeaceprize #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii #nuclearweapons

2024 Nobel Peace Price recipients Nihon Hidankyo held an event with other participants in Tokyo to mark the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/japan/politics/nihon-hidankyo-event-to-mark-80-year-atomic-bombings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nihonhidankyo #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nagasaki #nobelpeaceprize

A year after Nihon Hidankyo won the Nobel Peace Prize, one high school student remains determined to pursue the abolition of nuclear weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/japan/japan-high-school-student-nuke-abolition-call/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #nihonhidankyo #nobelpeaceprize

The ruling and opposition parties have decided to set up a suprapartisan group for the abolition of nuclear weapons at the request of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/suprapartisan-group-nuclear-abolition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nihonhidankyo #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #ldp #cdp

Japanese high school students advocating for the abolition of nuclear weapons presented 110,000 signatures for world peace to the United Nations during a trip to Geneva on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/students-signatures-peace-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #un #highschools #nuclearweapons #wwii #atomicbombings

The atomic bombings were a tragic but nearly unavoidable result of Japan’s refusal to surrender, the momentum of wartime technology, and the brutal logic of ending a devastating war quickly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/07/japan/we-must-commemorate-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #hiroshima #nagasaki #atomicbombings #wwii #us #harrytruman

Nuclear deterrence "cannot save humanity," a senior member of a group of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors said in a video speech at a meeting of scientists in Chicago on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/japan/hidankyo-nuke-weapons-us-speech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nihonhidankyo #masakowada

The number of hibakusha survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki almost 80 years ago has fallen below 100,000 for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/hibakusha-number-drop/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #us #wardead #nuclearweapons #hiroshima #nagasaki

Ahead of the 80th anniversary next month, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons launched an online memorial for children who died in the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/online-memorial-nagasaki-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nobelprize #ican #us #wwii #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #wardead #nagasaki #hiroshima

The diary of a teenager who died after the bombing of Hiroshima was donated to a local memorial museum, along with other items. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/15/japan/history/atomic-bombing-item-donation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii #wardead

The institute, the secretariat of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize, is expected to promote nuclear disarmament through the Tokyo event. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/14/japan/nobel-institute-nuclear-disarmament-event/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nobelprize #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #wwii #nihonhidankyo

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

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

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

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

Trump stated in a speech that former U.S. President Harry Truman would not have dropped atomic bombs on Japan during World War II if he had been concerned about facing criminal prosecution for it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/22/japan/politics/trump-cites-atomic-bombs/?utm_content=buffer3f8a5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #donaldtrump #atomicbombings #harrytruman #us #2020uspresidentialelection