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

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

The remains of a victim of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima have been identified using the first DNA testing of preserved hair. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/japan/hiroshima-a-bomb-victim-dna-test/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii

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

Empress Masako turned 62 on Tuesday with reinforced hopes for lasting peace as she reflected on her visits this year to places associated with World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/japan/empress-masako-birthday/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #empressmasako #imperialfamily #mongolia #wwii #atomicbombings #2025osakaexpo #earthquakes #health

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

A set of unclaimed remains placed in the vault under the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima will undergo DNA profiling to identify the individual. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/18/japan/hiroshima-atomic-bomb-dna-testing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #hiroshima #genetics #wwii

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

Scientists and scholars from around the globe gathered in Hiroshima and demanded, in a joint declaration Wednesday, that nuclear powers never use the weapons of mass destruction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/scientists-abolition-nuclear-weapons/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings

During the five-day conference in the city, scientists and other experts will discuss on topics such as nuclear disarmament and Middle East security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/02/japan/pugwash-nuclear-abolition-conference-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons

Nagasaki’s mayor on Thursday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to restart nuclear tests, calling it “absolutely unacceptable.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/japan/nagasaki-mayor-trump-nuclearg/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nagasaki #shirosuzuki #donaldtrump #us #usjapanrelations #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nobelprize

A concert held in Hiroshima featured for the first time the digitized sounds of a piano that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of the city 80 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/piano-atomic-bombing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #music #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii #digitalization

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

Victims of atomic bombings and nuclear tests gathered in Hiroshima to discuss eliminating nuclear damage, 80 years after the atomic bombings of the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/japan/nuclear-victims-forum-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #hiroshima

His memories are hazy, but for 95-year-old Hidetada Yoshida, the decadeslong pain in his right arm serves as a reminder of his experience mining for ores including uranium during the closing days of World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/japan/95-year-old-speaks-of-wartime-uranium-mining-fukushima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #fukushima #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #mining

Just a month after Hiroshima was devastated by the U.S. atomic bomb, Typhoon Ida killed 3,756 people in Japan including atomic bomb survivors and specialist medics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/hiroshima-a-bomb-typhoon-tradegies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #atomicbombings #typhoons

As he opened the 40th National Cultural Festival and the 25th National Arts and Culture Festival for Persons with Disabilities, Emperor Naruhito expressed hopes the events will spark the creation of new culture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/imperial-couple-attend-national-cultural-festivals-in-nagasaki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #imperialcouple #nagasaki #wwii #atomicbombings

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, have begun a trip to Nagasaki Prefecture, mainly to mourn victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city of Nagasaki in World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/imperial-family-nagasaki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan#emperornaruhito #empressmasako#imperialfamily #nagasaki #wwii #atomicbombings #us