The 2024 Nobel laureate group of Japanese atomic bomb survivors call for the next generation to fight for a nuclear-free world.
Terumi Tanaka, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing in 1945, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Nihon Hidankyo , an anti-nuclear organisation.A group of Japan ese atomic bombing survivors have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo.
A Japanese atomic bomb survivors' group has urged young people to take up the fight for a nuclear-free world while accepting this year's Nobel Peace Prize. "Any one of you could become either a victim or a perpetrator, at any time," Terumi Tanaka, 92, told the audience. "In addition to the civilian casualties, I am infinitely saddened and angered that the 'nuclear taboo' risks being broken," he said.
Mr Tanaka was 13 years old at the time of the Nagasaki bombing, and although he survived the explosion almost unharmed at his home some 3km from ground zero, he lost five family members and recalled the harrowing experience. "There still remain 12,000 nuclear warheads on Earth today, 4,000 of which are operationally deployed, ready for immediate launch," Mr Tanaka said.
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