Japan A-bomb survivor group receives Nobel Peace Prize amid world tensions

Members of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Tuesday, with the organization hoping the achievement will energize the movement for nuclear abolition as heightening geopolitical tensions have created concerns the weapons may be used again.The group, also known as the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, was chosen for the award on Oct. 11 "for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again," accor…READ FULL ARTICLE