Nihon Hidankyo
Japanese organization
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| 2024 | Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, marking a significant recognition of their long-standing efforts in peace advocacy. |
| 2024 | Nihon Hidankyō was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its long-standing efforts to abolish nuclear weapons and sharing witness testimonies about the devastating impacts of atomic bombings. |
| June 9 2022 | Toshiyuki Mimaki, a survivor exposed to radiation at his home in Hiroshima at age 3, assumed office as co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo. |
| October 24 2021 | Sunao Tsuboi, who was severely injured by the Hiroshima bomb at age 20 and served as co-chairperson, passed away. |
| September 7 2020 | Mikiso Iwasa, who was severely injured by the Hiroshima bomb at age 16 and served as co-chairperson, died. |
| June 14 2018 | Shigemitsu Tanaka, a survivor exposed to radiation 6 km from the Nagasaki hypocentre at age 4, assumed office as co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo. |
| August 20 2017 | Sumiteru Taniguchi, who was severely injured by the Nagasaki bomb at age 16, passed away while serving as co-chairperson. |
| June 14 2017 | Terumi Tanaka, a survivor exposed to radiation 3.2 km from the Nagasaki hypocentre at age 13, assumed office as co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo. |
| June 7 2017 | Sueichi Kido assumed the role of Secretary General of Nihon Hidankyo, bringing his personal experience as a Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor from childhood. |
| 2015 | Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the Swiss-based International Peace Bureau for the third time. |
| 2015 | Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the Swiss-based International Peace Bureau. |
| 2010 | Awarded the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates' Award for Social Activism in recognition of their significant peace-related work. |
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