Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo

The award was given for the organization’s efforts “to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons should never be used again,” the committee said.

Nihon Hidankyo is a Japanese confederation of organizations affected by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which advocates for nuclear disarmament. The association was founded in 1956.

285 candidates (196 individuals and 89 organizations) have been nominated for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. This year, the cash portion of the prize is 11 million Swedish crowns (just under $1.1 million).

• Nobel Week is celebrated in Stockholm and Oslo from October 7 to 14. The medical prize was awarded to American scientists Victor Ambrose and Gary Ravkan for their discovery of the microRNA molecule. In physics, the American John Hopfield and the British-Canadian scientist Geoffrey Hinton for research in the field of neural networks. In chemistry, the British Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, as well as the American David Baker for studying the structure of proteins. Literature: South Korean writer Han Gang for her “intense, poetic prose that confronts historical trauma and exposes the fragility of human life.”

• On October 14, the winners of the Economics Prize will be announced. The awards ceremony will take place on December 10.