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Nihon Hidankyo’s Bittersweet Receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize

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Friday ’s announcement of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo , the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations , sent waves of elation and excitement through the peace and disarmament movements worldwide.

The prize is a reminder that we must abolish and eliminate nuclear weapons.

U.S. sending a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense missile battery to Israel to blunt an expected Iranian missile response.

Japan ’s new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba , has called for the establishment of an Asian NATO to contain China .

US regional allies, including Japan , South Korea , Australia , the Philippines , and New Zealand , also appear to be preparing for such an eventuality.

President Kennedy and Chairman Khrushchev called for an end to the Cold War and the nuclear arms race that hung over humanity like the Sword of Damocles .

Few leaders of the world’s great nations have since spoken for the planet in the way they did in 1963 .

We join people around the world in congratulating the members of Nihon Hidankyo on their Nobel Peace Prize .

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