Japan's A-bomb Survivors: From Discrimination To A Nobel

Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, has said it is "sad and frustrating" that so many other atomic bomb survivors were unable to share in the honour of the Nobel Peace Prize (Credit: AFP)

Survivors of the US atomic bombings of Japan will receive the Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday but, after years of anti-nuclear campaigning and showing the world their scars, they still retain the painful memories of the discrimination they have faced.

After the 1945 US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to Japan's surrender and the end of World War II, many people who survived the attacks were shunned by society.