Nihon Hidankyo: Japan's A-bomb Survivors Awarded Nobel

Japan remains the only country hit by atomic weapons in wartime (Credit: AFP)

Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo is a group of survivors of the US nuclear bombings that virtually obliterated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.

The Japanese grassroots anti-nuclear organisation was established in 1956 and is the only nationwide association of A-bomb survivors, who are known as hibakusha.