Shigemitsu Tanaka, a member of Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo), who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, cries after the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner was announced in Nagasaki, Japan October 11, 2024, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS

By Gwladys Fouche, Chang-Ran Kim OSLO/TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday,

Toshiyuki Mimaki, the chairman of Nihon Hidankyo, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, said his foremost wish was to “please abolish nuclear weapons while we are alive.”