The prize was to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The Nobel Peace Prize was won by Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki and also known as Hibakusha. Here is reaction to Friday's announcement: NORWEGIAN NOBEL COMMITTEE "The Hibakusha help us to describe the indescribable,