Message

With great joy, we congratulate Hidankyō on being awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. We would also like to express our sincerest respect and celebrate the award with all hibakusha worldwide.

For nearly seven decades, the Japan Confederation of A-and-H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Hidankyō) has led non-nuclear weapons campaigns in Japan and overseas, persistently and steadily calling for a “world without nuclear weapons” and “absolute renunciation of war”. Their unwavering commitment to universal peace has inspired us and the global community. We are delighted to receive the good news that the international community has recognized Hidankyō’s invaluable work in protecting every life from an imminent nuclear catastrophe. Encouraged by the good news of Hidakyō’s Nobel Award, we renewed our determination to pursue peace through education and research.

On the Invasion of Ukraine by Russia

Numerous innocent citizens experienced the living hell under the atomic bomb’s mushroom cloud. As an educational and research institution in Hiroshima, which experienced and understood the hell of war, the Center for Peace, Hiroshima University, strongly protests Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There must not be “peace through strength.” We strongly call on Russia to withdraw all troops, stressing that war and conflict sacrifice innocent citizens.

2017 Nobel Peace Prize for ICAN and Speech by Hibakusha (survivors) at the Award Ceremony

On behalf of the Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University, I would like to express my sincerest congratulations to ICAN for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

I am also delighted to learn that three hibakusha will attend the Award Ceremony in Oslo to deliver an acceptance speech.

May the world share the awareness of the inhumanity of nuclear weapons.

30 October 2017

Statement

The Institute for Peace Science, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY welcomes the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and pays deep respect to the Atomic Bomb　survivors for their endlessly diligent efforts in achieving the adoption of the treaty.

This is a firm step forward towards realizing a Nuclear-Free World, which is the earnest desire of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Although many challenges remain to be tackled, the Institute for Peace Science, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, will continue, through its academic contributions, to strive for the realization of a Nuclear-Free World.

9 July 2017