Replicas of Nobel Peace Prize medal, certificate to be displayed at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima City’s plan
Mar. 7, 2025
by Koji Higuchi, Staff Writer
Replicas of the Nobel Peace Prize medal and certificate awarded to the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) last December will be displayed at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum located in the city’s Naka Ward, said Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui on March 6.
The medal is 6.6 centimeters in diameter and has a profile of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel engraved. The certificate is 36 centimeters square and is set in a frame.
Toshiyuki Mimaki, 82, chair of Hiroshima Hidankyo and a resident of Kitahiroshima-cho, brought the replicas when he visited Mayor Matsui at the city hall on March 6. Mayor Matsui praised the organization’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize and expressed his intention to display the replicas at the Peace Memorial Museum, saying, “I hope many people will see them.” After the meeting, Mr. Mimaki told reporters, “I hope people will understand the hardships experienced by those who have worked for the abolition of nuclear weapons,” welcoming Mayor Matsui’s plan.
The city plans to borrow the replicas from Nihon Hidankyo and display them as soon as possible.
(Originally published on March 7, 2025)
Replicas of the Nobel Peace Prize medal and certificate awarded to the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) last December will be displayed at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum located in the city’s Naka Ward, said Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui on March 6.
The medal is 6.6 centimeters in diameter and has a profile of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel engraved. The certificate is 36 centimeters square and is set in a frame.
Toshiyuki Mimaki, 82, chair of Hiroshima Hidankyo and a resident of Kitahiroshima-cho, brought the replicas when he visited Mayor Matsui at the city hall on March 6. Mayor Matsui praised the organization’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize and expressed his intention to display the replicas at the Peace Memorial Museum, saying, “I hope many people will see them.” After the meeting, Mr. Mimaki told reporters, “I hope people will understand the hardships experienced by those who have worked for the abolition of nuclear weapons,” welcoming Mayor Matsui’s plan.
The city plans to borrow the replicas from Nihon Hidankyo and display them as soon as possible.
(Originally published on March 7, 2025)
