Exhibition of replicas of Nobel Peace Prize medal and certificate opens at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
May 14, 2025
by Koji Higuchi, Staff Writer
An exhibition of replicas of the Nobel Peace Prize medal and certificate, awarded to the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) in December 2024, opened at the Peace Memorial Museum in Naka Ward, Hiroshima, on May 13. The display conveys to visitors the accomplishments of the atomic bomb survivors’ movement, which contributed to establishing “the nuclear taboo,” defining any use of nuclear weapons as unacceptable. It runs until August 31.
The display case, held on the first floor of the museum’s east building, was placed at the entrance to the panel exhibition commemorating Hidankyo’s winning of the Nobel Peace Prize. The medal is 6.6 centimeters in diameter and features a profile of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel engraved on it. The certificate, measuring 35 by 23 centimeters, features the name of Nihon Hidankyo and the signature of Jorgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Nobel Committee.
The Hiroshima municipal government rented the exhibition space from the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-bomb Sufferers Organizations (Hiroshima Hidankyo), chaired by Toshiyuki Mimaki, which is a member of Nihon Hidankyo. Sayako Kishida, 17, a third-year student at Sotoku High School, editor of the school’s newspaper club, and a resident of Minami Ward, visited the display and said, “The accomplishments of A-bomb survivors are attracting more attention. I want to clearly convey their long-term activities to my generation.”
(Originally published on May 14, 2025)
An exhibition of replicas of the Nobel Peace Prize medal and certificate, awarded to the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) in December 2024, opened at the Peace Memorial Museum in Naka Ward, Hiroshima, on May 13. The display conveys to visitors the accomplishments of the atomic bomb survivors’ movement, which contributed to establishing “the nuclear taboo,” defining any use of nuclear weapons as unacceptable. It runs until August 31.
The display case, held on the first floor of the museum’s east building, was placed at the entrance to the panel exhibition commemorating Hidankyo’s winning of the Nobel Peace Prize. The medal is 6.6 centimeters in diameter and features a profile of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel engraved on it. The certificate, measuring 35 by 23 centimeters, features the name of Nihon Hidankyo and the signature of Jorgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Nobel Committee.
The Hiroshima municipal government rented the exhibition space from the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-bomb Sufferers Organizations (Hiroshima Hidankyo), chaired by Toshiyuki Mimaki, which is a member of Nihon Hidankyo. Sayako Kishida, 17, a third-year student at Sotoku High School, editor of the school’s newspaper club, and a resident of Minami Ward, visited the display and said, “The accomplishments of A-bomb survivors are attracting more attention. I want to clearly convey their long-term activities to my generation.”
(Originally published on May 14, 2025)
