Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group representing survivors of the 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, are this year’s recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. “We didn’t expect this big prize. The dream came true,” said Masako Wada, a representative of the organization, in an interview after today’s (Oct. 11) announcement.

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The grassroots movement was recognized for its efforts to use witness testimony to demonstrate the need for a nuclear-free world. The atomic bomb survivors, who are known as the ‘hibakusha,’ have “helped to generate and consolidate widespread opposition to nuclear weapons around the world by drawing on personal stories, creating........

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