Today's nuclear weapons have far greater destructive power. They can kill millions and would impact the climate catastrophically,
New countries appear to be preparing to acquire nuclear weapons and threats are being made to use nuclear weapons in ongoing warfare,
In Gaza, children in blood are being held. It's like in Japan 80 years ago,
We will continue to work closely with Nihon Hidankyo and Hibakusha across the world to make sure that the treaty is the game changer that it has the potential to be,
But there's unfortunately too much apathy,
I just don't want all of this to end up being a dream,
It is very clear that threats of using nuclear weapons are putting pressure on the important international norm, the taboo of using nuclear weapons,
The Nobel committee wishes to honor all survivors who, despite physical suffering and painful memories, have chosen to use their costly experience to cultivate hope and engagement for peace,
This year's prize is a prize that focuses on the necessity of upholding this nuclear taboo. And we all have a responsibility, particularly the nuclear powers,
Never did I dream this could happen,
It's extremely meaningful that the organisation that has worked toward abolishing nuclear weapons received the Nobel Peace Prize,
The hibakusha help us to describe the indescribable, to think the unthinkable, and to somehow grasp the incomprehensible pain and suffering caused by nuclear weapons.”
It would be a great force to appeal to the world that the abolition of nuclear weapons can be achieved,
At this moment in human history, it is worth reminding ourselves what nuclear weapons are: the most destructive weapons the world has ever seen,
And therefore it is alarming to see how threats of use is also damaging this norm. To uphold an international strong taboo against the use is crucial for all of humanity,
The extraordinary efforts of Nihon Hidankyo and other representatives of the Hibakusha have contributed greatly to the establishment of the nuclear taboo. It is therefore alarming that today this taboo against the use of nuclear weapons is under pressure,
This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the peace prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again,
A nuclear war could destroy our civilization,
While the global total of nuclear warheads continues to fall as Cold War-era weapons are gradually dismantled, regrettably we continue to see year-on-year increases in the number of operational nuclear warheads,