A-bomb survivors use Nobel Peace Prize to share anti-nuke message with the young

Tokyo: The recipient of this year s Nobel Peace Prize is a fast dwindling group of atomic bomb survivors who are facing down the shrinking time they h...

Tokyo: The recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize is a fast-dwindling group of atomic bomb survivors who are facing down the shrinking time they have left to convey the firsthand horror they witnessed 79 years ago.

Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was awarded for its decadeslong activism against nuclear weapons.

The survivors, known as hibakusha, see the prize and the international attention as their last chance to get their message out to younger generations.

Terumi Tanaka, 91 and who survived the Nagasaki bombing at age 13, said he hopes the award will help raise public awareness about the need to join hands to achieve a world without nuclear weapons.

He said he he feels the hibakusha's desperate wish is not fully understood even as their population rapidly declines.