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Masako Wada

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Masako Wada (born 1943) is hibakusha, (a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), and assistant secretary general of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, known as Nihon Hidankyo.[1] Her organization won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.[2] Masako Wada represented the organization for the Nobel Committee telephone interview.[3]

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  1. ^ Wada, Masako (2020). "Surviving the Atomic Bomb". In Christiansen, Drew; Sargent, Carole (eds.). A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. pp. 13–15. ISBN 978-1-62616-805-3.
  2. ^ Specia, Megan; Chutel, Lynsey (11 October 2024). "Nobel Updates: Peace Prize Is Awarded to Japanese Group of Atomic Bomb Survivors". The New York Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 2024". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-10-12.