This year, there were 286 candidates for the NobelPeacePrize — 197 individuals and 89 organizations, the Nobel committee said. Last year, the institute received more than 350 nominations.
Hearing the announcement that Nihon Hidankyou had won the NobelPeacePrize, Toshiyuki Mimaki-san pinched himself and said: “I thought it would have gone to the people working hard for Peace ...