In October 2024, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo), of which Taniguchi had served as a co-chairperson, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

NAGASAKI--Sumiteru Taniguchi was 16 and delivering mail when the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. Although horrifically injured, he survived to speak out against nuclear weapons.