'Waiting for this day': 100-yr-old rejoices after A-bomb survivor group wins Nobel Prize
TOKYO -- "I had been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for this day," Masakazu Saito, a 100-year-old hibakusha (atomic bomb survivor) who has been calling for nuclear abolition for over 70 years, said after the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) won the Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 11.