Masako Wada

{{Short description|Japanese hibakusha, or survivor of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki}}

Masako Wada (born 1943) is a Japanese hibakusha as a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, who is assistant secretary general of Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations).{{Cite book |last=Wada |first=Masako |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=83jtDwAAQBAJ&q=a+world+free+from+nuclear+weapons |title=A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament |publisher=Georgetown University Press |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-62616-805-3 |editor-last=Christiansen |editor-first=Drew |location=Washington, DC |pages=13–15 |language= |chapter=Surviving the Atomic Bomb |editor-last2=Sargent |editor-first2=Carole}} Her organization won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.{{Cite news |last1=Specia |first1=Megan |last2=Chutel |first2=Lynsey |date=11 October 2024 |title=Nobel Updates: Peace Prize Is Awarded to Japanese Group of Atomic Bomb Survivors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/11/world/nobel-peace-prize-winner?unlocked_article_code=1.RU4.8a1e.KQ0OnuVZuyb6&smid=url-share |work=The New York Times}} Wada represented the organization for the Nobel Committee telephone interview.{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2024 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2024/nihon-hidankyo/interview/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}