Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo is the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for “its efforts to achieve a world free from nuclear weapons,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday. The group’s work demonstrated “through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.” A total of 286 candidates were nominated for the prize this year, including 197 individuals and 89 organizations. Last year, the prestigious award went to imprisoned women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi from Iran. The peace prize laureates over the last 30 years include banned Russian rights…