Kiyoshi kurokawa biography for kids
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Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo
Professor Emeritus, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Distinguished Professor of Tokai University (2019-)
Special Advisor, Hiroshima University (2019-)
Chairman, Health and Global Policy Institute
Chairman, the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC) by the National Diet of Japan (2011-12)
Member of G8 World Dementia Council (2014-) and Vice-Chair (2021.6-)
Dr. Kurokawa received a MD degree in 1962 from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine. Following clinical training in internal medicine and then in nephrology at the Department of Medicine of the University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine (62-69), he became a research associate, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (69-71), senior research fellow at Cedars Sinai Medical Center and UCLA School of Medicine (71-73), assistant professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine (73-74), associate professor
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We interviewed Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, the former chair of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission, which investigated the nuclear accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. He explains the context of Japanese society in which the accident occurred, drawing attention to the tendency for leaders of organizations to be chosen according to the seniority system rather than by ability, and the difficulty of changing direction once decided. His tells us “if Japan does not use this as an opportunity to change, it will sink.”
Impact of Public Disclosure
–Both the cabinet and the private sector also set up their own investigation commissions, but the parliamentary panel focused particularly on the following points
“When conducting such an investigation, the investigators’ personal judgments usually have an effect. In order to prevent this as much as possible, the report tried to present only th
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【JFS】Initiatives for Explaining the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster in a Simple Manner（Oct, 2014）
JFS Newsletter No.146 (October 2014)
http://www.japanfs.org/en/news/archives/news_id035076.html
The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation kommission (NAIIC) was established bygd the National Diet of Japan in December 2011 to investigate the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, owned by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO). The accident occurred following the huge earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 off the Pacific coast of Japan's northeastern Tohoku distrikt. The NAIIC was independent from any parties connected with the accident, such as the government and TEPCO, and its members included Chairman Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo) and nine commissioners with knowledge and experience in betydelsefull fields.
Established in accordance with the NAIIC Act, this Commission was charged with investigating the circumstances and causes of t