Who’s Who Special Edition: Ban Hideyuki ~ Saddened by the Passing of Ban Hideyuki
By Yamaguchi Yukio (CNIC Co-Director) Ban Hideyuki passed away on June 10 at the age of 72 years and 8 months. It was too early a death. I will not be able to...
Category: Who’s Who/Group Intro
Who’s Who Special Edition: Ban Hideyuki, A Message of Condolence
By Mycle Schneider This message was originally written for the close circle of Ban-san’s family and friends for the day of the funeral. We publish it here with Mycle Schneider’s permission. Mycle Schneider is...
Who’s Who Special Edition: Ban Hideyuki, A true citizen scientist and ‘threat to the state’
By Caitlin Stronell (CNIC staff member 2015-2024) When I first joined CNIC in 2015, Ban-san was the secretary-general, running the office as well as being one of the Co-Directors. He was certainly not...
Who’s Who: Yamanaka Sachiko
By Nitta Hitomi (Co-Director, Group of Plaintiffs in the Lawsuit Opposing the Operation of Chugoku Electric Power Shimane Nuclear Power Station Unit 3) I became acquainted with Yamanaka Sachiko in 2012. We were...
Group Intro: “Decommission the Shika Nuclear Power Plant!” Lawsuit Plaintiff Group
By Kitano Susumu, Chief of the plaintiff group We, the “Decommission the Shika Nuclear Power Plant!” Lawsuit Plaintiff Group, are committed to the lawsuit filed to terminate the operation of Shika Nuclear Power...
Who’s Who~Kataoka Terumi: A Feminist Christian Fighting for Human Rights
By Tomoki Fukui, Adjunct Lecturer, City University of New York, John Jay College Kataoka Terumi is a Christian feminist and a children’s rights, anti-irradiation, and antiwar activist whose antinuclear politics is rooted in her...
Group Intro: Lawsuit to Halt ALPS Treated Water Discharge
By Chiwaki Miwa, Plaintiff in Lawsuit Seeking an Injunction against the Release of ALPS-Treated Contaminated Water On August 24, 2023, the discharge of radioactive contaminated water from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) began....
Who’s Who: Uehara Masayuki~ A genuine Tsushima guy protecting his island home
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) A man with a gentle manner and a sense of conviction in his humorous way of speaking, Uehara Masayuki is the representative of the Association for Consideration of Nuclear Waste...
Group Intro: Nara No Nukes Network
By Hotta Mieko, Nara No Nukes Network Co-ordinator Nara City is my hometown. I established Nara No Nukes Network after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. When it occurred, I was raising my two children,...
Who’s Who: Tsuchiya Kazuyuki, guest house manager fighting to save his town from a nuclear dump
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) Tsuchiya Kazuyuki is the owner and operator of a small guest house in the Hokkaido town of Suttsu, population 2,700. He was born in Suttsu, and after living there until...