Who’s Who: Oda Chiyo
By Muto Ruiko, Co-director, Network of Nuclear Disaster Victim Groups Ms. Oda Chiyo is a very pure-hearted person. She is like a girl who has advanced in age but whose heart has not...
Category: Who’s Who/Group Intro
Who’s Who: Mukohara Yoshitaka – A Person Having Both Feet Firmly on the Ground
By Somatani Kenta (Stop the Sendai NPS! March 11 Kagoshima Rally Planning Committee) Mukohara Yoshitaka Co-Director, Stop the Sendai NPS! March 11 Kagoshima Rally Planning Committee. Representative...
Group Intro: Aomori Prefecture Citizens’ Association to Protect the Future from Nuclear Waste
By Ito Kazuko In December 1983, the prime minister at the time, Nakasone Yasuhiro, announced that the Shimokita Peninsula would become a nuclear power Mecca, and on April 9, 1985, the governor of...
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...
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....