Profiles of Authors
(*In order of appearance, honorifics omitted)
Kazumi Mizumoto
Born in 1957, he graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo. He joined The Asahi Shimbun (as a reporter) and completed a master’s degree at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. After working as the chief of The Asahi Shimbun Los Angeles Bureau, and an associate professor and professor at Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University, he now serves as vice-president (professor) of Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University. His areas of expertise are international relations, nuclear disarmament, and issues related to the atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He also serves as a member in organizations including the “Hiroshima for Global Peace” Plan Promotion Committee.
Fukuhei Ando
Born in 1948, he studied in the doctor’s course at the Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University (Department of History, Japanese History Course). He worked at the Hiroshima Prefectural Government from May 1976 to March 2009. He was assigned to the Office of Prefectural Historiography of the General Affairs Department and then transferred to the Prefectural Archives, where he worked from October 1988 to March 2009. He has served as Deputy Director of the Prefectural Archives from April 2004 to March 2009.
Norioki Ishimaru
Born in 1940, he graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo and completed a master’s degree at the School of Engineering, University of Tokyo. He went on to gain a Ph.D. in Engineering. After working as a professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Hiroshima University from 1996 to 2003 and at Hiroshima International University from 2003 to 2011, he now is the representative of the Co. Ltd. Institute of Researching Hiroshima and/of Severals And Reliving (Hiroshima Shoji Chiiki-saisei Kenkyujo) since 2011. He is a member of the Society for Resource Research at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. His area of expertise is architectural and urban planning. His writings include co-authoring the Hiroshima Hibaku Yonju Nenshi, Toshi no Fukko (Reconstruction of HIROSHIMA, Pictorial History of Forty Years since Atomic Bombing) (City of Hiroshima, 1985) and Sekai Hiewa Kinen Seido: Hiroshima ni Miru Murano Togo no Kenchiku (The Memorial Cathedral for World Peace: Architecture by Togo Murano in Hiroshima) (Sagami Shobo, 1988).
Toshiyasu Ito
Born in 1955, he graduated from the Faculty of Letters at Doshisha University and completed a master’s degree at the Graduate School of Sociology at Kwansei Gakuin University. He worked as a senior researcher at the Nippon Statistics Center Co., Ltd., and as the head of the Regional Economy Research Division of the Chugoku Regional Research Center. Afterwards, starting in November 2002, he worked as a professor at the Center for Research on Regional Economic Systems, at Hiroshima University. He became director of the center in April 2003. His area of expertise is regional economics and local public finance. His publications include Chiho Bunken no Shippai, Doshusei no Futsugo (The Failure of Decentralization and Disadvantages of the Do-Shu-System; sole author) and Doshusei (The Do-Shu-System; co-authorship).
Takeshi Chida
Born in 1946, he completed a master’s degree at the Graduate School of Economics of Hiroshima University. In 1997, he became the head of the Historiography Office of Kure City, and in 2002, he was a professor at the Faculty of Health and Welfare at Hiroshima International University. He currently serves as an advisor to Kure City (in charge of historiography of the City) and as a part-time lecturer at Hiroshima International University.
Seiichi Koike
Born in 1960, he completed a doctoral course at the Graduate School of Letters, Chuo University and earned a Dr. in History. In April 1990, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has worked as the officer in charge of compiling documents at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan, an associate professor at the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences at Hiroshima University (modern political theory) and as head of the preparation room for the establishment of the Hiroshima University Archives. In April 2004, he became Director of the Hiroshima University Archives (his current position). From September 2008, he has been a professor at the Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation at Hiroshima University (diplomatic cooperation theory). His area of expertise is modern Japanese history, history of Japanese politics/diplomacy, and modern Japanese document studies. His publications include Manshu Jihen to Tai Chugoku Seisaku (The Manchurian Incident and Policy toward China) (Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 2003) and Kindai Nihon Bunshogaku Kenkyu Josetsu (An Introduction to Study on Modern Japanese Documents) (Gendai Shiryo Shuppan, 2008).
Masami Nishimoto
Born in 1956, he joined the Chugoku Shimbun in 1980 (as a reporter). After working at the Okayama Bureau and being assigned to the news department of the editorial office in 1986, he has continued to report on matters relating to the atomic bombing and peace. His major reports to date include: the joint authorship of “Kensho Hiroshima” (History of Hiroshima) and “Sekai no Hibakusha” (EXPOSURE: Victims of Radiation Speak Out), and “1945 Genbaku to Chugoku Shimbun” (The A-bombing and the Chugoku Shimbun), of which he was the sole author. He became a senior staff writer from 2003.
Satoru Ubuki
Born in 1946, he became a supervisor at the Secretariat of the Hiroshima Prefectural Board of Education in April 1970 and then worked as a supervisor in the Office of Prefectural Historiography of the Hiroshima Prefecture General Affairs Department until April 30, 1976. After working as an assistant at the Hiroshima University Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine and Biology (the Data and Specimens Center of Atomic Bomb Disaster) starting in 1976, he became an associate professor at Hiroshima University in 1994, working at the International Radiation Information Center attached to the Hiroshima University Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine and Biology. In April 2001, he became a professor at the Faculty of Human Life Studies at Hiroshima Jogakuin University (where he worked until March 31, 2011).
Masashi Urabe
Born in 1976, he completed a Ph.D. program at the Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University. He is an associate professor at the Faculty of International Studies, Hiroshima City University. His research field is Comparative and International Education. He used to be an assistant professor at Hiroshima University and an associate professor at Tokuyama University in Yamaguchi.
Noriyuki Kawano
Born in 1966, he completed a doctoral degree program at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Hiroshima University; earning a Ph.D. (doctor of medicine). He has experience of working as an assistant professor at the Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine at Hiroshima University and as an associate professor at the Institute for Peace Science of Hiroshima University. He moved on to become a professor at the institute in June 2013 (his current position). His area of expertise is global nuclear damages and peace studies. He conducts research from a socio-medical perspective on Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bombs afflictions and other nuclear damages such as Semipalatinsk and Chernobyl.
Hitoshi Nagai
Born in 1965, he completed a master’s degree program at the Graduate School of Arts at Rikkyo University, and earned a Ph.D. in Literature. Currently, he is an associate professor at Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University. His area of expertise is modern Japanese history. His writings include Firipin to Tainichi Senpan Saiban (The War Crimes Trials and Japan-Philippines Relations) (Iwanami Shoten, 2010) and Firipin BC-kyu Senpan Saiban (The BC-Class War Crimes Trials in the Philippines) (Kodansha, 2013), and coauthoring Nikki ni Yomu Kindai Nihon (Modern Japanese History through Diaries) Vol. 5. (Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 2012), Heiwa o Kangaeru Tame no Hyaku Satsu + (More Than 100 Books for Thinking about Peace) (Horitsu Bunkasha, 2014), and coediting Toyama Ikuzo Nisshi (The Diary of Ikuzo Toyama) (Yamakawa Shuppansha, 2013).
