Kiyoshi Kurokawa

Kiyoshi Kurokawa is a medical doctor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. He serves as Chairman of the Health and Global Policy Institute and Vice Chair of the World Dementia Council. He is best known for chairing the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission, the first independent investigation authorized by the National Diet of Japan, which concluded the disaster was fundamentally manmade. He received the AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility in 2012 for his leadership of that investigation.