Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Yasuyoshi Komizo

Chairperson of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, DiplomatJapan

Expert

Yasuyoshi Komizo has been the Chairperson of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation since 2013. He is the former Special Assistant to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). His career with IAEA began in 1987.  

Komizo joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in 1970 and worked as a diplomat for 42 years. He currently serves as the Secretary- General of Mayors for Peace. This organization aims to create a world without nuclear weapons and to ensure lasting world peace.

To listen to a 2019 interview with Komizo, conducted by the Atomic Heritage Foundation, please click here.

Yasuyoshi Komizo’s Timeline
1948 Born in Matsudo, Japan.

2012 Nov Retired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

2013 Apr Became Chairperson of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation.

2014 Aug Became the Secretary General of the Mayors for Peace.

Related Profiles

Yoshio Nishina

Japan

Yoshio Nishina (1890-1951) was a leader of the Japanese atomic bomb program, and the “father of nuclear physics in Japan.

Charles D. Albury

Japan

Charles D. “Don” Albury served as a Captain in the 1027th Air Material Squadron and as a commander on the Great Artiste, one of the planes that flew in the 1945 mission to bomb Hiroshima.

Joseph Papalia

Wendover, UT

Joseph Papalia is an official historian of the 509th Composite Group, the US Army Air Force unit created specifically for dropping atomic bombs during World War II.

Jackie Peterson

Hanford, WA

Jackie Peterson is an independent curator and exhibit developer in Seattle, Washington.  Peterson earned her bachelor degrees in English and History from Georgetown University and a master’s degree in Museum Studies from New York University.