Participation
THIS is what nuclear weapons are
Speaker
Akira Kawasaki
Akira Kawasaki is an Executive Committee member of Peace Boat, a Tokyo-based NGO which is an International Steering Group member of the ICAN. He coordinates the “Global Voyage for a Nuclear-Free World: Peace Boat Hibakusha Project,” in which atomic-bomb survivors travel around the world to raise public awareness on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons. He played the central role in organizing the World Nuclear Survivors Forum 2021, bring together nuclear survivors and impacted communities from around the world. As a Co-Chair of the Japan NGO Network for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Akira has promoted dialogue between the Japanese government, parliamentarians and civil society organizations. He was awarded the 33rd Kiyoshi Tanimoto Peace Prize by Hiroshima Peace Center in 2021.