Since the March 2011 earthquake in Japan, this website has become a leading resource for politicians, business leaders, scientists, and the press to find a balanced and international perspective of the Fukushima accident. Our work has been especially important for the political leaders of Japan, but has also brought two main issues to the American and Japanese public’s attention: the potential dangers of the fourth reactor and the likelihood of… Continue reading
Take Action at Fukushima: An Open Letter to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Since the March 2011 earthquake in Japan, this website has become a leading resource for politicians, business leaders, scientists, and the press to find a balanced and international perspective of the Fukushima accident. Our work has been especially important for the political leaders of Japan, but has also brought two main issues to the American …
Former Chairman of Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Reactors Should Be Phased Out
Since the March 2011 earthquake in Japan, this website has become a leading resource for politicians, business leaders, scientists, and the press to find a balanced and international perspective of the Fukushima accident. Our work has been especially important for the political leaders of Japan, but has also brought two main issues to the American …
What Did the World Learn from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident?
Since the March 2011 earthquake in Japan, this website has become a leading resource for politicians, business leaders, scientists, and the press to find a balanced and international perspective of the Fukushima accident. Our work has been especially important for the political leaders of Japan, but has also brought two main issues to the American …
Day Two: Watch the Fukushima Nuclear Symposium #FukuNYC
Since the March 2011 earthquake in Japan, this website has become a leading resource for politicians, business leaders, scientists, and the press to find a balanced and international perspective of the Fukushima accident. Our work has been especially important for the political leaders of Japan, but has also brought two main issues to the American …
Event Announcement: The Medical and Ecological Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Since the March 2011 earthquake in Japan, this website has become a leading resource for politicians, business leaders, scientists, and the press to find a balanced and international perspective of the Fukushima accident. Our work has been especially important for the political leaders of Japan, but has also brought two main issues to the American …
Take Action at Fukushima: An Open Letter to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Read in Japanese, French, Spanish , Portuguese, or German.
Dear Secretary General Ban Ki-moon:
You no doubt observed the Fukushima disaster on March 11, 2011, with terror and worry: what would another nuclear disaster mean for state relations, especially in your home region of East Asia? Fortunately, it seemed, the effects were largely kept to Japan’s islands… Continue reading
Former Chairman of Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Reactors Should Be Phased Out
Read this in German.
Dr. Gordon Edwards, a well respected nuclear expert, explains the background of Chairman Jaczko’s decision:
Gregory Jaczko, Chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission until last year, has arrived at a very basic realization: every potentially dangerous machine should have an emergency “off” switch that shuts everything down completely. And nuclear power reactors don’t have one. So, he concludes, all power reactors… Continue reading
What Did the World Learn from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident?
Akio Matsumura gave this speech at the conference “The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident” sponsored by the Helen Caldicott Foundation and Physicians for Social Responsibility at the New York Academy of Medicine. You can read a translation in German and French.
I would like to express my thanks to Helen and the New York Academy of Medicine for organizing this timely event.
I’d also like… Continue reading
Day Two: Watch the Fukushima Nuclear Symposium #FukuNYC
Live from the New York Academy of Medicine. Watch the live stream of the symposium now If you use social media, the hash tag is #FukuNYC. Please spread the word. Follow @AkioMatsumura and @chrisjcote or like the Facebook page for updates. The full text of Akio’s speech is… Continue reading
Event Announcement: The Medical and Ecological Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Symposium on
The Medical and Ecological Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
at the New York Academy of Medicine
March 11-12, 2013
A unique, two-day symposium at which an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts will make presentations on, and discuss the bio-medical and ecological consequences of the Fukushima disaster, will be held at the New York Academy of Medicine… Continue reading
A Joint Appeal for Peace: Jericho Two Decades Later
Read this letter in German.
The UN voted to upgrade Palestine to be a non-member observer state. Rather than allowing this change to spark controversy, all parties should use this shift as fuel to push for a new peace accord.
In the fall of 1994 in Jericho something extraordinary happened. Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, and Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Palestine… Continue reading
An Open Letter: Why I Support Akio Matsumura, and Why You Should Too / （公開書簡） 福島第一原発危機：松村昭雄氏への皆様からのご協力お願いとその理由
Last week I received this letter of appraisal from Ms. Michiko Kimura, whom I have known for many years. I publish it here with great humility and appreciation. Yours truly, Akio.
Read in Japanese and German.
I had the opportunity to work with Mr. Akio Matsumura when I was working as the Assistant in Charge of International Relations for the late Hon. Takashi Sato… Continue reading
UN Finally Urges Japan to Do More for Health
Read this article in German.
by Akio Matsumura and Chris Cote
Days after the World Health Organization downplayed the health crisis in Fukushima, UN Special Rapporteur for the right to health Anand Grover strongly recommended that the Japanese government be accountable for the health of its population and take more appropriate action. Finishing an 11-day tour of Fukushima prefecture and… Continue reading
The Search for Action among Japan’s Ruling Classes
Read this article in Japanese and German.
By Akio Matsumura
On Monday the United Nations announced they will send Special Rapporteur Anand Grover to assess and report on the public health situation in Japan in the context of last year’s earthquake. I returned from a long visit to Japan last week and… Continue reading
The Nuclear Sacrifice of Our Children: 14 recommendations to help radiation contaminated Japan
Read this article in Japanese, French, and German.
By Helen Caldicott, M.D.
When I visited Cuba in 1979, I was struck by the number of roadside billboards that declared ”Our children are our national treasure.”
Dr. Helen Caldicott is a pediatrician… Continue reading
What Others Say
President Gorbachev
“A spiritual beginning must be the basis of any initiative. Akio has always faithfully acted upon this conviction. His devotion to it has made it possible for him not only to overcome numerous obstacles and problems but also help others.”
John C. Whitehead, Deputy Sec. of State & Co-Chair, Goldman Sachs
“He is the most completely selfless, dedicated person I have ever known. Failure is a word he does not know. It is only for him a challenge to move forward again.”
Anuradha Vittachi, Co-Founder OneWorld Network
Akio's modesty is key to his achievements. He does not try to control the outcome of his conferences: the delegates are genuinely free to discuss what they want, and how. This openness is, I believe, the key to his success.
Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, Dean of the Fletcher School
Akio Matsumura is in the truest sense of the phrase “a citizen of the world”. He has no ideological agenda beyond the betterment of the human condition. A remarkable and admirable person.
Jim Paredes, Musician
Akio Matsumura was one of the first global citizens I met many years back in a forum in Moscow. His genuine concern and compassion for all people inspired me to see my own connection to the rest of humanity. Evolution will move forward for the better because of people like him.
Glenn Olds, US Ambassador to UN
“He has the spirit of a saint, the skill of a mediator, the mind of one inspired by an awesome Creator, and Cosmic friend, and the imaginative courage of a genuine, one of a kind, historic initiator. His sense of urgency is grounded in the dramatic and traumatic struggle of our time which is as much spiritual as it is political.”
Brad Morse, UNDP Administrator
“I have a powerful position of the UN, a staff of 4,000 and a huge office, but Akio does not have any of this. However he can bring President Gorbachev and Mother Teresa together at a meeting, which I cannot do.”
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