Yasuyoshi KOMIZO (小溝 泰義)
Freelance “Communicator for Peace”
Panelist at the Schematic Session 6 “Culture of Peace”, Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum 2019
・2018- : Member, Group of Eminent Persons on the Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament
・2013-2019: Secretary General, Mayors for Peace
・2013-2019: Chairperson, Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation
・2010-2012: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the State of Kuwait
・2008-2010: Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Japan to The International Organizations in Vienna
・2004-2008：Director, International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division, Nuclear Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan(MOFA)
・2002-2004: Senior Assistant for Legal Affairs, Treaties Bureau, MOFA
・1997-2002: Special Assistant to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
・(After joining MOFA in 1970, prior to the above professional experiences, he served in the headquarters of MOFA, at Economic affairs Division of the United Nations bureau, Personnel Division, Legal Division of the Treaties Bureau, Second South East Asia Division of Asian Affairs Bureau, and International Agreements Division of the Treaties Bureau. His overseas assignments of MOFA include Embassy of Japan in the United States, Embassy of Japan in Saudi Arabia, and Embassy of Japan in Austria. He also served in the Legal Division of the IAEA.)
・1970, graduated from Hosei University, Law faculty.
・“The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Nuclear Disarmament” Column 3(pp.23-24), Chapter 1(3),Part I of “2018 Edition Hiroshima Report”（English Edition）by Hiroshima Prefecture (March 2018)
・“Hiroshima’s Message to the Young: A guide to an Inspiring Future” pp.2-3 of the book “An Appeal to Today’s Young People From the Young who Lost Their Future: Hiroshima Never Again”(May 2016) Edited and published by Dr. Shigeyoshi Kawakatsu
