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Kiyoshi Awazu (Japanese: 粟津　潔, romanized: Awazu Kiyoshi, February 19, 1929 – April 28, 2009) was a Japanese graphic designer, active in the post-WWII era in the fields of poster design, architecture design, set design, filmmaking, and illustration. A self-taught artist, Awazu possessed an eclectic and variegated graphic style that employed vibrant color palettes, appropriated and subverted motifs from both traditional Japanese art and design as well as contemporary pop culture, and incorporated supergraphics and expressive typography across a range of scales and spatial contexts. Believing that design was a basic function of human life, and that it was the social role of the designer "to extend the rural into the city, foreground the folklore, reawaken the past, summon back the outdated," Awazu worked with collaborators across genres and culled references from a vast array of sources to produce works that were intensely transdisciplinary and expressive, all while resisting the essentializing and universalizing tendencies of the modernist tradition. Beginning with his award-winning 1955 poster Umi o kaese [Give Back Our Oceans], an expression of solidarity with disenfranchised fishermen who were banned from conducting their activities by American Occupation forces, Awazu's work also displays a keen engagement with political activism and an emphasis on the capacity of visual communications to reveal injustices and expand awareness through affective means. Awazu worked with diverse collaborators across the fields of film, performance, and the visual arts to produce promotional posters, book designs, illustrations, and other graphic materials. Awazu also worked with numerous modern architects—notably as a member of the Metabolism movement—to integrate structural design with other applied arts and foreground the role of design as a conduit for promoting civic engagement in urban contexts. Within the field of architecture, he is best known for producing the bold supergraphics on the exterior of the Nibankan building, which was famously featured on the cover of Charles Jencks' The Language of Modern Architecture (1977).

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  Kiyoshi Kurokawa (born in 1936) is Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Chairman of the Health and Global Policy

• Kiyoshi Kurokawa - Health and Global Policy Institute（HGPI） The global health policy think tank.

  Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa is a graduate of the University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine. From 1969 to 1984, he lived in the United States where he served as Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine. His other positions have included Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo; Dean, School of Medicine, Tokai University; President, Science Council of Japan (2003-2006); Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office (2003-2006); Special Advisor, Cabinet Office (2006-2008); and Commissioner, World Health Organization (WHO) (2005-2009). He also served as Chairman of the National Diet of Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (December 2011-July 2012), Chair and Representative [...] Dr. Kurokawa’s current positions include Vice Chair and Committee Member of the World Dementia Council (WDC). He has been named professor emeritus at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and the University of Tokyo and as a Distinguished Professor of Tokai University. Kiyoshi Kurokawa PageTop Japan Health Policy NOW AMR Alliance Japan NCD Alliance Japan Employment Opportunities Kiyoshi Kurokawa blog Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Threads HGPI logo 5-11-16, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo (The International House of Japan) 106-0032 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-4241-5020 Fax: +81-3-6859-9291 HGPI relocated to the International House of Japan (Roppongi) on May 1, 2026. © Health and Global Policy Institute. All rights reserved.. [...] (December 2011-July 2012), Chair and Representative Director of the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) (January 2013-June 2018), and as Special Advisor on Health and Medical Strategy at the Cabinet Secretariat Headquarters for Healthcare and Medical Strategy Promotion (2013-2019).

• Fukushima Investigator Kiyoshi Kurokawa Wins AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

  Kurokawa is a professor emeritus with the University of Tokyo School of Medicine, where he earned his medical degree. He also is the chairman of the Health and Global Policy Institute and former president of the Science Council of Japan. He has also held positions at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, and the University of California at Los Angeles. He is an academic fellow of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. He was a special advisor to the Japanese Cabinet and commissioner on the World Health Organization’s Commission for Social Determinants of Health. [...] ## WHO WE ARE #### Explore Our Programs ## WHAT WE DO #### Resource Center ## GET INVOLVED #### Support AAAS ## MEMBERSHIP #### Quick Links #### External Links ### You are here # Fukushima Investigator Kiyoshi Kurokawa Wins AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award ### Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, M.D., chairman of the Health and Global Policy Institute, academic fellow of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, and former president of the Science Council of Japan, has been named to receive the 2012 AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award. [...] Kurokawa was honored by AAAS “for his contribution to society by his remarkable stewardship of an independent investigation into the causes of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe” and “for his courage in challenging some of the most ingrained conventions of Japanese governance and society.” His award-winning service followed the 11 March 2011 earthquake that triggered a devastating tsunami. The ensuing crisis included the full meltdown of three reactors at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant as well as several hydrogen-air chemical explosions and releases of radioactive materials into the atmosphere, AAAS noted. As public fears and confusion escalated, the Japanese Parliament appointed an independent commission, directed by Kurokawa, to investigate the causes of the accident.

• Kisho Kurokawa - Wikipedia

  | | | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (March 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) | | Kisho Kurokawa | | Born | (1934-04-08)8 April 1934 Kanie, Aichi, Empire of Japan | | Died | 12 October 2007(2007-10-12) (aged 73) Tokyo, Japan | | Education | Kyoto University University of Tokyo | | Occupation | Architect | | Buildings | Nakagin Capsule Tower, The National Art Center (Tokyo), Nagoya City Art Museum, Kuala Lumpur International Airport | | | (April 8, 1934 – October 12, 2007) was a leading Japanese architect and a founder of the Metabolist Movement. ## Biography [edit] [...] Kurokawa founded Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates in 1962. The firm became an important platform for this architectural work, producing a wide range of projects including cultural institutions, museums, airports, and large-scale urban developments across Asia and Europe. Through this practice, Kurokawa used his theoretical ideas about modularity, adaptability, and sustainability to built projects. The enterprise's head office is in Tokyo with branch offices in Osaka, Nagoya, Astana, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Los Angeles. The company is registered with the Japanese government as a "First Class Architects Office." [...] In 1958, Kisho Kurokawa predicted a “Transition from the Age of the Machine to the Age of Life,” and has continually utilized such key words of life principles as metabolism (metabolize and recycle), ecology, sustainability, symbiosis, intermediate areas (ambiguity) and Hanasuki (Splendor of Wabi) in order to call for new styles to be implemented by society. For four decades, Kisho Kurokawa created eco-friendly and sustainable architectural projects. In 2003 he was awarded the Dedalo-Minosse International Prize (Grand Prix) for his creation of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia and KLIA is the first and only airport in the world to receive the United Nations' Green Globe 21 certification for the airport's commitment to environmental responsibility each year since 2004.

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  Profile: Kiyoshi Kurokawa. Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. Born September 11, 1936. After graduating from the University of

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  Knight of the Legion of Honour

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  University of Tokyo

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  internist

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  Japan

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