Miyazaki Tomomitsu

Editorialist for the Chūgoku Shimbun. Born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, in 1962. Graduated from Kyoto University in 1985 and joined the newspaper, where he served in such positions as editor-in-chief of the Bōchō head office and director of the Hiroshima Peace Media Center. Assumed his current post in 2023. He investigated the 1999 Tōkaimura criticality accident and contributed to the series Hibaku to ningen (The A-Bomb and Humans), critical of the nuclear power industry. He served a lead role on the team that received the 2017 Science Journalist Award for its series exploring the effects of low-dose radiation exposure.