Kuwayama Norihiko

Psychiatrist and representative director of the NPO Frontline. Born in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, in 1961. Graduated from the medical department of Yamagata University in 1987 and completed graduate studies at the same university in 1992. Doctor of medicine. In 1994, studied at the Psychosocial Care Center for Refugees, affiliated with the medical school of the University of Oslo. Since then, has provided psychiatric therapy and post-traumatic care to people affected by conflict and natural disasters around the world. In particular, he has made frequent visits to Palestine. In 2009, he opened the Tohoku International Clinic in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, two years before the city was hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake. In 2016, opened the Ebina Kokoro no Clinic in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, where he provides counseling and psychosocial care to children unable or unwilling to attend school for psychological reasons.