Tomoko Kurokawa is a visiting scholar in the Carnegie Nuclear Policy Program. Her research focuses on Japan’s planned phase out of nuclear energy, its policy toward reprocessing, and U.S.-Japan cooperation on nuclear nonproliferation.

Prior to joining Carnegie, Kurokawa was a news reporter and field producer for sixteen years with Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. In 2010, her feature story “Japan–India Nuclear Deal” was published in the Japanese monthly magazine Sekai. She has also produced several television pieces focusing on nuclear issues, including “Nuclear Security Summit and Danger of Nuclear Terror Attacks” and “The True Story of Struggling with the Fukushima Disaster for 180 Days–What Deprived People of Their Hometown?”

Education

BA in Economics, Waseda University

Languages

English; Japanese

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Japan,