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Hiromichi UMEBAYASHI (Yokohama, Japan) Hiromichi Umebayashi, a PhD holder in applied physics, is the founder and the President of the Peace Depot, a non-profit organization based in Yokohama, Japan. He also serves as the International Coordinator of the Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security (PCDS), a Pacific regional network for disarmament, the Editor-in-Chief of Nuclear Weapon and Nuclear Test Monitor, a bi-weekly Japanese publication which covers regional security and nuclear issues, a member of the Middle Powers Initiative (MPI) International Steering Committee, and the East Asian Coordinator of the Parliamentarian Network for Nuclear Disarmament (PNND). He is known as one of the key leaders of the well-known 1972 massive civil movement in Japan to resist the transportation of the U.S. Army tanks from the U.S. Army Sagami Depot, Japan to the Vietnam War field. The resistance successfully stopped the tank transportation for 100 days. He also chaired the National Movement Against the Deployment of US Cruise Missile Tomahawk in 1983 -- 1987. He is the author of many books, including gThe Aim of the US Forces Realignment (an Iwanami Shinsho)," "The US Forces Japan (an Iwanami Shinsho)," "Nuclear Disarmament in 21st Century" (Co-author), "Regional Security in Northeast Asia -- From the Rule of US Forces to Rule of Law" (Co-author), "A Northeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone," and a frequent contributor to major progressive Japanese periodicals, including "Sekai," "Gunshuku," and "Ronza." (as of May, 2006)
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