Katsuya Kodama

was a Japanese peace researcher and sociologist who specializes in the research on non-violent peace activism, the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, refugee issues, foreign workers, and peace-building. He is a current Secretary-General of International Peace Research Association, former professor and vice president at Mie University and former vice president of International Social Science Council at UNESCO.

Early life, education and career Born the son of a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1959 in Akitakata, Hiroshima,

He served as Secretary-General of International Peace Research Association (IPRA) from 2000 to 2004, and 2010 to 2012 and vice president of International Social Science Council (ISSC) at UNESCO from 2006 to 2010. He was again elected as Secretary-General of IPRA for 2016 – 2020 at the IPRA Administrative Meeting held in Sierra Leonne in 2016. He received Anuvrat Ahimsa (non-violence) International Peace Award from ANUVRAT Global Organization, India in 2012.

He is the founder of UBrainTV Co., Ltd., an Internet television company founded in 2013 in Nagoya, Japan.