:Takashi Mukaibo

{{Short description|Japanese chemist (1917–2002)}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Takashi Mukaibo

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|3|24}}

| birth_place = Dalian, Kwantung

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|7|4|1917|3|24}}

| death_place = Shinjuku, Tokyo

| citizenship = Japanese

| fields = Chemistry and nuclear engineering

| alma_mater = Imperial University of Tokyo

| spouse = Nobuko Mukaibo{{cite web|script-title=ja:向坊隆氏が死去 原子力利用の草分け|url=http://www.47news.jp/CN/200207/CN2002070401000275.html|work=47 News|publisher=Kyodo|accessdate=24 September 2011|date=4 July 2002|language=Japanese}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Takashi Mukaibo|向坊 隆|Mukaibō Takashi|24 March 1917 – 4 July 2002}} was a Japanese chemist and nuclear engineer.

Appointed as the first science attaché at the Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C. in 1954,{{cite book|last=Dees|first=Bowen|title=The Allied Occupation and Japan's Economic Miracle|year=1997|publisher=Routledge|page=306}} Mukaibo played a significant role in coordinating the atomic energy agreement with the United States.{{cite web|title=Obituary: Takashi Mukaibo|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20020705c1.html|work=The Japan Times|accessdate=24 September 2011|date=July 5, 2002}}

After returning to Japan, he became dean of the School of Engineering of the University of Tokyo. He served as the university's president from 1977 to 1981.

Mukaibo is considered a pioneer in the field of use of nuclear energy in Japan. He promoted nuclear power generation for his entire career and served as chairman of the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum from 1992 to 2000.