Toshinao Sasaki

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Background

After graduating from Okazaki high-school in Aichi Prefecture, Sasaki entered the Faculty of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University, but dropped out and in 1988 joined Mainichi Shimbun, where he was in charge of the criminal investigations division and reserve reporters, covering issues such as murder cases, international terror and computer crime.

In October 1999, he transferred to work for the magazine Script error: No such module "Nihongo".. He quit in February 2003 after serving in the editorial department of Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., and is currently a freelance journalist.

Activity

Sasaki has a great interest in Internet media that emerged at the beginning of the 21st century,[1] and since he became a freelancer this has been at the center of his work. He has studied the so-called "Net Right-wing" in Japan a great deal, and has contributed many articles to publications such as Sankei Shimbun, Script error: No such module "Nihongo". and Script error: No such module "Nihongo".. He has also written many books, most recently Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (2008) and Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (2007). He has also written extensively about the WaiWai scandal at the Mainichi Shimbun.[2] He also covered Anti-Japaneseism which Sasaki called a "violent ideology" and self-contradictory.[3]

References

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  1. Chris Salzberg, "Interview with Sasaki Toshinao by g86", Global Voices Online, February 12, 2008
  2. "The Birth of Blog Discourse" (translation of blog post in CNET Japan), Néojaponisme, November 6, 2008
  3. 森口朗『なぜ日本の教育は間違うのか ~復興のための教育学~』扶桑社、2012年

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