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Koichi Yasuda

やすだ こういち

Yasuda Koichi

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1964-09-28 (Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Chiba Prefecture, Japan

経歴

職業
freelance journalist, reporter, author, editor
活動期間
2001年〜
所属
Editor, Rodo Joho (Labor Information) (former)
影響を受けた人物
Shinichi Sano, Seiji Fujii, Kei Kamada

学歴

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学位: 高等学校卒業
国: Japan
States in his own book that he is a high school graduate

受賞歴

Japan Congress of Journalists Award (JCJ)
2012
対象作品: Net and Patriotism: Chasing the 'Darkness' of Zaitokukai
主催: Japan Congress of Journalists
結果: 受賞
Kodansha Non-Fiction Award
2012
対象作品: Net and Patriotism: Chasing the 'Darkness' of Zaitokukai
主催: Kodansha
結果: 受賞
Oyake Soichi Nonfiction Award (Magazine Category)
2015
対象作品: Report: Foreign 'Enslaved' Workers (G2 vol.17)
部門: 雑誌部門
主催: Oyake Soichi Nonfiction Award
結果: 受賞
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award (Special Prize)
2024
対象作品: Earthquakes and Massacres 1923-2024
部門: 特別賞
主催: Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Net and Patriotism: Chasing the 'Darkness' of Zaitokukai

2012年 reportage / non-fiction

A reportage tracing the activities and realities of Net-Right groups such as Zaitokukai and documenting discriminatory discourse online and offline.

hate speechnet-right wing movementsdiscriminationcivic movements

Report: Foreign 'Enslaved' Workers

2014年 reportage / investigative journalism

A series of reports documenting the working conditions and exploitation of foreign workers (including pieces published in G2).

foreign workerslabor issuesexploitation

Earthquakes and Massacres 1923-2024

2024年 non-fiction / history

Investigates historic earthquake disasters and associated violence and massacres, re-examining the relationship between disasters and discrimination/violence.

historydisastersviolencehuman rights

全著作

  • Accusation! The Depths of Arrest Dramas: New Challenges in the Ready-Mix Concrete SMEs Movement (2005)
  • Report: Discrimination and Poverty of Foreign Workers (2010/2023)
  • Net and Patriotism: Chasing the 'Darkness' of Zaitokukai (2012)
  • Hate Speech: The Hatred and Violence of 'Patriots' (2015)
  • Earthquakes and Massacres 1923-2024 (2024)

作風・主題

文体
reportage-style, investigative reportingon-the-ground field reportingclear, accessible prose
頻出モチーフ
discrimination and exclusionworkplace realitiesinternet and public discourseanalysis of nationalism

評価・遺産

Recognized for in-depth reportage on net-right movements, hate speech, and foreign labor issues in contemporary Japan; recipient of multiple journalism awards and engaged with civic and labor movements.

引用

  • "The idea of 'special privileges for Zainichi' is now at the level of an urban legend."
    出典: Interview / quoted remark (2013年)

豆知識

  • Active on X (formerly Twitter) as @yasudakoichi
  • Born in the hot-spring region of the Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka
  • States in his own book that he graduated from high school