(Bungeishunju: February 2016 – pp. 242-247)
l Promising figures in social sciences
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Tsunehira Furuya (33 years old) |
Conservative pundit, critic, writer; author of “Rightists, leftists tell nothing but lies (Sayoku mo Uyoku mo Uso bakari)” |
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Atsushi Iwata (32) |
Political scientist, visiting professor at Takushoku University; conservative pundit; author of “Paradox of political philosophy (Gyakusetsu no Seiji Tetsugaku)” |
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Aki Okuda (23) |
Founding member of “SEALDs (Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy – s); drew public attention by staging protests against security legislation at the Diet |
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Takanori Fujita (33) |
Representative at Hotplus, an NPO that extends support for the homeless; author of “The elderly in the lower class (Karyu rojin)” |
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Nanako Ishido (36) |
Advocates digital education for children; established Digital Ehon Inc. in 2011 to create new tools to spark children’s imagination, creativity and innovation |
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Lin Kobayashi (41) |
Established International School of Asia, Karuizawa (ISAK), Japan’s first international boarding school, in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture |
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Junko Onishi (43) |
Established “Peace Wanko Japan” to campaign for the prevention of the slaughter of dogs nationwide |
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Tsuyoshi Kitamura (42) |
Associate professor at Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University; conducts research on postwar Okinawa based on oral history |
(Subsequent editions of Japan Press Highlights will includes lists of promising persons in
the sciences, health care, the arts, design, and sports.)
