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Place of Birth: Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
About Shinji Miyadai
- Shinji Miyadai ([?? ??], Miyadai Shinji, born 3 March 1959 in Sendai, Japan) is a Japanese sociologist and is a professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University.He has a Ph.D from the University of Tokyo for his research on Mathematical sociology.
- Using the method of game theory, he analyzed how the power of the state works in society.
- He is one of the most outspoken sociologists in Japan, and is currently working on the strategy the Japanese government should adopt for the 21st century.He has been a constant presence in the world of Japanese letters since the publication of his PhD dissertation in 1989.
- His controversial work on compensated dating in Japan was the subject of much discussion after its publication.Even though he was a great fan of Takaaki Yoshimoto, Miyadai was planning to become a natural scientist as a teenager.
- Students in Japan make decisions about whether they are majoring in the natural or the social sciences in university when they are in high school.
- Miyadai recalls that reading Abe Kobo prompted his interest to move toward social issues.
- Miyadai entered Tokyo University in 1978 to become a film director.
- He majored in sociology which he thought might be useful.
- Meeting Wataru Hiromatsu and Naoki Komuro made Miyadai study seriously.
- Reading Noam Chomsky also inspired him.
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