is Japanese journalist and writer. In 1995, he also became the founder of the Japanese men's liberation organization Men's Lib Tokyo. After his graduation from Waseda University, he went to New York City and worked as a reporter. He wrote books about

domestic violence Domestic violence (also known as domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation. ''Domestic violence'' is often used as a synonym for ''intimate partner ...

and

child abuse Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act or failure to a ...

in Japan. He leads men's liberation in Tokyo now. Toyoda also complained about the " Yellow cab" controversy. He wrote a book about serial killer

Futoshi Matsunaga is a Japanese serial killer who both defrauded and tortured his victims in what is collectively known as the Kitakyūshū Serial Murder Incident ( ja, 北九州連続殺人事件). Matsunaga was convicted of six counts of murder and one count ...

and his common-law wife Junko Ogata because their relationships seemed to be domestic violence.

Books

*Toyoda, Masayoshi (June 16, 2009). (

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

)

References

External links

Tokyo Journal; Teaching Japan's Salarymen to Be Their Own Men
1966 births Living people Japanese journalists Men's movement Men's rights activists People from Tokyo {{Asia-journalist-stub