was a Japanese writer, social critic and public figure. He is the author of several best-selling books in Japan. His autobiography ''Toppamono'' sold 600,000 copies and has since been translated into English.
In 1985, Miyazaki was named by the
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
police as the prime suspect in the
Glico Morinaga case The , also known by its official designation , was a famous extortion case from 1984 to 1985 in Japan, primarily directed at the Japanese industrial confectioneries Ezaki Glico and Morinaga, and currently remains unsolved. The entire case spanned 1 ...
, a 17-month saga of kidnapping and corporate extortion. He was later cleared.
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Shinichiro Kurimoto
is a Japanese author and a politician. He is also an economic anthropologist and a philosopher who introduced the ideas of Karl Polanyi and his younger brother Michael Polanyi to Japan. He was a professor at universities such as Meiji Univers ...
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1945 births
2022 deaths
Japanese writers
People from Kyoto Prefecture
Writers from Kyoto Prefecture
People from Kyoto
Writers from Kyoto
Waseda University alumni
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