is a Japanese freelance journalist and critic, a regular writer for

CNET ''CNET'' (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally. ''CNET'' originally produced content for radio and televi ...

Japan, and a one-time reporter for

Mainichi Shimbun The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English language news website called ''The Mainichi'' (previ ...

. He was born in

Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...

Background

After graduating from Okazaki high-school in Aichi Prefecture, Sasaki entered the Faculty of Political Science and Economics at

Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ...

, but dropped out and in 1988 joined

, where he was in charge of the criminal investigations division and reserve reporters, covering issues such as murder cases, international terror and computer crime. In October 1999, he transferred to work for the magazine . He quit in February 2003 after serving in the editorial department of , and is currently a freelance journalist.

Activity

Sasaki has a great interest in Internet media that emerged at the beginning of the 21st century, and since he became a freelancer this has been at the center of his work. He has studied the so-called "Net Right-wing" in Japan a great deal, and has contributed many articles to publications such as

Sankei Shimbun The (short for ) is a daily newspaper in Japan published by the It has the seventh-highest circulation for regional newspapers in Japan. Among Japanese newspapers, the circulation is second only to ''Yomiuri Shimbun'', Seikyo Shimbun, ''Asah ...

, and . He has also written many books, most recently (2008) and (2007). He has also written extensively about the WaiWai scandal at the

. He also covered

Anti-Japaneseism is a radical ideology promoted by a faction of the Japanese New Left that advocates for the destruction of the nation of Japan. The ideology was first conceived by Katsuhisa Oomori, a member of the New Left, in the 1970s. Extending from anti-J ...

which Sasaki called a "violent ideology" and self-contradictory.森口朗『なぜ日本の教育は間違うのか～復興のための教育学～』扶桑社、2012年

References

External links

Personal websiteArticles at CNET JapanThe Birth of Blog Discourse by Toshinao Sasaki at Amazon.comFlat Revolution by Toshinao Sasaki at Amazon.com
Japanese journalists 1961 births Living people Waseda University alumni {{Asia-journalist-stub