is a Japanese sociologist and is a professor at

Tokyo Metropolitan University , often referred to as TMU, is a public research university in Japan. Origin The origin of Tokyo Metropolitan University was Prefectural Higher School, under the old system of education, established by Tokyo Prefecture in 1929 as the third pu ...

. He has a PhD from

the University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

for his research on

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. Using the method of

game theory Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions among rational agents. Myerson, Roger B. (1991). ''Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict,'' Harvard University Press, p.&nbs1 Chapter-preview links, ppvii–xi It has appli ...

, 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.

History

Miyadai entered Tokyo University in 1978 to become a film director. He majored in sociology which he thought might be useful. Meeting

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and

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made Miyadai study seriously. Reading

Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American public intellectual: a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky i ...

also inspired him. On November 29, 2022, Miyadai was attacked at the Minami-Osawa campus in Hachioji in a widely-reported knife attack.https://web.archive.org/web/20221130044733/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20221130/k10013908091000.html

References

1959 births Living people People from Sendai University of Tokyo alumni Japanese sociologists Tokyo Metropolitan University faculty Stabbing survivors {{Asia-sociologist-stub