Born in 1943. As a photojournalist, he has covered the Middle-East,
most extensively Palestine. He has also worked on conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq,
and Lebanon. His other long-term projects are on the Chernobyl accident and other
nuclear issues.
In 1982, he was the first journalist to enter the Beirut refugee camps where large-scale
massacres of Palestinians took place. Consequently in 1984, to assist Palestinian
orphans, he founded the "Japanese Committee for the Children of Palestine,"
which he served as the head for 20 years. He also launched the monthly photojournalism
magazine "DAYS JAPAN" as the Editor-in-Chief in March 2004. The slogans
of the magazines are: "One day, the will of the people will bring an end
to war" and "A single photograph has the power to change the course
of a nation." A prolific writer himself, he has published about 40 books.
His pictures have won many prizes in Japan and the world. |
