4 Quotes & Sayings By Kyoko Yoshida

Born in Japan, Kyoko Yoshida is a writer and a regular columnist for The Japan Times. She is also a cultural critic, author of the book "Japan's Lost Children," and a professional speaker on Japanese artists and artists' lives. In 1971, Kyoko Yoshida was asked by the Japanese government to look into the subject of child prostitution in Japan, which they believed was an existing problem. She interviewed over two thousand children and over one hundred pimps and prostitutes. Her research led to her book: "Japan's Lost Children," which was translated into English and released in 1978 Read more

She followed this with her second book: "The Child Prostitution Industry." Her work has been featured on "60 Minutes," "60 Minutes II," "Girl", and also on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." This work has been translated into fourteen languages, including Chinese, Russian, German, French, Polish, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. Her third book: "The World of Children" (1981) was written in response to the plight of homeless children in Japan. The Japan Times noted: Another theme that runs through all three books is that of lost or neglected children who suffer because they are not loved; the author believes that we do not love our children enough. This does not mean she does not love them, but it does mean that she loves them too much to let them suffer through lack of love... Both "Japan's Lost Children" and "The Child Prostitution Industry" were listed by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best non-fiction books of the 20th century.

Her book: "The World of Children" won the 1982 Christopher Award and was listed as one of the 100 best non-fiction books of the 20th century by Time Magazine. It was also ranked number one on CNN/Money Magazine's list of 100 best business books for 1985-1986. In 1999 she received an honorary doctorate from Southern Virginia University for her works on child labor law and child abuse issues. Her stories have been featured on 60 Minutes II twice (Kobe City Hall Scandal and The Life Story - which included interviews with readers).

They have also been quoted in The New York Times Book Review. She has also appeared on CNN (Kobe City Hall Scandal) and CNN International (Child Abduction - which dealt with missing U.S. children).

Kyoko Yoshida has interviewed over 2000

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No, I am not imagining a book-burning, warmongering, anti-intellectual fascist regime — in my plan, there is no place for re ghters who light up the Homers and Lady Murasakis and Cao Xueqins stashed under your bed — because, for starters, I’m not banning literature per se. I’m banning the reading of literature. Purchasing and collecting books and other forms of literature remains perfectly legitimate as long as you don’t peruse the literature at hand. Kyoko Yoshida
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We do not know if she collapsed because of overwhelming joy, extreme surprise, grave disappointment, or heavy anxiety that for the next months and years she would live with a human male, because in fact she had been honest when she told her girlfriends that she had given up on men, OR NONE OF THE ABOVE. Kyoko Yoshida
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If rewriting equals rereading, we must logically conclude that writing is reading. If this is indeed the case, how could we possibly write under a ban on reading? The only way left is mouth-to-mouth — poets and storytellers recite their pieces and before we can commit them to memory, everything vanishes into thin air. Kyoko Yoshida