Yumiko Sato
I'm a Japanese writer and author exploring how culture shapes the effects of technology on society. I've written for TIME, highlighting overlooked hate speech on Japanese Internet, and contributed to Slate and Undark Magazine, discussing historical revisionism on Japanese Wikipedia.
Articles
- Online Platforms Like Twitter Are Missing a Brutal Wave of Hate Speech in Japan (TIME)
- Wikipedia Has a Language Problem. Here’s How To Fix It. (Undark Magazine)
- Non-English Editions of Wikipedia Have a Misinformation Problem (Slate) - Read the original post that became this article
Before focusing on writing, I spent over a decade as a board-certified music therapist. While working in end-of-life care in Japan, I witnessed the harm of medical misinformation on my patients and their families. This led me to investigate the nature of online misinformation across languages and cultural boundaries. You can read more about that chapter of my career on my archive site: Yumiko Sato Music Therapy
Scholarly Articles
- Musical Life Review in Hospice
- When a Music Therapist Grieves
- Countertransference in End-of-Life Music Therapy
Song of War (2020) - adapted as NHK audio drama
Heart of the Dying (2017)
Last Song (2014) - adapted as NHK audio drama
Media
Guest, BBC Trending - "We fight climate denial on Wikipedia"
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