Masao Miyamoto
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was a Japanese
psychiatrist
, cultural critic, and one-time deputy director for Japan's
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
(厚生省 Kōseishō).
Miyamoto graduated from Nihon University
Medical College (日本大学医学部 Nihon Daigaku Igakubu) in Tokyo
in 1973 :ja:宮本政於. He subsequently spent a year in post-graduate training for pathology before moving to the United States
where he spent three years studying psychiatry
and psychoanalysis
at Yale University
. Upon completion, he took the position of assistant professor at Cornell University
in 1980. In 1984, he accepted a position as assistant professor at New York Medical College
. In 1986, he joined the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
as Deputy Director of the Mental Health Division.
In 1992, he began writing a series of articles critical of Japan's bureaucratic culture for the monthly magazine Gekkan Asahi. These were later published in the best-selling book Oyakusho no Okite ' or "Code of the Bureaucrats", which was later published in English under the title Straitjacket Societyhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/4770018487. Following the publication of his articles, he experienced a series of demotions and was finally fired by the Ministry in February 1995. After being fired, he published a second book in 1997 entitled Oyakusho no Seishinbunseki or Pschoanalyzing the Bureaucrats http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4062086387. This second book has not yet been translated into English.
He spent the remainder of his life giving lectures on Japanese society and the Japanese bureaucracy. Dr. Miyamoto died in Paris from colorectal cancer on July 18, 1999 :ja:宮本政於.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
, cultural critic, and one-time deputy director for Japan's
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)
The ' is a cabinet level ministry of the Japanese government. It is commonly known as Kōrō-shō in Japan. This ministry provides regulations on maximum residue limits for agricultural chemicals in foods, basic food and drug regulations, standards for foods, food additives, etc.It was formed with...
(厚生省 Kōseishō).
Miyamoto graduated from Nihon University
Nihon University
Nihon University is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School in October 1889....
Medical College (日本大学医学部 Nihon Daigaku Igakubu) in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
in 1973 :ja:宮本政於. He subsequently spent a year in post-graduate training for pathology before moving to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
where he spent three years studying psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
and psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...
at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. Upon completion, he took the position of assistant professor at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
in 1980. In 1984, he accepted a position as assistant professor at New York Medical College
New York Medical College
New York Medical College, aka New York Med or NYMC, is a private graduate health sciences university based in Westchester County, New York, a suburb of New York City and a part of the New York Metropolitan Area...
. In 1986, he joined the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)
The ' is a cabinet level ministry of the Japanese government. It is commonly known as Kōrō-shō in Japan. This ministry provides regulations on maximum residue limits for agricultural chemicals in foods, basic food and drug regulations, standards for foods, food additives, etc.It was formed with...
as Deputy Director of the Mental Health Division.
In 1992, he began writing a series of articles critical of Japan's bureaucratic culture for the monthly magazine Gekkan Asahi. These were later published in the best-selling book Oyakusho no Okite ' or "Code of the Bureaucrats", which was later published in English under the title Straitjacket Societyhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/4770018487. Following the publication of his articles, he experienced a series of demotions and was finally fired by the Ministry in February 1995. After being fired, he published a second book in 1997 entitled Oyakusho no Seishinbunseki or Pschoanalyzing the Bureaucrats http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4062086387. This second book has not yet been translated into English.
He spent the remainder of his life giving lectures on Japanese society and the Japanese bureaucracy. Dr. Miyamoto died in Paris from colorectal cancer on July 18, 1999 :ja:宮本政於.