An Introduction to Japanese Society

Author

• Yoshio Sugimoto, La Trobe University, Victoria

  Yoshio Sugimoto is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. He grew up in Kyoto, Japan, and graduated from Kyoto University in 1964. He spent three years working as a staff writer for The Mainichi Shimbun, Japan's major daily newspaper. Inspired to explore further, he pursued postgraduate studies in the United States, earning his PhD in Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1973. That same year, he relocated to Australia, where he dedicated over three decades to teaching and research at La Trobe University. Professor Sugimoto played a pivotal role in establishing the Japanese Studies Centre at Monash University and served as its inaugural Director. His distinguished contributions have been recognized through his fellowship with the Australian Academy of the Humanities since 1988, as well as awards including the Commonwealth of Australia Centenary Medal in 2001 and the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, in 2022.