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My first name is Sachie (phonetically Satchié). "Sachi" means happiness in Japanese. "Sachi means truth in our language," says my Pakistani friend. French people pronounce my name like ... il faut que vous "sachiez" (to know). Indeed, I'm curious. "Oh, brother! Sachi means râleuse" - a complainer - in French, another friend says. I may be one of them sometimes and wish to be another. "Getting Sachie" mainly means "understanding" myself.

I am an Asian, capability theorist, eResearch supporter, sociologist, translator, mixture of three cultures (Japan, EU, US), citizen of polyglot Luxembourg, feminist, jogger, open source believer, woman, etc.

I am also a co-founder of social-issues.org (Luxembourg-based), a collaborative online community platform for social scientific research, through which I promote eSocial Sciences and collective modeling of social phenomena such as capability expansion, inequalities, and well-being.

Recent publications / scholarly work

Mizohata, Sachie. 2018. “Introduction and Translation.” “Inequality and Precarity in Japan: The Sorry Achievements of Abenomics.” by Inoue Shin. The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus 16 (6). <https://apjjf.org/2018/6/INOUE.html>.

Mizohata, Sachie. 2016. “Nippon Kaigi: Empire, Contradiction, and Japan’s Future.” The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus Volume 14, Issue 21, Number 2. <https://apjjf.org/2016/21/Mizohata.html>.

Mizohata, Sachie. 2016. “Introduction and Japanese Translation: Disability and Justice (speech made at the World Bank in 2004).” by Amartya Sen. アマルティア・セン「障害と正義」<http://social-issues.org/community/アマルティア・セン%E3%80%80「障害と正義」世界銀行における基調講演%20%20(和訳掲載)/>. For translation, permission was obtained on December 5, 2016

Mizohata, Sachie. 2016. “How the Advertising Giant Dentsu Dominates Japanese Media Presentation on Nuclear Power? Introduction and Translation.” “Does the advertising giant Dentsu pull the strings of the Japanese media?” by Mathieu Gaulène. The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, Volume 14, Issue 11, Number 5. <https://apjjf.org/2016/11/Gaulene.html>.

Mizohata, Sachie. 2014. “Introduction and Japanese Translation: A Wish a Day for a Week” by Amartya Sen. アマルティア・セン「一週間の一日一願」<http://social-issues.org/community/a-Wish-a-Day-for-a-Week>. For translation, permission was obtained on December 19, 2014

Mizohata, Sachie. 2013. “The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Its Critics: An Introduction and a Petition.” The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus Volume 11, Issue 36, Number 3. <https://apjjf.org/2013/11/36/Sachie-MIZOHATA/3996/article.html>.

Mizohata, Sachie and Raynald Jadoul. 2013. “Towards International and Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration for the Measurement of Quality of Life.” Social Indicators Research 111(3): 683–708.

Mizohata, Sachie. 2011. “Amartya Sen's Capability Approach, Democratic Governance and Japan’s Fukushima Disaster.” The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus Volume 9, Issue 39, Number 4. <https://apjjf.org/2011/9/39/Sachie-MIZOHATA/3648/article.html>.

David, Andrew, Martin Dusinberre, Neil Evans, Peter Matanle, and Sachie Mizohata. 2011. “Introducing Japan's Shrinking Regions.” Pp. 17–38 in Japan's Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century, edited by Peter Matanle and Anthony Rausch with the Shrinking Regions Research Group. New York: Cambria.

David, Andrew, Peter Matanle, and Sachie Mizohata. 2011. “The Historical Arc of Regional Shrinkage in Japan.” Pp. 83–132 in Japan's Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century, edited by Peter Matanle and Anthony Rausch with the Shrinking Regions Research Group. New York: Cambria.

Irving, Richard, Sachie Mizohata, Naofumi Nakamura, and Philip Seaton. 2011. “Geographical Peripherality and Industrial Transformation in Japan's Shrinking Regions.” Pp. 181–227 in Japan's Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century, edited by Peter Matanle and Anthony Rausch with the Shrinking Regions Research Group. New York: Cambria.

Feldhoff, Thomas, Sachie Mizohata, and Philip Seaton. 2011. “Redeveloping Japan’s Regions.” Pp. 231–269 in Japan's Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century, edited by Peter Matanle and Anthony Rausch with the Shrinking Regions Research Group. New York: Cambria.

Jadoul, Raynald and Sachie Mizohata. 2007. “Development of a Platform Dedicated to Collaboration in the Social Sciences.” in Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age, edited by Kinshuk, Demetrios G Sampson, J. Michael Spector and Pedro Isaías. Algarve, Portugal: IADIS.

Jadoul, Raynald and Sachie Mizohata. 2006. “PRECODEM, An Example of TAO in service of Employment.” in Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age, edited by Kinshuk, Demetrios G Sampson, J. Michael Spector & Pedro Isaías. Barcelona, Spain: IADIS.

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Paris (Descartes), Sociology (with highest honors)
  • A.M. University of Chicago, Social Service Administration
  • M.A. Loyola University of Chicago, Sociology

Languages

  • Japanese, 
  • English, 
  • French, Luxembourgish (B1 advanced user), Spanish (A2).

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