About Yoshiko Miwa

A freelance journalist in a wheelchair, who has been covering science, technology, and social issues (especially poverty and social security) in Japanese for Japanese readers. Received B.S and M.S in physics from Tokyo University of Science, and Ph.D. in sociology from Ritsumeikan University on a series of studies on social security policymaking in Japan. The current interest is the difficulty of recovering from disasters in Japan compared with other developed countries.