Writer

Satō Daisuke

Journalist. Born in Hokkaidō in 1972. After graduating from Meiji Gakuin University, went to work for the Mainichi Newspapers and then Kyōdō News, where he began work in 2002. From 2000 through the end of 2011 was the company’s Seoul correspondent; went abroad again in 2016–20 as the correspondent in New Delhi. Since 2021 has served as a senior writer and member of the editorial board. Author of books including Rupo shikei (Reporting on the Death Penalty), 13 oku nin no toire: Shita kara mita keizai taikoku Indo (Toilets for 1.3 Billion People: A Look from Below at India, the Economic Giant), and Ōdishon shakai: Kankoku (Korea, the Audition Nation).

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last updated at : Apr 25, 2025