Hideo Aoki Author & Editor

Hideo Aoki is Director-general of Institute of Social Theory and Dynamics. He has published many articles on bottom workers and homelessness in Japan, including Japan's Underclass: Day Laborers and the Homeless.

Tomonori Ishioka is professor of sociology at Nihon University. His scholarly articles have appeared in journals of sociology, social research, and urban and cultural studies. His book Everyday Life of Underdog Filipino Boxers won an award in 2013 from the Japan Sociological Society.