Toshikuni Doi, born in 1953, is a Japanese independent journalist. He has published numerous articles in many first-class journals and has made scores of documentary films for news programs. He also has thirteen books published in Japan.
Since 1985, he has visited the occupied territories many times and almost lived there for months, extensively reporting from Palestinian villages and refugee camps. Spring 2009, he completed film series, "Unheard voice – Palestine, Occupation and People," "based on his 17 years coverage in Palestine and Israel. The final part of the series, "Breaking the Silence," won three film awards, including the Waseda Journalism Award in Memory of Ishibashi Tanzan for public contribution, in Japan.
He also has covered Asia, notably atomic bomb victims in Korea who were in Hiroshima or Nagasaki in 1945, Korean women who were forced to become sex workers/slaves by the Japanese army, and street children in Thailand and Vietnam. His coverage of the Japanese government's refugee policy has been much praised. Since April 2003, he has visited Iraq under occupation four times, focusing on civilian victims of war, women's rights and prisoners' mistreatment, or torture. His documentary film, "Fallujah in April 2004," was shown in Europe and the US including the Milano Film Festival.
He has also traveled extensively in the U.S.A.
Publications
Documentary films
- "Breaking the Silence" (2009)
- "Fallujah in April 2004" (2004)
Breaking the Silence
In the spring of 2002, the Israeli army surrounded and attacked the Balata refugee camp. The camera follows residents living in a state of terror and records their lives and feelings. The desperate situation in the Jenin refugee camp after the death and destruction of Israel's violent attack is also depicted, conveying the reality of "occupation." Meanwhile, former Israeli officers and soldiers in a group called Breaking the Silence testify to the numbing of their sense of morality and ethics during service in the occupied territories, and the dread they feel over the loss of their humanity. They speak out from concern that the moral foundations of Israeli society and the state are at risk. The soldiers' testimony and the ambivalence of their families reveal the deep shadows that the occupation has cast on Israeli society.
more infomation: "Breaking the Silence"
Fallujah in April 2004
Books
- "Occupation and People - Palestine"
(Banseisya, 1988) - "The Jews in the USA"
(Iwanami shoten, 1989) - "The Palestinians in the USA"
(Suzusawa shoten, 1989) - "Anti-war Song - Shintani Noriko"
(Peoplesha, 1992) - "To be Blaze - the Youth Who Opened New South Korea"
(San-ichi shobo, 1993) - "Peace Agreement and Palestine"
(Asahi Sinbunsha, 1995) - "Palestine, Stories of People from Jenin"
(Iwanami shoten, 2003) - "Report from the Field: Voice of Palestinian and Israeli"
(Iwanami shoten, 2004) - "What US Army Did in Iraq"
(Iwanami shoten, 2004) - "Views of 13 Photo-journalists" cowritten
(Shueisha, 2005) - "How Palestine Will Become" ed.
(Iwanami shoten, 2007) - "Breaking the Silence - Israeli Veterans Telling 'Occupation'"
(Iwanami shoten, 2008) - "Continuous Tragedy in Gaza - Remaining Scars in Palestinian and Israeli Societies"
(Iwanami shoten, 2009)