As of April 8, 1996
Photo-journalist
Member of Japan Professional Photographer Society
Date of Birth : 03, March,1963
Place of Birth : Tokyo ,Japan
Tertiary Education: Hosei University (Tokyo), BA (Social Science)
Work Experience: Freelance Photo-Journalist 7 years
Photographic Career
Toshio Kohsaka has been taking documentary photos since age of 27. He has contributed photo-essays many times to Japanese magazines and newspapers. He has contracted with Asia Press international for 2 years and with APF News for 1 year. Now he is a self-employed freelance photo-journalist. He has been covering many stories in foreign countries. In Japan he has focused his eyes on the homeless people and the foreign migrant workers since 1990. His efforts focused on the homeless people in Nagoya, Japan were rewarded with his first photograph book, Four Seasons in Sasajima, Nagoya,published Fukushinkan in 1995. His photo-journalistic career profile is as follows;
Period Subject Matter
1989 Bangladesh, Philippines (migrant workers)
1990 Soviet Russia , Estonia Baltic country
1990 Vietnam (20 years after Agent Orange Operation by US.Army)
1990 Thailand (Thailand -Burma Railway)
1991 After Soviet in Estonia
1991,92 Philippines(migrant workers,NGO)
1993 Palestine
1994 South Africa
1994 Estonia
1995 North Korea
1995 England
My Publishing Credits
Asahi Graph (A weekly Photography magazine published by Asahi
Newspaper)
Homeless People in Nagoya
Palestine
South Africa
North Korea
Rock concert at Glastonbury in England
AERA (A weekly magazine published by Asahi Newspaper)
Homeless people in Nagoya,Japan
Foreign migrant workers in Japan
Post (A weekly magazine published by Shogakkan)
Vietnam , 20 years after Agent Orange Operation by
US.Army
Sekai (A monthly magazine published by Iwanami Shoten)
Vietnam ,20 years after Agent Orange Operation by
US.Army
Homeless people in Nagoya,Japan
Thailand-Burma Railway after ww２
PLAYBOY ( A weekly magazine published by Shueisha)
The Baltic countries in Soviet time
Palestine ,September 1993 After the Agreement
Philippine Pollution problem
Homeless people in Nagoya,Japan
Shutdown of a iron ore mining operation in Japan
Friday (A weekly Photo-news magazine published by
Kodansha)
Malaysia's Trans-Peninsula International Off-Road
Championship
Children among the conflicts in South Africa
Jiji (A weekly magazine published by Jiji Press)
The Baltic countries in Soviet time
Portraits of singers ,actors and actress
PENTHOUSE ( Japanese Edition:published by Bunkasha )
Pastor who were Yakuza, Japanese mafia
Ashita ( A monthly magazine published by Gyosei Shuppan)
Agriculture, daily farming, fishery in Japan
Okinawa , 50 years after ww2
FROM A ( A weekly magazine published by Recruit)
The Baltic countries in Soviet time
PARCO CD Jacket for African Jazz
Saga Newspaper
SouthAfrica
JapanTimes Newspaper
Against Apartheid
Chunichi Newspaper
Homeless people in Nagoya,Japan
Hoso-Bunka (A monthly magazine published by NHK Shuppan)
Portraits of singers ,actors and actress
AN (A weekly magazine published by Gakusei-engokai)
Feature Pages titled Adventure Story (30times)
Southeast Asia countries
Baltic country
TV
Tokai Television
Filming in Estonia
Asahi News Star Television
Filming in Estonia
Filming in Palestine
Filming in homeless people in Nagoya
