Muto, Ichiyo, born in 1931 in Tokyo, is a writer on political and social affairs, and activist engaged in the anti-war movement, international solidarity movement, and other social movements since the 1950s. Active in the anti-Vietnam war Beheiren movement (1965-74) and founded English magazine AMPO in 1969. Founded Pacific-Asia Resource Center in 1973. Played a leading role in organizing the People’s Plan 21 major events in Japan (1989), Thailand (1992), and South Asia (1996). Founded the People’s Plan Study Group (PPSG) based in Tokyo in 1998 serving as its co-president till 2007. Co-editor of PPSG’s English journal, Japonesia Review. Taught at the sociology department of the State University of New York at Binghamton from 1983 through 2000. Author of many books in Japanese including Critique of the Dominant Structure (1970), Base and Culture (1975), Unmasking the Japanese State (1984), Reinstating Political Thought (1988), Visions and Realities (1998), and Problematizing the Postwar Japanese State (1999), Empire vs. People’s Alliance (2003), “American Empire and Disintegration of the Postwar Japanese State” (2006). Has written numerous articles in English for AMPO, Japonesia Review, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Multitudes, and other international journals.