Yoneji Masuda

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Yoneji Masuda
Occupation	Sociologist

Yoneji Masuda (増田米治, Masuda Yoneji, 1905–1995) was a Japanese sociologist whose early ideas on information and communication helped him become known as the "Father of the Information Society". His professional and academic activity played a crucial role in the strategic definition of a model for Japanese technological society, and he was one of the pioneers in conceptualizing the idea of information society.