Shimoyama Shigeru

Works at Tokyo Camii and Turkish Culture Center. Born in Okayama Prefecture in 1949. Enrolled in Waseda University in 1969. As an undergraduate he spent a year traveling through villages in Sudan with a university research group. After returning to Japan he became involved in the establishment of the Islamic Center Japan. As a journalist, has covered the Hajj in Saudi Arabia and the separatist activities in the Philippines by the Moro National Liberation Front. Has edited and published numerous works, including the journal Assalam and a series of books introducing facets of Islam to Japanese readers.