Books & Long-form Projects

From research and public commentary to book-length arguments.

George Kujo develops evidence-based nonfiction from sustained research programs, public commentary, and primary-source investigation.

George Kujo is an independent researcher who turns primary-source investigation into book-length arguments about institutional accountability.

Nonfiction projects in development. Titles are working titles; these are not announced publications.

Featured Book Project

Opening the Hospital Sanctuary

Protecting Patient and Family Rights in Times of Emergency

病院という聖域をひらく

What institutional safeguards protect patient and family rights during emergencies? Hospital visitor restrictions, the exclusion of families, entrenched infection-control measures, and caesarean sections for pregnant women testing positive for COVID-19 provide a starting point for examining hospital discretion and patient rights. The argument supports infection control while requiring evidence, time limits, exceptions, reassessment procedures, and sunset clauses whenever patient or family rights are restricted. It asks how healthcare institutions can be governed and held accountable.

Patient rightsHospital governanceVisitor restrictionsFamily presenceEmergency powersProportionalitySunset mechanismsMedical ethicsInstitutional accountability

Related academic evidence

Journal of Medical Ethics ↗Visitor restrictions beyond the emergency phase: lessons from Japan for proportionality and sunset mechanisms
BMJ Medical Ethics Blog ↗A right that exists only as a billing rule is not yet a right
Visitor Restrictions & Medical Ethics →

Representative writing

A right that exists only as a billing rule is not yet a right ↗BMJ Medical Ethics Blog · English
Reassessing hospital visitor restrictions ↗Agora · Japanese
Why I keep questioning Japan’s pandemic response ↗note · Japanese

Book Project

Villager A Becomes a Researcher

Participating in research beyond the university in the AI era

村人A、研究者になる

An unaffiliated “Villager A” reads, writes, and submits papers, participates in post-publication review, and eventually receives an invitation to peer review. As AI changes the entry points to research, this project explores how far independent researchers can participate in academic life, through a personal account of the work, judgment, and responsibility involved in reading, writing, and checking research, alongside an examination of research institutions.

Independent researchPeer reviewPubPeerAcademic publishingAI-assisted researchResearch democratizationInstitutional barriers

Representative writing

Villager A is invited to peer review ↗note · Japanese
Publicly funded research, unpaid review, paid access ↗Agora · Japanese
From a reader’s doubts to post-publication review ↗note · Japanese

Developing Book Project

Why Institutions Fail to Correct Themselves

制度はなぜ間違いを直せないのか

Healthcare, infectious-disease policy, research systems, social security, aviation, and transport: across these fields, institutions can persist without correction even after drifting from their purpose. This developing project brings the same method of primary-source investigation to the gap between institutional promises and practice, drawing on statistics, institutional design, and incentives.

Institutional accountabilityPublic policyIncentivesPolicy correction

Representative writing

Why was the “80% reduction” target not corrected? ↗Agora · Japanese
Why ¥144 trillion in social security exceeds the general budget ↗Shares Café Online · Japanese
Why Mounjaro’s launch price rose, then fell by 25% ↗Shares Café Online / Yahoo! News distribution · Japanese
Are ANA miles a private currency? ↗Agora · Japanese

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