Mito Akiyoshi was born in Tokyo. She teaches at Senshu University, in the Humanities Department, the Sociology Program. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2004. Her dissertation entitled "Unmediating Community: The Non-Diffusion of the Internet in Japan, 1985-2002." explores economic, social, and cultural issues involved in the propagation of the Internet into Japanese society. She is currently working on a project on social network and mobile communication equipments.