Is a journalist close to the infiltration interview in the Amazon warehouse working?"Because all Japanese media are good," Masuo Yokota, who challenged Amazon this time, recommends young people to "infiltrate"

On September 17, 2019, the "Infiltration Report Amazon Empire" (Shogakukan), which summarizes the results, will be released.Mr. Yokota emphasized that "the information obtained in the infiltration interview cannot be obtained from the front interview."He heard the significance of the infiltration coverage.

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"If the other party is open, you don't have to do an infiltration interview."

――I think that the infiltration interview with Amazon is the starting point for Mr. Yokota, but how about?

――I've been in the infiltration interview all the time, but this was the first response, so let's try it?

――When you start an infiltration coverage, what are the fears of being sued?

In this infiltration interview, Yokota took notes and records every day.

――When you collect materials for the interview, what other things you were aware of or devised?

At the work site, there are "trainers", "leaders" and "supervisors" at the bottom part -time job.Everyone is a part -time job.

――When you actually work for two weeks on site, what is the characteristic of a part -time job?

In the book, there is a description that there is a poster in the private room of the men's toilet, "Please do not flow diapers."

In the distribution center of Odakyu, four years after opening, five part -time jobs have died during work.Yokota talks to the bereaved family.

――I feel that by doing infiltration interviews, you can see what kind of people are working part -time for the first time.

In the UK, BBC and Guardian infiltrate Amazon

In this book, Mr. Yokota talked to the British and French journalists who had infiltrated Amazon and summarized the contents.In the United Kingdom, BBC, Guardian, and Financial Times have been infiltrating.

――I've been talking to an overseas journalist. Did you find something like a hint for coverage?

"Japanese media are all behaved."

――I felt the “power” side, in this case, I felt the attitude of interviewing the Amazon side.What is the difference in infiltration coverage with overseas?

Mr. Yokota cited the "Automobile Despair Factory" (1973) by Kei Kamata (1973) by Reporter Kei Kamata as an example of a view of Japan's "infiltration coverage."In this work, which is known as a pioneer in infiltration, Mr. Kamata summarizes the experience of working as a Toyota period worker.The Lopo was nominated for the "Oya Souichi Prize" but did not win.Former Asahi Shimbun reporter Katsuichi Honda, a former Asahi Shimbun reporter Katsuichi Honda, has criticized the selection committee in the book of the Kodansha paperback edition (1983).

Honda said, "I read in a magazine why the selection committee did not choose this report."He wrote in "The Oya Souichi as a farce drama" (included in Honda's "Poor spirit, the second collection"), saying, "Anyway, the way of interviewing is not fair" or "for the purpose of reporting."If you know that it is infiltration of the factory, it will be a bit of a criticism. "He quoted a part from his own sentence at the time.This is the sentence.

The infiltration interview is "I want you to be a young person."