Background
Junichi Yoda was born on 25 June, 1905 in Setaka (now Miyama), Fukuoka, Japan. He was the second son of Yotaro Asayama and Sue, and was adopted as the heir of the Yodas, relatives of the Asayamas.
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Junichi Yoda was born on 25 June, 1905 in Setaka (now Miyama), Fukuoka, Japan. He was the second son of Yotaro Asayama and Sue, and was adopted as the heir of the Yodas, relatives of the Asayamas.
While teaching at elementary schools in Chikugo, Yoda studied under Kitahara Hakushu.
Junichi Yoda went to Tokyo and became an editor of Akai Tori (Red Bird), an influential children's literature magazine which Miekichi Suzuki published and where Nankichi Niimi was active at that time. In 1929, Yoda published his first book for children, Flag, Bee, and Cloud. From 1950 to 1960 Junichi Yoda gave lectures on children's literature at Japan Women's University. In 1962 he became the chairman of the Japanese Association of Writers for Children.
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