Heita Kawakatsu
Heita Kawakatsu | |
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川勝 平太 | |
![]() on August 31, 2014 | |
Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture | |
Assumed office 7 July 2009 | |
Preceded by | Yoshinobu Ishikawa |
Personal details | |
Born | Osaka, Japan | 16 August 1948
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Waseda University University of Oxford |
Heita Kawakatsu (川勝 平太, Kawakatsu Heita, born 16 August 1948) is the current governor of Shizuoka Prefecture.[1] Born in 1948, he has been governor since 2009.[2] A former economic historian, Kawakatsu was a professor at the controversial International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto from 1998 to 2007. Kawakatsu's research on "civilization theory" has been critiqued by historians such as Tessa Morris-Suzuki.[3] Kawakatsu has written numerous books in the Nihonjinron genre of Japanese cultural studies.
References[]
- ^ "静岡県/ようこそ知事室へ". www.pref.shizuoka.jp. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ "静岡県/プロフィール【ようこそ知事室へ】". www.pref.shizuoka.jp. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ "Re-inventing Japan: Nation, Culture, Identity". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
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