Heita Kawakatsu

Heita Kawakatsu
川勝 平太
on August 31, 2014
Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture
Assumed office
7 July 2009
Preceded by Yoshinobu Ishikawa
Personal details
Born (1948-08-16) 16 August 1948
Osaka, Japan
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].

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/governor/index.html
  2. ↑ http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/governor/profile.html
  3. ↑ https://www.routledge.com/Re-inventing-Japan-Nation-Culture-Identity-Nation-Culture-Identity/Morris-Suzuki/p/book/9780765600820
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