Heita Kawakatsu
Heita Kawakatsu (川勝 平太, Kawakatsu Heita, born 16 August 1948) has been the governor of Shizuoka Prefecture[1] since 2009 and is currently serving his fourth term. He completed his D.Phil. at Wolfson College, Oxford, under Professor Peter Mathias and was Professor of Economics History at Waseda University, Tokyo. He was also Professor of Economics History and Vice Director of the International Research Centre for Japanese Studies in Kyoto and President at Shizuoka University of Arts and culture.[2] He is co-editor of many studies including Intra-Asian Trade and Industrialization and The Evolving Structure of the East Asian Economic System since 1700, both published by Routledge.[3]
Heita Kawakatsu | |
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川勝 平太 | |
 Official portrait | |
| Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Yoshinobu Ishikawa |
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| Born | 16 August 1948 Osaka, Japan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Waseda University University of Oxford |
He is opposed to the plan of Tokyo-Nagoya MagLev route[4] in terms of ecological system and water supply.
Career
A former economic historian, Kawakatsu was a professor at the 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.[5] 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.
- "Japanese Industrialization and the Asian Economy". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- "Japan maglev critic reelected in Shizuoka, claiming green mandate". Nikkei Asia. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- "Re-inventing Japan: Nation, Culture, Identity". Routledge & CRC Press. pp. 145–149. Retrieved 2021-06-20.