Heita Kawakatsu
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Heita Kawakatsu | |
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川勝 平太 | |
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].