Heita Kawakatsu (川勝 平太, Kawakatsu Heita, born 16 August 1948) is the current governor of Shizuoka Prefecture. Born in 1948, he has been governor since 2009. 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. Kawakatsu has written numerous books in the Nihonjinron genre of Japanese cultural nationalism.
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16 August 1948 (age 76) Osaka, Japan
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Zodiac | Leo |
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