Daniel Okimoto

Daniel I. Okimoto (born 1942) is a Japanese-American academic and political scientist.[1]

Early life

Okimoto was born at the Santa Anita Assembly Center during the early stages of the World War II Internment of Japanese Americans. As an infant, he was sent along with his family to the Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona.[2]

Okimoto graduated cum laude from Princeton University in 1965; and his post-graduate studies at Harvard University earned a master's degree in 1967. He continued his studies at the University of Tokyo from 1968 through 1970. His Ph.D. in political sciences was conferred by the University of Michigan in 1975.[3]

Academic career

Okimoto is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University. He is also Director Emeritus and co-founder of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia/Pacific Research Center (APARC) at Stanford University.[1] Shorenstein APARC[4] is part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University.[5]

Selected works
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  • 1988 -- The Japan-American Security Alliance: Prospect for the Twenty-First Century. Stanford: Asia/Pacific Research Center, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University. OCLC 39677150[6]
  • 1984 -- Competitive Edge: the Semiconductor Industry in the U.S. and Japan with Takuo Sugano, Franklin B. Weinstein, M. Thérèse Flaherty. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1225-5; OCLC 10640450
  • 1971 -- American in Disguise. New York: Walker/Weatherhill. ISBN 978-0-8027-2438-0; OCLC 130056

Honors

Notes
  1. "Japan honors Norman Mineta, Daniel Okimoto," San Jose Business Journal. June 6, 2007.
  2. Naito, Yasuo (2017-12-29). "Okimoto on Life in America: Realizing Dreams That Eluded Our Issei Parents".
  3. "Okimoto CV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-19. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  4. Shorenstein APARC web site.
  5. FSI web site.
  6. Stanford University, Dept. of Political Science: Okimoto faculty bio Archived 2009-08-01 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. "Professor Daniel Okimoto receives Japanese foreign minister's commendation," Shorenstein APARC News. May 26, 2004.
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