Yoshikazu Sakamoto
Yoshikazu Sakamoto (坂本義和, Sakamoto Yoshikazu, September 16, 1927 – October 2, 2014) was a Japanese academic, writer, and professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo. Sakamoto, a leading proponent of pacifism during Japan's post-war period, has been credited as a pioneer of international political studies in the country.[1]
Yoshikazu Sakamoto
In 1966, Sakamoto won the Yoshino Sakuzo Prize for his opinion piece, "Proposals for Japanese diplomacy," which called for the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and the People's Republic of China.[1]
Sakamoto died at a hospital in Tokyo on October 2, 2014, at the age of 87.[1]
References
- "Yoshikazu Sakamoto, postwar pacifist thinker and scholar of international politics, dies at 87". The News-Press. 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
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