is a Japanese

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and author. He has been a professor of law at

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

since 1999; Association of Pacific Rim Universities Agawa Naoyuki, bio notes
/ref> and since 2009, he has served as the university's vice president for International Collaboration and Education.Keio University

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Early life

Naoyuki was born in

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in 1951. He is the son of the novelist and historian

Hiroyuki Agawa (December 24, 1920 – August 3, 2015) was a Japanese people, Japanese author. He was known for his fiction centered on World War II, as well as his biographies and essays. Literary career Agawa was born in Hiroshima, Japan. As a high school ...

. His younger sister is the writer and Japanese television personality

Sawako Agawa is a Japanese author and television personality. Early life Sawako Agawa was born in Tokyo on 1 November 1953. Her father is the novelist Hiroyuki Agawa; and her elder brother Naoyuki Agawa is also a writer. Naoyuki is a former diplomat who, ...

. Naoyuki undergraduate education began at Keio University; but in 1975, he transferred in 1975 to

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in Washington, DC. He graduated magna cum laude in 1977 from the School of Foreign Service. He returned to Japan after earning his B.S.F.S.; but he would return to Georgetown, earning a J.D. degree in 1984.

Career

In 1977, Naoyuki joined the Sony Corporation, working in Tokyo on matters relating to international trade and copyright law. After earning a law degree, he practiced law—initially with the firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington and Tokyo (1987–1995) and then with Nishimura & Partners in Tokyo (1995–1999). In 1999, Naoyuki joined the Keio University faculty. He taught American constitutional law and history. From 2002 through 2005, he served as Minister for Public Affairs at the Embassy of Japan in Washington. Naoyuki returned to Keio in April 2005. He was elected Dean of the Faculty of Policy Management between June 2007 and June 2009. He became vice-president in charge of international affairs at Keio in July 2009. After leaving the position of Vice-President he took up a position as professor of constitutional law at Doshisha University in Kyoto.

Select works

Naoyuki Agawa's published writings encompass 8 works in 31 publications in 1 language and 168 library holdings. WorldCat Identities 阿川尚之 1951-
/ref> * 2003 — それでも私は親米を貫 * 2002 — 対論日本とアメリカ * 2001 — 海の友情: 米国海軍と海上自衛隊 * 2001 — ジョン万次郎とその時代 * 1998 — わが英語今も旅の途中 * 1998 — アメリカが見つかりましたか: 戦前篇 * 1997 — 変わらぬアメリカを探して * 1993 — アメリカが嫌いですか

Honors

Agawa was distinguished in 2005 as the recipient of the Yomiuri-Yoshino Sakuzo Award.

Notes

External links

* Library of Congress webcast
Highlights of Japan-US relationship (2007)
with Norman Mineta,

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, Naoyuki Agawa, Michael Auslin Japanese writers Living people 1951 births Keio University alumni Keio University faculty Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni Sony people People from Tokyo Scholars of constitutional law American lawyers Georgetown University Law Center alumni People associated with Gibson Dunn {{Japan-academic-bio-stub