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) has been the governor of Shizuoka Prefecture[1] since 2009 and is currently serving his fourth term.
Education
He completed his D.Phil. at
Career
A former economic historian, Kawakatsu was a professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto from 1998 to 2007.[4] Kawakatsu's research on "civilization theory" has been critiqued by historians such as Tessa Morris-Suzuki.[5] Kawakatsu has written numerous books in the Nihonjinron genre of Japanese cultural studies.[citation needed]
He is opposed to the plan of Tokyo-Nagoya MagLev route[6] in terms of ecological system and water supply, which resulted in numerous condemnations and complaints, after the route was forced to postpone it's completion.[7]
Gaffes and resignation
Kawakatsu has made several gaffes during his governorship. In 2021, the Shizuoka prefectural assembly advised him to resign after he said that the city of
Other gaffes that he made during his governorship included publicly insulting then-prime minister Yoshihide Suga as "undereducated" during a press conference on 7 October 2020 after the government refused to enlist six people endorsed by the Science Council of Japan.[17][18] and traveling to Karuizawa, Nagano despite the prefectural government's advise against travelling during the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2020.[19]
References
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- ^ 共同通信 (2024-03-13). "静岡知事、磐田は浜松より文化的 「市民の共通認識」と撤回せず | 共同通信". 共同通信 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ "Shizuoka governor to resign after gaffe insulting vegetable sellers". Kyodo News. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Shizuoka gov. to quit as maglev plan delayed, not to retract comments". Kyodo News. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
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- ^ "Shizuoka governor quits after disparaging comments about farmers". Kyodo News. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "学者の静岡県知事、菅総理を痛烈に批判「教養レベルが露見した」 日本学術会議問題で". LOOK 静岡朝日テレビ (in Japanese). 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ "菅首相への「教養のレベル露見」発言で注目 静岡県の川勝知事が会見で語ったこと". J-CAST ニュース (in Japanese). 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ "静岡県知事が年末年始に帰省 県民には自粛要請中". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2024-04-09.