Daniel Okimoto Explained

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 as part of the enforcement of Executive Order 9066.^[2]

A roommate and friend of Bill Bradley at Princeton University,^[3] Okimoto graduated cum laude in 1965, and his postgraduate 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.^[4]

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^[5] is part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University.^[6]

Selected works

• 1988 -- The Japan-American Security Alliance: Prospect for the Twenty-First Century. Stanford: Asia/Pacific Research Center, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University. ^[7]
• 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. ; OCLC 10640450
• 1971 -- American in Disguise. New York: Walker/Weatherhill. ;

Honors

• Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, 2007.^[8]
• Prime Minister's Commendation, 2004.^[9]

References

• Okimoto, Daniel I. (1971). American in Disguise. New York: Walker/Weatherhill. ;

External links

• Web site: Naito . Yasuo . Interview with Stanford's Dr. Okimoto: Japan Has to Ride Waves of Tech Transformation . 2017-12-26.
• Web site: Naito . Yasuo . Okimoto on Life in America: Realizing Dreams That Eluded Our Issei Parents . 2017-12-29.
• Web site: Naito . Yasuo . From Internment Camp to Princeton to Stanford: Okimoto's American Journey . 2017-12-30.

Notes and References

1. http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2007/06/04/daily37.html "Japan honors Norman Mineta, Daniel Okimoto,"
2. Web site: Naito . Yasuo . Okimoto on Life in America: Realizing Dreams That Eluded Our Issei Parents . 2017-12-29.
3. News: Gellman . Barton . Russakoff . Dale . December 13, 1999 . At Princeton, Bradley Met Impossible Demands . The Washington Post . A1.
4. Web site: Okimoto CV. . 2009-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100719082039/http://polisci.stanford.edu/faculty/cv/okimoto.pdf . 2010-07-19 . dead .
5. http://aparc.stanford.edu/ Shorenstein APARC web site
6. http://fsi.stanford.edu/ FSI web site
7. Stanford University, Dept. of Political Science: Okimoto faculty bio .
8. Web site: Daniel L. Okimoto: SCJS '63. 2021-12-05.
9. http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/professor_daniel_okimoto_receives_japanese_foreign_ministers_commendation_20040526/ "Professor Daniel Okimoto receives Japanese foreign minister's commendation,"