Kawatō Akio

Former deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of Japan in Moscow and Japanese Ambassador to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Author of the “Japan and World Trends” website. Born in 1947. Graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1970 and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Later studied at Harvard University and Moscow State University. Has been a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo, Waseda University, and Moscow State University and senior fellow at the Tokyo Foundation. His works include Land of Legend . . . Land of Dreams, a novel depicting the fate of a liberal-minded Russian journalist turned singer-songwriter against the background of the Soviet Union's fall. It was first published in Russian in 2001.

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Apr 22, 2014