Daniel Iwao Okimoto (born 1942) is a

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academic and

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

. "Japan honors Norman Mineta, Daniel Okimoto,"
''San Jose Business Journal.'' June 6, 2007.

Early life

Okimoto was born at the Santa Anita Assembly Center during the early stages of the World War II

Internment of Japanese Americans United States home front during World War II, During World War II, the United States forcibly relocated and Internment, incarcerated about 120,000 people of Japanese Americans, Japanese descent in ten #Terminology debate, concentration camps opera ...

. As an infant, he was sent along with his family to the

Poston War Relocation Center The Poston Internment Camp, located in Yuma County (now in La Paz County) in southwestern Arizona, was the largest (in terms of area) of the 10 American concentration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority during World War II. The sit ...

in Arizona as part of the enforcement of

Executive Order 9066 Executive Order 9066 was a President of the United States, United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. "This order authorized the fo ...

. A roommate and friend of

Bill Bradley William Warren Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American politician and former professional basketball player. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was a United States Senate, United States senator from New ...

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

, Okimoto graduated cum laude in 1965, and his postgraduate studies at

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

earned a master's degree in 1967. He continued his studies at the

University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...

from 1968 through 1970. His Ph.D. in political sciences was conferred by the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

in 1975.

Academic career

Okimoto is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

. He is also Director Emeritus and co-founder of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia/Pacific Research Center ( APARC) at Stanford University. Shorenstein APARC is part of the

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Stanford University has many centers and institutes dedicated to the study of various specific topics. These centers and institutes may be within a department, within a school but across departments, an independent laboratory, institute or center ...

(FSI) at

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. Stanford University, Dept. of Political Science
Okimoto faculty bio
. * 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 Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University. It is one of the oldest academic presses in the United States and the first university press to be established on the West Coast. It is currently a member of the Ass ...

.
OCLC 10640450
* 1971 -- ''American in Disguise.'' New York: Walker/Weatherhill. ;

Honors

* Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, 2007. * Prime Minister's Commendation, 2004. "Professor Daniel Okimoto receives Japanese foreign minister's commendation,"
''Shorenstein APARC News.'' May 26, 2004.

Notes

References

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

External links

* * * 1942 births Living people Princeton University alumni Harvard University alumni American political scientists University of Michigan alumni Stanford University Department of Political Science faculty Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class American academics of Japanese descent American writers of Japanese descent Japanese-American internees University of Tokyo alumni {{AsianAmerican-stub