Yoshikazu Sakamoto
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Yoshikazu Sakamoto (坂本義和, Sakamoto Yoshikazu, September 16, 1927 – October 2, 2014) was a Japanese academic, writer, and professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo. Sakamoto, a leading proponent of pacifism during Japan's post-war period, has been credited as a pioneer of international political studies in the country.[1] In 1966, Sakamoto won the Yoshino Sakuzo Prize for his opinion piece, "Proposals for Japanese diplomacy," which called for the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and the People's Republic of China.[1] Sakamoto died at a hospital in Tokyo on October 2, 2014, at the age of 87.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Yoshikazu Sakamoto, postwar pacifist thinker and scholar of international politics, dies at 87". The News-Press. 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
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