native_name_lang predecessor birth_place office native_name birth_date term_start article_title name alma_mater
ja yoshiko shiotani yamaga , kumamoto , japan governor of kumamoto prefecture 蒲島 郁夫 28 january 1947 16 april 2008 ikuo kabashima
 ikuo kabashima university of tokyo university of nebraska -- lincoln
ikuo kabashima

ikuo kabashima received a bachelor 's and master 's degrees in animal science and agricultural economics from the university of nebraska .
he received a ph.d. from harvard university in 1979 .
kabashima was an associate professor at the institute of policy and planning sciences of the university of tsukuba from 1986 to 1991 .
he became a professor in 1991 and in 1996 was named dean of the graduate school of international political economy .
in 1997 he became a professor of law at the university of tokyo .
