Background
Higashi, Ken was born on May 27, 1934 in Sakai-shi, Osaka, Japan. Son of Hisataro and Yoshiko (Motohashi) Higashi.
Higashi, Ken was born on May 27, 1934 in Sakai-shi, Osaka, Japan. Son of Hisataro and Yoshiko (Motohashi) Higashi.
Doctor of Medicine, Osaka University, 1959. Division of Medical Sciences, Osaka University, 1964.
Research associate, Baylor University College Medicine, Houston, 1964-1966; research associate, Osaka U. Medical School, Japan, 1966-1977; lecturer, Osaka U. Medical School, 1977-1978; professor biochemistry, U. Occupational and Environmental Health School Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan, since 1978.
Member Biochemical Society Japan (council), Cancer Association Japan (council), Molecular Biology Society Japan, Environmental Mutagen Society Japan.
Married Ikuko Kawasaki, April 21, 1962. Children: Shin, Sen.