Background
Kokubun, Makie was born on March 6, 1950 in Takizawa, Iwate, Japan. Son of Shoshiro and Taka Kokubun.
Kokubun, Makie was born on March 6, 1950 in Takizawa, Iwate, Japan. Son of Shoshiro and Taka Kokubun.
Bachelor, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, 1987.
Researcher Tohoku Agricultural Experimental Station, Morioka, 1973—1988. Research coordinator Ministry Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo, 1988—1990. Research laboratory head Agriculture Research Center, Tsukuba, Japan, 1990—1996.
Research coordinator Japan International Research Center Agricultural Sciences, 1996—2000. Professor Tohoku University, since 2000, director department agricultural science, since 2005. Editor-in-chief Crop Science Society Japan, Tokyo, 2000—2003, president, 2006—2008.
Member of Crop Science Society of America, Crop Science Society Japan.
Married Yuriko Fukuda, December 13, 1948. Children: Kenei, Lie, Makiya.