Masaru Ogawa

Background

Ogawa, Masaru was born in 1915 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Kenji Ogawa and Mine Fuijioka.

Education

Student, University of California at Los Angeles. Student, Tokyo Imperial College. Student, Columbia University.

Doctor of Letters, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, 1979.

Career

With Domei News Agency, 1941-1946, Kyodo News Service 1946-1948, The Japan Times, since 1948, Chief political section, 1949, assistant managing editor, 1950, chief editor, 1952, managing editor, 1958-1964, director, 1959-1977, executive editor, 1964-1968, senior editor, 1968-1971, chief editorial writer, 1969-1971, editor, 1971-1977, advisor, since 1977. Chairman of the Board Asia-Pacific Magazine, Manila, 1981-1985. Lecturer Tokyo U., 1954-1958.

Member Yoshida International Education Foundation, since 1968, executive director, since 1972. Member Japan Broadcasting Company overseas program consultative council, 1974-1984. Director International Motion Picture Company, 1970, American Studies Foundation, since 1980, Yoshida Shigeru Memorial Foundation, since 1980.

President Pacific News Agency, since 1973.

Membership

Member of American-Japan Society (executive director since 1980), International Press Institute, Japan Editors & Publications Association, Hong Kong (editorial board member 1974), Media Magazine, Pacific News Agency (president since 1973), Yoshida Shigeru Memorial Foundation, American Studies Foundation (director since 1980), International Motion Picture Company 1970, Club of Japan (foreign correspondent), Tokyo Club (life), American Club Tokyo., Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Reading, sports.

Connections

Married Ayame Fukuhara Ogawa, 1942. 3 children.

Father:

Kenji Ogawa

Mother:

Mine Fuijioka

Spouse:

Ayame Fukuhara Ogawa