Background
Agawa, Naoyuki was born on April 14, 1951 in Tokyo. Son of Hiroyuki and Miyo (Masuda) Agawa.
阿川 尚之
Agawa, Naoyuki was born on April 14, 1951 in Tokyo. Son of Hiroyuki and Miyo (Masuda) Agawa.
Georgetown University (Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service, magna cum laude, 1977. Juris Doctor, 1984). (Washington, District of Columbia and Tokyo, Japan Offices).
He has been a professor of law at Keio University since 1999. And since 2009, he has served as the university"s Vice President for International Collaboration and Education. He is the son novelist and historian Hiroyuki Agawa.
Naoyuki undergraduate education began at Keio University.
But in 1975, he transferred in 1975 to Georgetown University in Washington, District of Columbia. He returned to Japan after earning his Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service. But he would return to Georgetown, earning a law degree in 1984.
In 1977, Naoyuki joined the Sony Corporation, working in Tokyo on matters relating to international trade and copyright law. After earning a law degree, he practiced law—initially with the firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington and Tokyo (1987–1995) and then with Nishimura & Partners in Tokyo (1995–1999). In 1999, Naoyuki joined the Keio University faculty.
He taught American constitutional law and history.
From 2002 through 2005, he served as Minister for Public Affairs at the Embassy of Japan in Washington. Naoyuki returned to Keio in April 2005.
He was elected Dean of the Faculty of Policy Management between June 2007 and June 2009. He became Vice-President in charge of international affairs at Keio in July 2009.
Select works.
Member American Bar Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Yoko Katsuta, October 10, 1979. Children: Dai, Jiro.