Background
Oikawa, Shin was born on January 1, 1924 in Kanan-cho, Miyagi, Japan. Son of Katsuji and Kimiko (Horigome) Oikawa.
Oikawa, Shin was born on January 1, 1924 in Kanan-cho, Miyagi, Japan. Son of Katsuji and Kimiko (Horigome) Oikawa.
AB, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1950. Bachelor of Laws, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1952. Doctor in Laws, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan, 1981.
Lecturer law, Kwansei Gakuin U., Nishinomiya, Japan, 1959-1960; associate professor, Kwansei Gakuin U., Nihinomiya, 1960-1967; professor of law, Kwansei Gakuin U., Nihinomiya, 1967-1992; dean, School of Law, Kwansei Gakuin U., Nihinomiya, 1976-1978; emeritus professor, Kwansei Gakuin U., Nishinomiya, since 1992; professor of law, Osaka (Japan) U. Economics and Law, Yao, since 1992. Member Science Council of Japan, Tokyo, 1981-1988, expert committee Science Council Ministry Education, Tokyo, 1975-1981.
Ensign Japanese Navy, 1941-1945. Member Japanese Association Sociology of Law (board directors 1970-1990, supervisor, since 1990), Friends of Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University London, Columbia Law School Alumni Association.
Married Chizuko Sawa, November 1985.