Background
Akazawa, Takashi was born on March 31, 1929 in Tamashima, Okayama, Japan. Son of Mitsugu and Shigeko (Itakura) Akazawa.
Akazawa, Takashi was born on March 31, 1929 in Tamashima, Okayama, Japan. Son of Mitsugu and Shigeko (Itakura) Akazawa.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, University Tokyo, 1951. Doctor of Science, Nagoya (Japan) University, 1957.
Research assistant Nagoya University, 1951-1958, assistant professor, 1958-1969, professor, 1969-1991, professor emeritus, since 1991. Plant biochemist International Rice Research Institute, The Philippines, 1961-1964. Director Research Institute Bio-chemical Regulation, Nagoya University, 1975-1989.
Visiting fellow Australian National University, Canberra, 1982, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, 1987, University Pisa, Italy, 1990, University Paris South, Orsay, France, 1991, National National Chung-Hsing University University, Taichung, Taiwan, 1992-1993, University Strasbourg, France, 1994. Regent's lecturer University California, Berkeley, Davis, 1992.
Member American Society Plant Physiology (correspondent, editor).
Married Yasuko Kuyama. Children: Maki Moriyama, Rié.