Background
Okazaki, Toshio was born on November 7, 1946 in Tsu, Mie, Japan.
Okazaki, Toshio was born on November 7, 1946 in Tsu, Mie, Japan.
Bachelor, University Tokyo, 1973. Master of Arts, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1985.
Assistant professor department linguistics Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1985—1986. Associate professor University Hiroshima, Department Education, 1986—1990, University Tsukuba, Studies Japanese Language Education and Linguistics, Japan, 1990—1995. Professor University Tsukuba, Graduate School Humanities and Social Sciences, since 1995.
Member of Japan Association for Language Policy, Society Teaching Japanese Foreign Language.
Married Hitomi Okazaki. 1 child Ryu.