Background
Hirokawa, Yoshitsugu was born on March 12, 1951 in Kyoto, Japan. Son of Usaburo and Michie Hirokawa.
Hirokawa, Yoshitsugu was born on March 12, 1951 in Kyoto, Japan. Son of Usaburo and Michie Hirokawa.
Bachelor, Kyoto University, 1974. Master, Kyoto University, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, Kyoto University, 1979.
From researcher to research manager Zeon Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan, 1979—2002, senior manager Japan, since 2003. Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982-1985. Research manager Japan Science and Technology, Kyoto, 1993-1999.
Visiting professor Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, since 2001.
Member American Chemical Society, Chemical Society of Japan, Society Polymer Science Japan.
Married Takako Otsuka, March 18, 1984. Children: Mariko, Tomoko, Reiko.