About Masaaki Kimura
Born 1940. Masaaki Kimura is a Japanese seismologist and geologist.
is a Japanese geologist and a professor emeritus from the Faculty of Science of the University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
Biography Masaaki Kimura graduated in science at the Faculty of Fisheries of the University of Tokyo (1963) and obtained a Doctorate in marine geology (1968). He has worked for the University of Tokyo's Ocean Research Institute, the Geological Survey of Japan, the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan, and Columbia University's Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory. He taught at the University of the Ryukyus from 1977 to 2002.
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Who is Masaaki Kimura?
Japanese academic
When was Masaaki Kimura born?
Masaaki Kimura was born on 6 November 1940 in Yokohama.
What is Masaaki Kimura's occupation?
Masaaki Kimura is a seismologist and geologist.
What nationality is Masaaki Kimura?
Masaaki Kimura is Japanese.
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