Noriko Kawamura

Noriko Kawamura teaches history at the Washington State University, where she specializes in military history, World War II in the Pacific, and the Cold War and holds the Arnold M. and Atsuko Craft Professor chair. Her most well-known work specialises in Hirohito who was the emperor of Japan between 1926 and 1989, and modern Japan.

Education Kawamura received a bachelor's degree from Keio University in Japan in 1978. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Washington in 1989, with major fields in American diplomatic history, Japanese-American relations, and modern Japan.

Works Kawamura is currently working on a new book project on Emperor Hirohito's Cold War under contract with the University of Washington Press. Kawamura, Noriko. Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War. Seattle; London: University of Washington Press, 2017. As editor, Building New Pathways to Peace. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2015. Kawamura, Noriko. Turbulence in the Pacific Japanese-U.S. Relations During World War I. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2000.

Honours & Awards Arnold M. and Atsuko Craft Professorship (College of Arts and Sciences, WSU, 2018-2021) Outstanding Achievement in International Activities (College of Arts and Sciences, WSU, 2016) Edward R. Meyer Project Grant (College of Arts and Sciences, WSU, 2016)