Hirofumi Hayashi
Encyclopedia
is a historian, an authority on modern Japanese history, and is currently a professor of politics at the Kanto Gakuin University
. He has been conducting research on the Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia, Japanese war crimes
, and war crimes trials including the subject of comfort women
.
in 1979, and then obtained Master's degree from Hitotsubashi University
. In 1985, he was accepted as a full-time lecturer in the College of Economics at the Kanto Gakuin University
, became an assistant professor, and was granted his current position as professor in 1999.
Kanto Gakuin University
is a private university located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The school's official English name is Mabie Memorial School.-History:It traces its roots to The Baptist Theological Seminary of Yokohama established by Albert Arnold Bennett, a missionary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, in...
. He has been conducting research on the Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia, Japanese war crimes
Japanese war crimes
Japanese war crimes occurred during the period of Japanese imperialism, primarily during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Some of the incidents have also been described as an Asian Holocaust and Japanese war atrocities...
, and war crimes trials including the subject of comfort women
Comfort women
The term "comfort women" was a euphemism used to describe women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II.Estimates vary as to how many women were involved, with numbers ranging from as low as 20,000 from some Japanese scholars to as high as 410,000 from some Chinese...
.
Education and career
Hayashi graduated from the University of TokyoUniversity of Tokyo
, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...
in 1979, and then obtained Master's degree from Hitotsubashi University
Hitotsubashi University
is a national university specialised in the social sciences in Tokyo, Japan. The University has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Kanda.Hitotsubashi is considered as one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It is ranked 25th in the world in 2011 by École des Mines de Paris.Hitotsubashi...
. In 1985, he was accepted as a full-time lecturer in the College of Economics at the Kanto Gakuin University
Kanto Gakuin University
is a private university located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The school's official English name is Mabie Memorial School.-History:It traces its roots to The Baptist Theological Seminary of Yokohama established by Albert Arnold Bennett, a missionary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, in...
, became an assistant professor, and was granted his current position as professor in 1999.