Kobayashi Hideo Award
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (2010) award
Yoko Kato
かとう ようこ
Kato Yoko
Pen Names:
Yoko Nojima（Birth / legal name (maiden name)）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1960-10-01 （Omiya, Saitama, Japan (now Saitama City)）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, University Professor
- Active Years
- 1989-
- Affiliations
- University of Yamanashi, Faculty of Education (former), The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology / Faculty of Letters, Historical Studies Association (Japan)
- Memberships
- Historical Studies Association (Japan), The Japanese Historical Society, The Military History Society (Japan), Japanese Association for Historical Studies
- Influenced By
- Takashi Ito
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oin High School | — | — | — | 1976-1979 | Japan |
| The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese History | 修士（文学） | 1979-1983 | Japan |
| The University of Tokyo Graduate School, Department of Japanese History | — | Japanese History | 博士（文学） | 1983-1997 | Japan |
Oin High School
Period:
1976-1979
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
Japan
The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese History
Degree:
修士（文学）
Period:
1979-1983
Year of Graduation:
1983
Country:
Japan
Graduated from Japanese history program
The University of Tokyo Graduate School, Department of Japanese History
Japanese History
Degree:
博士（文学）
Period:
1983-1997
Year of Graduation:
1997
Country:
Japan
PhD (Literature): thesis on conscription and modern Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Kobayashi Hideo Award | Still, the Japanese Chose War | — | Shinchosha | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Kinokuniya Jinbun Award | Until the War | — | Kinokuniya Bookstore | 受賞 |
Kobayashi Hideo Award
2010
Work:
Still, the Japanese Chose War
Organization:
Shinchosha
Result:
受賞
Kinokuniya Jinbun Award
2017
Work:
Until the War
Organization:
Kinokuniya Bookstore
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Still, the Japanese Chose War
2009 History / Non-fictionBased on lectures for middle and high school students, this book examines modern Japan's wars from broad perspectives, exploring how Japan chose war through international relations and social structures.
War historyModern and contemporary JapanDiplomacy and negotiations
Until the War: Negotiations that Determined History and Japan's Failures
2016 History / Non-fictionA collection of lectures focusing on international negotiations leading up to the Pacific War, examining the processes and failures that led Japan to war.
Diplomatic historyInternational negotiationsDeterminants of war
Bibliography
- Searching the 1930s: Japan-US Relations and the Mid-level Army Officers
- Conscription and Modern Japan, 1868-1945
- Japan's Modern War History - University of Tokyo Style Lessons
- The Logic of War: From the Russo-Japanese War to the Pacific War
- From the Manchurian Incident to the Sino-Japanese War
- Still, the Japanese Chose War
- Until the War: Negotiations that Determined History and Japan's Failures
- The Showa Emperor and the Century of War
- The Modern History of the Emperor and the Military
- Bookshelf of History
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Scholarly yet accessible proseLecture-like, educational exposition
- Recurring Motifs
- Relationship between war and societyImportance of diplomatic negotiationsRole of leaders and institutions
Legacy
A historian influential in modern Japanese war history and textbook writing, reaching a broad readership. Praised for educationally oriented works but also faced criticism over textbook descriptions.
Academic Societies
- Historical Studies Association (Japan)
- The Japanese Historical Society
- The Military History Society (Japan)
- Japanese Association for Historical Studies
Trivia
- Legal/birth name is Yoko Nojima (née Nojima).
- Wrote 'Still, the Japanese Chose War' based on lectures at Eiko Gakuen.
- Received the Kobayashi Hideo Award (2010) and Kinokuniya Jinbun Award (2017).
- In 2020 she was recommended as a candidate for the Science Council of Japan but was not appointed.