| Akiko Tokuza was born in Kyoto in 1932. She majored in English and American
Literature at Keio University in Tokyo, and subsequently studied Speech
and Theater Arts at the University of Minnesota. In 1983 she became professor
of English and Speech Communication at Tokyo Keizai University, and in
1988 she received her doctorate in Speech and Communication from the University
of Michigan. From 1994 to 1996 she was president of the H.D. Thoreau Society
of Japan. She is now professor emeritus of Tokyo Keizai University. |