Mr. Wolfgang Bauer
Mr. Wolfgang Bauer was born in Berlin, and grew up in Marburg and Wiesbaden.
His university training was in modern history, politics and the history
of the arts at the Universities of Hamburg and Freiburg, and he received
his M.A. in history from the University of Freiburg in 1986. Since 1989
he has held a teaching position in the Faculty of Economics of Hokkaido
University, Sapporo, Japan, and is concurrently in the final year of his
Ph.D. programme, with his main research in the fields of Japanese economic
history (Taisho and Showa eras) and the present economic relations with
Asia.
Adapted from "The Asiatic Society of Japan Bulletin No. 10",
December 1995, compiled by Hugh Wilkinson.
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