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.[1][2][3] Her most well-known work specialises in Hirohito and modern Japan.
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. [1]
Kawamura has served as President of the Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast society.[4]
Kawamura is currently working on a new book project on Emperor Hirohito's Cold War under contract with the University of Washington Press.