Yojiro Ishizaka

Yojiro Ishizaka (石坂 洋次郎; Ishizaka Yojiro), (July 25, 1900 in Daikancho 82, Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture - October 7, 1986) was an influential and popular novelist of post-World War II Japan.

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Ishizaka went to Hirosaki Middle School in 1913 and then to Keio University in 1920. On graduating, he took a position at Hirosaki Women's High School. Later, he became a teacher at Akita Women's High School. From 1929 to 1938 he taught at Yokote Junior High School.

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In 1939, Ishizaka moved to Tokyo and in 1940, he was a war correspondant in the Phillipines.

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