1 Born in Tokyo, Japan. Earned a B.A. degree at the University of Hawaii and joined the Museum as a Fellow in Anthropology in 1958. In 1962 received a doctorate from the University of Hokkaido, Japan, specializing in Japanese prehistory and Polynesian archaeology. Since 1960, has taken part in and led archaeological expeditions to the Society, Marquesas, Tuamotu, Pitcairn, Austral, Cook, Tonga, and Kosrae island groups. He has also played a major role in the research and restoration of religious structures and a meeting house in the Society Islands. Chairman of the Department of Anthropology, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, since 1970.
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1 Born in Tokyo, Japan. Earned a B.A. degree at the University of Hawaii and joined the Museum as a Fellow in Anthropology in 1958. In 1962 received a doctorate from the University of Hokkaido, Japan, specializing in Japanese prehistory and Polynesian archaeology. Since 1960, has taken part in and led archaeological expeditions to the Society, Marquesas, Tuamotu, Pitcairn, Austral, Cook, Tonga, and Kosrae island groups. He has also played a major role in the research and restoration of religious structures and a meeting house in the Society Islands. Chairman of the Department of Anthropology, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, since 1970.