Asakawa akaberekwa aine maziso akajairika, asi mushure mekukuvara kwepfungwa yake yekuona paakarova ziso rake rekuruboshwe parutivi rwe dziva rekushambira aine makore gumi nerimwe, akatanga kurasikirwa nekuona, uye pazera remakore gumi nemana aive bofu zvachose. Akawana dhigirii reBachelor muChirungu Literature paOtemon Gakuin University muOsaka muna 1982 uye akabva atanga kosi yemakore maviri yekuronga komputa yevanhu vasingaone vachishandisa Optacon kushandura kudhinda kuti vanzwe kunzwa. Akabatana neIBM Research nechinzvimbo chenguva pfupi muna 1984, uye akazova mushandi wekutsvagisa ipapo gore rimwe gare gare. Muna 2004 akawana Ph.D. muinjiniya kubva kuYunivhesiti yeTokyo. Mubvunzo: Otemon Gakuin University iripi?
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