About the Author

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Shizuka Imamoto was born in Mihara City of Hiroshima Prefecture and was educated in Japan and Australia. She possesses an outstanding academic career. She completed her schooling at the prestigious Kure Mitsuda High School of Kure City in Hiroshima and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Japanese Literature from the prestigious Hiroshima Jogakuin University. Shizuka Imamoto completed a Graduate Diploma in Language Teaching (Japanese) at the Faculty of Education of the University of Technology of Sydney in Australia. Shizuka Imamoto availed a "Japanese Studies Centre for Teaching Development Scholarship of Macquarie University, supported by Nippon Fellowship Foundation Fund" to conduct research and obtained the higher Degree of Master of Arts (Honours) in Asian Languages from Macquarie University of Sydney in Australia. Shizuka Imamoto is currently employed as a Teacher of English at Akiminami High School in Hiroshima, after teaching English at Kumano High School of Kumano in Hiroshima. She has published a few articles in international relations. Rejection of Racial Equality Bill is her first book. Shizuka Imamoto is married to Dr. Nachiketa Das, a Professor of Geology, currently the President of a Hiroshima-based company, Hiroshima Energy & Minerals Kabushiki Kaisha.