Kawano's family history spanned wartime and postwar Japanese naval service. His father served as an engineer on a submarine that went to Pearl Harbor during the Second World War. After the war, the elder Kawano continued through the Coast Guard-era reconstitution and eventually reached rear-admiral rank in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Katsutoshi Kawano matched his father's rank in 2002 before moving into still higher appointments. Their careers provide a personal link between two very different Japanese maritime institutions.
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A family link across wartime and postwar Japanese naval service
Kawano's father connected wartime submarine service with the postwar organizations that eventually became the JMSDF.