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From 1937 to 1940 Iwasawa studied as an undergraduate at Tokyo University, after which he entered graduate school at Tokyo University and became an assistant in the Department of Mathematics.

In 1945 he was awarded a Doctor of Science degree.

However, this same year Iwasawa became sick with pleurisy, and was unable to return to his position at the university until April 1947.

From 1949 to 1955 he worked as Assistant Professor at Tokyo University.