Growing Power of Japan, 1967-1972

Sir Hugh Cortazzi, GCMG, was British Ambassador to Japan 1980-1984 and Chairman of The Japan Society, London, 1985-1995. He has written extensively on Japan. His many books include Isles of Gold: Antique Maps of Japan (1983), The Japanese Achievement (1990) and his memoir Japan and Back and Places Elsewhere (1998). He compiled and edited seven volumes of Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, most recently volume X (2016), for The Japan Society, in addition to Japan Experiences: Fifty Years, One Hundred Views (2001), British Envoys in Japan, 1859-1972 (2004) and The Growing Power of Japan, 1967-1972: Analysis and Assessments from John Pilcher and the British Embassy, Tokyo (2015). He also co-edited, with Peter Kornicki, Japanese Studies in Britain: A Survey and History (2016).

• Plate section faces pageForeword – Ian NishPublisher’s Preface – Paul NorburyAcknowledgementsIntroduction – Hugh CortazziPART 1: 19671. Sir Francis Rundall’s Valedictory Despatch2. Japanese Economic Aid3. The State Funeral for Mr Shigeru Yoshida4. Japan: Annual Review for 1967PART 2: 19685. Visit of the Secretary of State to Japan, 7–10 January6. The Visit of USS Enterprise to Japan7. Impressions of Contemporary Japan8. The 58th (Regular) Diet Session9. The So?ka Gakkai and the Ko?meito?10. Japanese Economic Success: A British Opportunity11. The Japanese Left12. The Japanese Mood in 196813. Mr Sato’s New Cabinet14. Japan: Annual Review, 1968PART 3: 196915. Revolting Students: Japanese Style16. Japan’s Science and Technology17. Labour and Incomes in the Japanese Economy18. British Week, Tokyo19. The Merry Wives of Ginza: Women’s Status in Japan 120. The Quality of Life in Japan21. Japan: Annual Review, 196922. The Japanese Self-Defence ForcesPART 4: 197023. Osaka Expo ’70: A First Impression24. The Japanese Mood in 197025. Japan’s Economy in the 1970s: The Miracle Excels Itself26. Japan’s Changing Society and the New Generation27. Japanese Exports: How Much of a Threat?28. Japanese Protectionism: Signs of a Thaw?29. ‘The Rest are Monkeys’: The Japanese Abroad30. Japan in the 1970s: The Trade Mark and the Sword31. Japanese Militarism32. Mishima’s Suicide33. Japan: Annual Review for 1970 – ‘Economic Man’ Comes of AgePART 5: 1971 – THE SHOWA EMPEROR34. The Emperor of Japan: The Man and His Life35. The Emperor of Japan: Human or Divine?36. The Emperor and Empress of Japan37. The Visit of the Emperor and Empress of Japan to Europe as Seen from Tokyo38. Mr Sato’s New Cabinet39. Relations Between Japan and the United States40. Japan in 1971: The Rude AwakeningPART 6: SIR JOHN PILCHER’S LAST MONTHS IN JAPAN41. Japan in the 1970s: ‘Guns and Butter’42. Japanese Export Successes: Cheap, Sweated Labour?43. Basic Japan and the Shifting Mood 1967–7144. The Japanese: ‘Frail Flowers of Opportunism’?PART 7: 1972 – A NEW ERA FOR THE BRITISH MISSION45. The Lord Privy Seal Brings Concorde to Japan46. The Plebian Mr Tanaka Replaces Mr Sato47. Japanese Investments Overseas48. Mr Tanaka in Charge49. The Japanese on the Road to Peking50. The First Visit to Japan by a British Prime MinisterAPPENDICESI ‘Sir John Pilcher: Ambassador to Japan, 1967–1972’. Portrait by Hugh CortazziII Letter from Kyoto, January 1936III ‘A Perspective on Religion in Japan’ (Lecture at the Nissan Institute, May 1984)IV ‘Is Economic Success Destroying Japanese Traditions?’ (Occasional Paper/Speech, 1975)V Book Review, 1977: Deus Destroyed: The Image of Christianity in Early Modern JapanVI ‘An Introduction to Japanese Gardens’(Occasional Paper/Speech. Early1980s?)Index