The Growing Power of Japan, 1967-1972 : Analysis and Assessments from John Pilcher and the British Embassy, Tokyo.
Cortazzi, Hugh.
The Growing Power of Japan, 1967-1972 : Analysis and Assessments from John Pilcher and the British Embassy, Tokyo. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (469 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword - Ian Nish -- Publisher's Preface - Paul Norbury -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction - Hugh Cortazzi -- PART 1: 1967 -- 1. Sir Francis Rundall's Valedictory Despatch -- 2. Japanese Economic Aid -- 3. The State Funeral for Mr Shigeru Yoshida -- 4. Japan: Annual Review for 1967 -- PART 2: 1968 -- 5. Visit of the Secretary of State to Japan, 7-10 January -- 6. The Visit of USS Enterprise to Japan -- 7. Impressions of Contemporary Japan -- 8. The 58th (Regular) Diet Session -- 9. The Sōka Gakkai and the Kōmeitō -- 10. Japanese Economic Success: A British Opportunity -- 11. The Japanese Left -- 12. The Japanese Mood in 1968 -- 13. Mr Sato's New Cabinet -- 14. Japan: Annual Review, 1968 -- PART 3: 1969 -- 15. Revolting Students: Japanese Style -- 16. Japan's Science and Technology -- 17. Labour and Incomes in the Japanese Economy -- 18. British Week, Tokyo -- 19. The Merry Wives of Ginza: Women's Status in Japan -- 20. The Quality of Life in Japan -- 21. Japan: Annual Review, 1969 -- 22. The Japanese Self-Defence Forces -- PART 4: 1970 -- 23. Osaka Expo '70: A First Impression -- 24. The Japanese Mood in 1970 -- 25. Japan's Economy in the 1970s: The Miracle Excels Itself -- 26. Japan's Changing Society and the New Generation -- 27. Japanese Exports: How Much of a Threat? -- 28. Japanese Protectionism: Signs of a Thaw? -- 29. 'The Rest are Monkeys': The Japanese Abroad -- 30. Japan in the 1970s: The Trade Mark and the Sword -- 31. Japanese Militarism -- 32. Mishima's Suicide -- 33. Japan: Annual Review for 1970 - 'Economic Man' Comes of Age -- PART 5: 1971 - THE SHOWA EMPEROR -- 34. The Emperor of Japan: The Man and His Life -- 35. The Emperor of Japan: Human or Divine? -- 36. The Emperor and Empress of Japan. 37. The Visit of the Emperor and Empress of Japan to Europe as Seen from Tokyo -- 38. Mr Sato's New Cabinet -- 39. Relations Between Japan and the United States -- 40. Japan in 1971: The Rude Awakening -- PART 6: SIR JOHN PILCHER'S LAST MONTHS IN JAPAN -- 41. Japan in the 1970s: 'Guns and Butter' -- 42. Japanese Export Successes: Cheap, Sweated Labour? -- 43. Basic Japan and the Shifting Mood 1967-71 -- 44. The Japanese: 'Frail Flowers of Opportunism'? -- PART 7: 1972 - A NEW ERA FOR THE BRITISH MISSION -- 45. The Lord Privy Seal Brings Concorde to Japan -- 46. The Plebian Mr Tanaka Replaces Mr Sato -- 47. Japanese Investments Overseas -- 48. Mr Tanaka in Charge -- 49. The Japanese on the Road to Peking -- 50. The First Visit to Japan by a British Prime Minister -- APPENDICES -- I. 'Sir John Pilcher: Ambassador to Japan, 1967-1972'. Portrait by Hugh Cortazzi -- II. Letter from Kyoto, January 1936 -- III. '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 Japan -- VI. 'An Introduction to Japanese Gardens' (Occasional Paper/Speech. Early1980s?) -- Index -- Back Cover.
John Pilcher's appointment as HM Ambassador to Japan in 1967, three years after the Tokyo Olympics, was both judicious and enlightened. His role was to be that of a bridge-builder between Japan and Britain after the early post-war years of disenchantment, distrust and detachment that had earlier marked the relationship between the two countries.
9781898823285
Japan-History-1945-1989.
Electronic books.
HG5773 .C384 2015
The Growing Power of Japan, 1967-1972 : Analysis and Assessments from John Pilcher and the British Embassy, Tokyo. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (469 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword - Ian Nish -- Publisher's Preface - Paul Norbury -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction - Hugh Cortazzi -- PART 1: 1967 -- 1. Sir Francis Rundall's Valedictory Despatch -- 2. Japanese Economic Aid -- 3. The State Funeral for Mr Shigeru Yoshida -- 4. Japan: Annual Review for 1967 -- PART 2: 1968 -- 5. Visit of the Secretary of State to Japan, 7-10 January -- 6. The Visit of USS Enterprise to Japan -- 7. Impressions of Contemporary Japan -- 8. The 58th (Regular) Diet Session -- 9. The Sōka Gakkai and the Kōmeitō -- 10. Japanese Economic Success: A British Opportunity -- 11. The Japanese Left -- 12. The Japanese Mood in 1968 -- 13. Mr Sato's New Cabinet -- 14. Japan: Annual Review, 1968 -- PART 3: 1969 -- 15. Revolting Students: Japanese Style -- 16. Japan's Science and Technology -- 17. Labour and Incomes in the Japanese Economy -- 18. British Week, Tokyo -- 19. The Merry Wives of Ginza: Women's Status in Japan -- 20. The Quality of Life in Japan -- 21. Japan: Annual Review, 1969 -- 22. The Japanese Self-Defence Forces -- PART 4: 1970 -- 23. Osaka Expo '70: A First Impression -- 24. The Japanese Mood in 1970 -- 25. Japan's Economy in the 1970s: The Miracle Excels Itself -- 26. Japan's Changing Society and the New Generation -- 27. Japanese Exports: How Much of a Threat? -- 28. Japanese Protectionism: Signs of a Thaw? -- 29. 'The Rest are Monkeys': The Japanese Abroad -- 30. Japan in the 1970s: The Trade Mark and the Sword -- 31. Japanese Militarism -- 32. Mishima's Suicide -- 33. Japan: Annual Review for 1970 - 'Economic Man' Comes of Age -- PART 5: 1971 - THE SHOWA EMPEROR -- 34. The Emperor of Japan: The Man and His Life -- 35. The Emperor of Japan: Human or Divine? -- 36. The Emperor and Empress of Japan. 37. The Visit of the Emperor and Empress of Japan to Europe as Seen from Tokyo -- 38. Mr Sato's New Cabinet -- 39. Relations Between Japan and the United States -- 40. Japan in 1971: The Rude Awakening -- PART 6: SIR JOHN PILCHER'S LAST MONTHS IN JAPAN -- 41. Japan in the 1970s: 'Guns and Butter' -- 42. Japanese Export Successes: Cheap, Sweated Labour? -- 43. Basic Japan and the Shifting Mood 1967-71 -- 44. The Japanese: 'Frail Flowers of Opportunism'? -- PART 7: 1972 - A NEW ERA FOR THE BRITISH MISSION -- 45. The Lord Privy Seal Brings Concorde to Japan -- 46. The Plebian Mr Tanaka Replaces Mr Sato -- 47. Japanese Investments Overseas -- 48. Mr Tanaka in Charge -- 49. The Japanese on the Road to Peking -- 50. The First Visit to Japan by a British Prime Minister -- APPENDICES -- I. 'Sir John Pilcher: Ambassador to Japan, 1967-1972'. Portrait by Hugh Cortazzi -- II. Letter from Kyoto, January 1936 -- III. '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 Japan -- VI. 'An Introduction to Japanese Gardens' (Occasional Paper/Speech. Early1980s?) -- Index -- Back Cover.
John Pilcher's appointment as HM Ambassador to Japan in 1967, three years after the Tokyo Olympics, was both judicious and enlightened. His role was to be that of a bridge-builder between Japan and Britain after the early post-war years of disenchantment, distrust and detachment that had earlier marked the relationship between the two countries.
9781898823285
Japan-History-1945-1989.
Electronic books.
HG5773 .C384 2015