The Growing Power of Japan, 1967-1972 : : Analysis and Assessments from John Pilcher and the British Embassy, Tokyo / / ed. by Hugh Cortazzi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Cortazzi, Hugh,; Nish, Ian,; Norbury, Paul,
• HerausgeberIn: Cortazzi, Hugh,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (434 p.)

John Pilcher’s appointment as HM Ambassador to Japan in 1967, three years after the widely acclaimed Tokyo Olympics, was both judicious and enlightened. His role was to be that of a bridge-builder between Japan and Britain following the early post-war years of disenchantment, distrust and detachment that had earlier marked the relationship between the two countries. He brought to his role a particular understanding of Japanese civilization and a critical analysis of Japanese attitudes and way of life. Before the war he had had the good fortune to spend time as a language student in Kyoto. There he came to appreciate Japanese culture at its best but as a junior consular official he also came to see other less attractive aspects of Japan. In this volume Sir Hugh Cortazzi who was to follow in John Pilcher’s footsteps, has compiled the defining reports to Whitehall from Pilcher’s time and as such they offer a valuable record of Japan’s progress at this important point in her post-war history, as well as providing unique insights into the activities, hopes and expectations of the British government in her dealings with Japan. The collection (including essays and writings from his private papers) which has hitherto remained largely unknown or inaccessible to most researchers, provides a platform for John Pilcher as a writer and distinguished scholar-diplomat.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Publisher’s Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Contributors -- 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 Soˉka Gakkai and the Koˉmeito -- 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