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(★)(Marking the 110th anniversary of the Japan Society of London, as well as the 2001 UK-Japan festival, this unique volume comprising reflections, memoirs and general writings covering the years since the end of the Pacific War, offers the reader a fascinating and at times remarkable insight into the life and times of post-war Japan seen from a very varied British perspective. Contributors range from poets to press attaches, from teachers to investors, from bureaucrats to diplomats, as well as many others representing business, banking, broadcasting and the world of scholarship. The volume is thematically structured opening with Aftermath of the War, followed by Culture, Key Events (including the highly successful 1969 British Week, the Queen´s Visit in 1975 and the death of the Showa Emperor in 1989), Some Observers, Business and Finance and Officials. Here is a rare opportunity to be informed, entertained and at times inspired by many of the leading players in the critical half-century of Anglo-Japanese relations since 1945. ◆Compiler and Editor Hugh Cortazzi was British Ambassador to Japan from 1980-84, after which he retired from the Diplomatic Service. His long association with Japan, in fact, began in 1943 at the age of 19 when he was instructed to go to SOAS to study the Japanese language for the RAF. The full story of his own Japan experience is told in his recent memoir ´Japan and Back and Places Elsewhere (Global Oriental, 1998)´. His other principal books are ´Isles of Gold : Antiques Maps of Japan (1983)´, ´Victorians in Japan (1987)´, ´The Japanese Achievement (1990)´ and ´Modern Japan : A Concise Survey (1994)´. After ten years service, he retired as Chairman of the Japan Society in 1995. ▼TABLE OF CONTENTS／ ●THE CURTAIN RISES／Chapter 1.Aftermath of War : Occupation and Poverty／Chapter 2.Nostalgia for Pre-war Japan／Chapter 3.Return of a Native／ ●CULTURE／Chapter 4.Cultural Relations Resumed／Chapter 5.Some Interesting Visitors／Chapter 6.Four English Writers in Japan／Chapter 7.The British Council Follows Through／Chapter 8.Travails of the Teachers／Chapter 9.British Scholars in Japan／Chapter 10.Some Encounters with Japanese Writers／ ●SOME EVENTS／Chapter 11.The British Part in the Tokyo Olympic Games 1964／Chapter 12.Britain at Expo´70 in Osaka／Chapter 13.The Death of the Showa Emperor, 7 January 1989／Chapter 14.The Start of a New Era／Chapter 15.The Japan Festival in the United Kingdom, 1991／ ●SOME OBSERVERS／Chapter 16.The Penetrating Eyes of British Journalists／Chapter 17.How Some Politicians Saw Post-war Japan／ ●BUSINESS AND FINANCE／Chapter 18.British Businessmen in Japan : Some Memories of the Shell Oil Company／Chapter 19.British Businessmen in Japan : Developing Trade Relations／Chapter 20.British Businessmen in Japan : Some Service Sectors／Chapter 21. Manufacturing Investment／Chapter 22.British Export Efforts : Personal Reflections of a British Trade Official／Chapter 23.Banking and Financial Services : A British Commercial Banker in Japan 1980-85／Chapter 24.Experiences of some British Merchant Bankers／Chapter 25.Investment Management and Broking : The Experiences of Two Old Hands／Chapter 26.Banking and Financial Services : The View from the Bank of England and the Treasury／ ●OFFICIALS／Chapter 27.Army and Navy Officers in Japan／Chapter 28.Two Scientists in Japan／Chapter 29.Bridging the Professions／Chapter 30.From Diplomacy to Commerce and Back／Chapter 31.Early Days in the Kansai／Chapter 32.The Reactions of Two Young Language Students in the 1950s／Chapter 33.The Beginnings of a Long Association／Chapter 34.Cypher Officer, Language Student, Vice-consul／Chapter 35.Language Student, Commercial Officer, Information Officer／Chapter 36.Two British Heads of Chancery who were not Japanese Specialists／Chapter 37. An Eccentric Diplomat／Chapter 38.The Ambassadors／) |
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