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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817675103321

Autore

Pilcher John <1912-1990.>

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Renaissance Books

Folkestone, Kent : , 2015

ISBN

1-898823-28-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (470 p.)

Disciplina

338.102993764

Soggetti

Economic policy

Economic history

Diplomatic relations

Ressources Internet

Japan

Japon Relations extérieures 1945-1989

Japan Foreign relations 1945-1989

Japon Politique économique 1945-1989

Japan Economic policy 1945-1989

Japon Conditions économiques 1945-1989

Japan Economic conditions 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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 Sôka Gakkai and the Kômeitô

10. Japanese Economic Success: A British Opportunity11. The Japanese Left; 12. The Japanese Mood; 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 Itself26. Japan's Changing Society and the New Generation; 27. Japanese Exports: How Much of a Threat?; 28. Japanese Protectionism: Signs of a Thaw?; Plate section faces; 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 Japan37. The Visit of the Emperor and Empress of Japan to Europeas 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 Sato47. 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'. Portraitby 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?)

Sommario/riassunto

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.