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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Publisher’s Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgements xv
6. Introduction xvii
7. Contributors xvii
8. PART 1: 1967
9. 1. Sir Francis Rundall’s Valedictory Despatch 3
10. 2. Japanese Economic Aid 9
11. 3. The State Funeral for Mr Shigeru Yoshida 20
12. 4. Japan: Annual Review for 1967 23
13. PART 2: 1968
14. 5. Visit of the Secretary of State to Japan, 7–10 January 33
15. 6. The Visit of USS Enterprise to Japan 37
16. 7. Impressions of Contemporary Japan 43
17. 8. The 58th (Regular) Diet Session 50
18. 9. The Soˉka Gakkai and the Koˉmeito 54
19. 10. Japanese Economic Success: A British Opportunity 59
20. 11. The Japanese Left 65
21. 12. The Japanese Mood in 1968 71
22. 13. Mr Sato’s New Cabinet 76
23. 14. Japan: Annual Review, 1968 80
24. PART 3: 1969
25. 15. Revolting Students: Japanese Style 91
26. 16. Japan’s Science and Technology 100
27. 17. Labour and Incomes in the Japanese Economy 104
28. 18. British Week, Tokyo 110
29. 19. The Merry Wives of Ginza: Women’s Status in Japan 118
30. 20. The Quality of Life in Japan 132
31. 21. Japan: Annual Review, 1969 144
32. 22. The Japanese Self-Defence Forces 153
33. PART 4: 1970
34. 23. Osaka Expo ’70: A First Impression 159
35. 24. The Japanese Mood in 1970 164
36. 25. Japan’s Economy in the 1970s: The Miracle Excels Itself 170
37. 26. Japan’s Changing Society and the New Generation 176
38. 27. Japanese Exports: How Much of a Threat 187
39. 28. Japanese Protectionism: Signs of a Thaw? 192
40. 29. ‘The Rest are Monkeys’: The Japanese Abroad 199
41. 30. Japan in the 1970s: The Trade Mark and the Sword 211
42. 31. Japanese Militarism 219
43. 32. Mishima’s Suicide 222
44. 33. Japan: Annual Review for 1970 – ‘Economic Man’ Comes of Age 224
45. PART 5: 1971 – THE SHOWA EMPEROR
46. 34. The Emperor of Japan: The Man and His Life 235
47. 35. The Emperor of Japan: Human or Divine? 248
48. 36. The Emperor and Empress of Japan 261
49. 37. The Visit of the Emperor and Empress of Japan to Europe as Seen from Tokyo 265
50. 38. Mr Sato’s New Cabinet 274
51. 39. Relations Between Japan and the United States 279
52. 40. Japan in 1971: The Rude Awakening 285
53. PART 6: SIR JOHN PILCHER’S LAST MONTHS IN JAPAN
54. 41. Japan in the 1970s: ‘Guns and Butter 299
55. 42. Japanese Export Successes: Cheap, Sweated Labour? 306
56. 43. Basic Japan and the Shifting Mood 1967–71 312
57. 44. The Japanese: ‘Frail Flowers of Opportunism’? 320
58. PART 7: 1972 – A NEW ERA FOR THE BRITISH MISSION
59. 45. The Lord Privy Seal Brings Concorde to Japan 333
60. 46. The Plebian Mr Tanaka Replaces Mr Sato 337
61. 47. Japanese Investments Overseas 341
62. 48. Mr Tanaka in Charge 345
63. 49. The Japanese on the Road to Peking 351
64. 50. The First Visit to Japan by a British Prime Minister 356
65. APPENDICES
66. I ‘Sir John Pilcher: Ambassador to Japan, 1967–1972’. Portrait by Hugh Cortazzi 367
67. II Letter from Kyoto, January 1936 378
68. III ‘A Perspective on Religion in Japan’ (Lecture at the Nissan Institute, May 1984) 381
69. IV ‘Is Economic Success Destroying Japanese Traditions?’ (Occasional Paper/Speech, 1975) 388
70. V Book Review, 1977: Deus Destroyed: The Image of Christianity in Early Modern Japan 394
71. VI ‘An Introduction to Japanese Gardens’ (Occasional Paper/Speech. Early1980s?) 398
72. Index 415