Sasakawa Ryoichi: A Life
Sato Seizaburo
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2006. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf-wear. Very Good. Seller Inventory # SOL09838
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Title: Sasakawa Ryoichi: A Life
Publisher: EastBridge, a nonprofit corporation
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Used - Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Jailed with other Party members in 1935 for extortion (an action instigated by political enemies), he was acquitted by an appeals court in 1938, just in time to be elected to the Lower House of the Diet. There he served throughout the war period. A firm if highly critical supporter of Japan's World War II war effort, he voluntarily entered Sugamo prison in 1945 as a suspected war criminal under the American Occupation; his book Sugamo Diary, published after his release, was an impassioned defense of Japan's wartime leaders...
Looking back from a foreigner's perspective at the biography of Sasakawa Ryoichi, his lifetime transition from a right-wing pre-war nationalist to a world-class philanthropist seems like an extraordinary achievement in human chemistry. But for Sasakawa, a man who lived with his times, it seemed very natural.
Gifted with a strong will and an independent social conscience all his own, he followed his instincts to make the best of situations as they changed. A man of strong convictions, and never loath to express them, he was a lightning rod of controversy during the leftist-rightist arguments of the post-war period. Yet in a way, his political evolution tells the story of his century and it highlights the changing and expanding role of his country, from beleaguered, nervous island country to peaceful economic super-power...
Hara Fujiko holds a master's degree in the history of international relations from Sophia University in Tokyo. Raised in both Japanese and British cultures, she has devoted her life to international understanding. She has interpreted for many of the world's leaders and heads an interpreting and translation company, Diplomatt, Inc. Among her published works is a translation of the memoirs of her statesman grandfather, Ozaki Yukio.
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