The Call of Japan

Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Part I, The Wooing (1950-1958), 1950, 1 Now You Love It..., 2 Should We Trust Our First Impressions? 3 The Emperor and the General, 4 The Old Tokaido Line to Osaka, 5 Of Hot Baths and Fragrant Tea, 6 The Halfway-up Bank, 7 A Rhythmic Neighbourhood and the Broken White Soldiers, 8 The Midnight Whistle, 1951, 9 Work, Leisure, Home Life, 10 The Floating World, 11 Through a Paper Screen Darkly, 1952, 12 Punishment for Going Missing, 1953, 13 A Well-oiled Little Cogwheel, 14 Those Restless Bones, 1954, 15 Joining the Kantomo, 16 Upstairs/Downstairs in the Japanese Economy, 17 A Tale of Two Cultures, 1955, 18 How to Fish and How to Say Goodbye, 1956, 19 Back in Holland..., 20 A Fresh Start: Osaka, 1957, 21 The Teachings of IJsbrand, 22 Kyoto and the Magatama Attitude, 23 Another Way of Seeing, 24 More Kyoto Adventures, 1958, 25 Osaka Realities, 26 Escapes and Escapades, 27 Casting the Die, Part II, The Winning (1959-1966), 1959, 1 Dark Rumblings Beneath a Pristine New Year, 2 An Orderly Wedding - and a Honeymoon of Sorts, 3 A Witch in the House, 4 Shifting Sands, 1960, 5 A Narrow Escape, 6 Political Turmoil in Tokyo - and an 'Economic', Response, 1961, 7 'Getting to Know You...' or What Went on in the Hot-springs, 1962, 8 Crisis Management (by the Seat of the Pants), 9 The Foul Smell of Success, and the Need for Faith 1, 10 Capital Living, 1963, 11 The Looming Olympics ... and the Overflowing Cup, 12 The Seamy Side: Defeating the Yakuza, 1964, 13 Nothing Changes, Except Everything Else, 14 'See No Evil...', 1965, 15 A Superior Society? 16 Chameleon Man, 1966, 17 A Thoroughly Ordinary Year, Part III, The Waning (1967-1974), 1967, 1 Beyond the Social Whirl, 2 Pornographic Chic, 3 The Seven Generations Curse: A Case History, 4 Falling Scales, 1968, 5 A Great and Alien Land, 6 Kafka's Ape and a Tower in the Air, 1969, 7 Amae or How to Have it Both Ways, 1970, 8 The Growing Conflict, 9 Business as Usual, 10 A Beautiful Death? 1971, 11 'Go Placidly Among the Noise and Haste...', 1972, 12 Nixon in China and the Tanaka Phenomenon, 1973, 13 The Art of Evasion, 14 Decision Time, 15 The Good and the Bad: An Assessment (1973), 16 An Unlikely Story, 1974, 17 Creeping Doubts, 18 Trailing Root, Part IV, The View From Abroad (1974-2002), 1 Preamble, 1974, 2 Ageing Albion, 1975, 3 Pessimistic Nippon, 1976, 4 Back to Banking - in Curacao..., 1977, 5 A Business Trip to Japan - and T?fukuji Revisited, 1978, 6 Japan Again - and Remembering the Departed, 1979, 7 The Final Months in Curacao - and the Move to Holland, 1981, 8 Japan's Lengthening Reach - and a New Start for Me, 1982, 9 AMRO's New York Branch Opened - but Japan Still a Factor, 1983, 10 Walking the Bride Down the Aisle..., 1984, 11 Pulled Between Two Cities..., 1985, 12 U.S. Banks Upset by Japan's Market Aggression, 13 Last Rites for a Lady, 1986, 14 An AMRO Tokyo Conference - and Special Service at a Restaurant, 15 A Memorial Service in Nagoya, 1988, 16 Goodbye to Banking - and Japan's Bubble Economy, 1989, 17 The End of the Showa Era - and the Fall of the Wall, 1990-1998, 18 The Restless Years, 1999-2003, 19 In London - but Focusing on Japan, Part V, Back on Familiar Soil (2003 to the Present), Preamble, 1 The Difference 70 years make, 2 Japan's Fundamental Problems and Vulnerabilities, (a) Lack of Natural Resources, (b) Frequency of Earthquakes and other Calamities, (c) Declining Population, (d) Troubled Relations with its Neighbours, (e) Lack of Decisiveness in Addressing Fundamental Problem, 3 My late Wife's Unique Personality, 4 An Overview of my Writings and other Activities: My Writings-Photography 5 What We Can Learn from Japan, Afterword, Glossary, Index.