Sugamo Diary

Ryoichi Sasakawa has been variously cast as a Japanese don, the last power broker, a political fixer, and a right-wing godfather. This diary reveals a different image, one of a man who built his life firmly on his convictions, an ethical system that placed Japan at the centre.

About the author

Ryoichi Sasakawa (1899-1995) founded what is now known as The Nippon Foundation, a philanthropic body that is Japan's largest charitable organization. From 1945 to 1949, Sasakawa was imprisoned in Sugamo Prison with other Class A War Criminals including Hideki Tojo. His path to imprisonment was uniquely dramatic, in that he actually volunteered to be indicted as Class A War Criminal in order to protect the Emperor and nation of Japan from unreasonable and one-sided condemnation through a process of victor's justice.

Summary

Ryoichi Sasakawa has been variously cast as a Japanese don, the last power broker, a political fixer, and a right-wing godfather. This diary reveals a different image, one of a man who built his life firmly on his convictions, an ethical system that placed Japan at the centre.

Product details

• Authors: Ken Hijino, Sasakawa Ryoichi, Ryoichi Sasakawa
• Assisted by: Ken Hijino (Translation)
• Publisher: Hurst & Co
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781849040525
• ISBN: 978-1-84904-052-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 224 mm x 145 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 653 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Japan, Biografien: allgemein, Asiatische Geschichte, Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Military / World War II, Biography / Autobiography, HISTORY / Asia / Japan