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Henry Scott-Stokes

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Henry Scott-Stokes (15 June 1938 – 19 April 2022)[1] was a British journalist who was the Tokyo bureau chief for The Financial Times (1964–67), The Times (1967-1970s?), and The New York Times (1978–83).[2]

He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. After graduating, he moved to Japan, where he became a journalist of the Tokyo bureau of The Times. Also around this time, he became close friends with famous Japanese author Yukio Mishima.

He was a denier of the Nanjing Massacre.[3]

He was the father of Henry Sugiyama Adrian Folliott Scott-Stokes. He suffered from advanced Parkinson's disease.[4]

Bibliography

  • Henry Scott Stokes (1 September 1985). Vida Y Muerte De Yukio Mishima/the Life and Death of Yukio Mishima. Lectorum Pubns Inc. ISBN 978-8485501861.
  • Henry Scott-Stokes (1999). 100 Samurai Companies: Japan's Top 100 Growth OTC Companies. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-028588-8.
  • Henry Scott Stokes (8 August 2000). The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima. Cooper Square Press. ISBN 978-1-4616-2422-6.
  • Henry Scott Stokes (17 November 2016). Fallacies in the Allied Nations' Historical Perception as Observed by a British Journalist. Hamilton Books. ISBN 978-0-7618-6810-1.
  • Henry Scott Stokes; Lily Xiao Hong Lee (16 September 2016). The Kwangju Uprising: A Miracle of Asian Democracy as Seen by the Western and the Korean Press. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-315-29175-8.

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