The doyen of Japanologists is Donald Richie, an American who came to live here in 1946 with the US occupying force and stayed on. He observed Japan in defeat, described its powerful resurrection and, now living in Tokyo in his 80s, continues to write.
Friend of Yasunari Kawabata and Akira Kurosawa, Richie
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