Hugh Cortazzi

Sir Arthur Henry Hugh Cortazzi,  (2 May 1924 – 14 August 2018) was a British diplomat, businessman, academic, author and Japanologist.

He was Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Japan (1980–84), President of the Asiatic Society of Japan (1982–1983) and Chairman of the Japan Society of London (1985–95).Japan Society Archives: "Cortazzi, Sir Hugh (1924-)"; retrieved 2012-9-19.

Career
In 1947, Cortazzi joined the Foreign Office.

The British Foreign Office posted Cortazzi to:
 Singapore, 1950–1951
 Tokyo, 1951–1954
 Whitehall, 1954–1958
 Bonn (1958–1960)
 Tokyo, 1961–1965
 London, 1965–1966
 Tokyo, 1966–1970
 Royal College of Defence Studies, 1971–1972
 Washington, D.C., 1972–1975

Cortazzi was made Deputy Under-Secretary of State, in 1975.  He became the British Ambassador to Japan in 1980. He spent the next four years in Tokyo.

Selected works
Sir Hugh wrote, edited, translated or contributed to books on the diplomatic history of Japan and the United Kingdom. He also wrote about Japanese history and culture.

In an overview derived from writings by and about Hugh Cortazzi, OCLC/WorldCatencompasses roughly 60+ works in 100+ publications in 4 languages and 4,000+ library holdings. WorldCat Identities:  Cortazzi, Hugh

Honours
 Order of St Michael and St George, Companion (CMG), 1969.
 Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Commander (KCMG), 1980.
 Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Grand Cross (GCMG), 1984.
 University of Stirling, Honorary doctorate, 1988.
 Order of the Sacred Treasure, Grand Cordon (Japan), 1995.

References

Other websites
 Cortazzi, Hugh at Visual International Authority File (VIAF) 
 Cortazzi, Hugh. "A Japanese sense of humor?", Japan Times. 27 March 2007.
 Books by Hugh Cortazzi
 Japan Society

Category:British Japanologists
Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Category:Writers from Yorkshire
Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom