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FOREWORD

ANY SIMILARITY in these cartoons to actual occurrences is strictly intentional. Both the Japanese artist and the American author, however, plead malice toward none and have only hoped to throw a little humorous light on everyday life in one of the world’s most colorful countries.

In the twenty years which have passed since the publication of this book as Japan Unbuttoned, Japan has become Incredible Japan—a country recognized for making an incredible economic recovery in an incredibly short period of time. While the foreign observer may at first glance be struck by the apparent Westernization of the island country, he will, on second look, be impressed by the retention in 1975 of cultural patterns and traditions that were captured in cartoons in 1954. So with revisions—deleting the obsolete and editing out the anachronisms—we present Incredible Japan.