Henry Scott-Stokes Explained

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

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.zakzak.co.jp/article/20220420-KANK7G5VKJL2HAER5SRJQTQV3Q/%3foutputType=amp ８３歳、ヘンリー・ストークスさん死去　本紙でも憲法改正など訴えた英ジャーナリスト　息子のハリー杉山がツイッターで明らかに
2. http://www.weekender.co.jp/new/bios/Henry-Scott-Stokes.html Tokyo Weekender - Writer Bio - Henry Scott-Stokes
3. News: Best-Selling Author Feels the Heat in Japan's History Wars . 30 October 2021 . Time Magazine . 5 November 2014.
4. Web site: Creating The Big Lie . Asia Policy Point . 30 October 2021.