198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Following their first tour to Japan in 1966, the Beatles would become an important part of Japan’s postwar cultural development and its deepening relationship with the West. By the 1960s Japan’s dramatic rise in prosperity and the self-confidence of the country’s ‘economic miracle’ period were yet to come; it was not, at this stage, considered a fully-fledged partner of the West. All these... Read more
1. Introducing … The Beatles in Japan
2. The Road to the Budōkan: Setting the Stage
3. The Beatles at the Budōkan: The Storm Hits
4. Interlude: Manila and Memphis
5. John and Yoko: ‘All we had done as two people was become close’
6. Japan Revisited: Touring with Paul and George
7. Conclusion
Biography
Carolyn Stevens is Professor of Japanese Studies at Monash University, Australia
