Translated from Japanese.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

John Swenson-Wright -- 25. 3rd June (to "Prison director and c haplain") / John Swenson-Wright -- 26. 10th June (to "Miyake S hotar�e") / John Swenson-Wright -- 27. 10th June (to "Ataka" ) / John Swenson-Wright -- 28. 10th June (to "Toyokawa village rs") / John Swenson-Wright

29. 24th June (to "Dear All") / John Swenson-Wright -- 30. 24th June (to "Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 31. 30th June (to "Truman and Acheson") / John Swenson-Wright -- 32. 1st July (to "Nosaka Sanzo, Shiga Yoshio, Tokuda Kyilichi") / John Swenson-Wright -- 33. 8th July (to "Secretary-General of the Liberal Party and others") / John Swenson-Wright -- 34. 8 th July (to "Dear All") / John Swenson-Wright -- 35. 15th July (to "Sasakawa RyOhei") / John Swenson-Wright -- 36. 22nd July (to "My dear friends") / John Swenson-Wright -- 37. 29th July (to "Yamanishi, Minami, Uchiyama") / John Swenson-Wright -- 38. 5th August (to "My dear friends") / John Swenson-Wright -- 39 . 5th August (to "Hayashi Joji Chief Cabinet Secretary") / John S wenson-Wright -- 40. 7th August (to "Miles W. Vaughn") / John Swenson-Wright -- 41. 15th August (to "Prison director") / Joh n Swenson-Wright -- 42. 19th August (to "Dear All") / John Swe nson-Wright -- 43. 19th August (to "Prison Director") / John S wenson-Wright -- 44. 2nd September (to "Dear All") / John Swen son-Wright

45. 19th September (to "Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wrigh t -- 46. 30th September (to "Itakura Yasaburo and Sasakawa Shizue ") / John Swenson-Wright -- 47. 12th October (to "Director") / John Swenson-Wright -- 48. 14th October (to "Fuji Yoshio and Saskawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 49. 21st October (to "Yoshimatsu Masakatsu and Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright - - 50. 28th October (to "Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wrigh t -- 51. 23rd November (to "Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-W right -- 52. 16th December (to "Okada Katsuo and Sasakawa Shizue" ) / John Swenson-Wright -- 53. 23rd December (to "Fuji Yoshio and Sasakwa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 1947 / John Swen son-Wright -- 54. 6th January (to "Sasakawa Shizue") / John Sw enson-Wright -- 55. 12th January (to "Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 56. 20th January (to "Itakura Yasaburo") / John Swenson-Wright -- 57. 26th January (to "Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 58. 14th April (to "Okada Katsuo and S asakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 59. 29th April (to " Itakura Yasaburii") / John Swenson-Wright

60. 5th May (to "Okada Katsuo and Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swe nson-Wright -- 61. 7th May (to "Edward") / John Swenson-Wright -- 62. 10th June (to "Okada Katsuo and Sasakawa Shizue") / Jo hn Swenson-Wright -- 63. 1st July (to "Okada Katsuo and Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 64. 11th August (to "Sasakaw a Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 65. 26th August (to "Okada Katsuo and Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 66. 15t h September (to "Fuji Yoshio") / John Swenson-Wright -- 67. 30 th September (to "Okada Katsuo and Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson- Wright -- 68. ? December (To "US military") / John Swenson-Wri ght -- 69. ? December (To "Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wr ight -- 1948 / John Swenson-Wright -- 70. 5th January (to " Okada Katsuo and Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 71. 19th January (to "Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 72. January (to "Fuji Yoshio") / John Swenson-Wright -- 73. January (to "Matsumoto Jiichirão") / John Swenson-Wright -- 7 4. 9th February (to "Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright

75. 10th February (to "Teijão") / John Swenson-Wright -- 76 . 19th April (to "Saskawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 77 . 10th May (to "Saskawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 78. 24th May (to "Saskawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 79. 28th June (to "Saskawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 80. 26th July (to "Shiga Yoshio") / John Swenson-Wright -- 81. 10th August (unknown address) / John Swenson-Wright -- 82. 16th August (to "Saskawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 83 . 23rd August (to "Okada Katsuo and Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swen son-Wright -- 84. 19th November (to "Sasakawa Shizue?") / John Swenson-Wright -- 85. 6th December (to "Saskawa Shizue") / Jo hn Swenson-Wright -- 86. 20th December (to "Saskawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- Dates Unknown / John Swenson-Wright -- 87. (to "Tomita") / John Swenson-Wright -- 88. (to "Oka da Katsuo and Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 89. ( to "Sasakawa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright -- 90. (to "Sasaka wa Shizue") / John Swenson-Wright

91. (to "Elder Sister") / John Swenson-Wright -- 92. (to Sasakawa Shizue?) / John Swenson-Wright -- 93. (to "Fuji Yosh io") / John Swenson-Wright -- 94. (to "Fuji Yoshio, Itakura Ya saburão, Fujiwara Tsunekichi") / John Swenson-Wright -- 95. (t o "Okada Katsuo") / John Swenson-Wright -- 96. (to "Fuji Yoshi o and others") / John Swenson-Wright -- 97. (to "Fujiwara Tsun ekichi") / John Swenson-Wright -- 98. (to "Shãoji Keizaburão") / John Swenson-Wright -- 99. (to "Yoshimatsu Masakatsu") / John Swenson-Wright -- 100. (to "Itakura Yasaburão") / Joh n Swenson-Wright -- 101. (to "Kikuchi Toichirão") / John Swens on-Wright -- 102. (to "Fuji Yoshio") / John Swenson-Wright -- 103. (to "Fuji Yoshio") / John Swenson-Wright -- 104. ( to "Fuji Yoshio and others") / John Swenson-Wright.

"Sasakawa Tyoichi's Sugamo Diary is a fascinating document, and Sasa kawa is a fascinating person. His prison-based reflections and attitude toward communists and his American captors, as well as toward fellow J apanese citizens, including the emperor and other class-A war criminals , all make for fascinating reading."-John Breen, editor Yasukuni, the W ar Dead and the Struggle for Japan's Past.

Sasakawa Ryoichi was a wealthy business tycoon, statesman, nationali st leader, philanthropist, and suspected war criminal. Many have also c ast him as a Japanese don, power broker, political fixer, and right-win g godfather. In these diaries and letters, written by Sasakawa himself, a strikingly different picture emerges, one that reveals a man fightin g to adhere to his convictions within an ethical system that placed Jap an's well-being above all other concerns.

From 1945 to 1948, Sasakawa was imprisoned in Sugamo with a host of other class-A war criminals. His path to incarceration was uniquely dra matic: he volunteered for indictment in order to protect the emperor an d the nation from the consequences of victor's justice. Sasakawa's moti vations are apparent in his writing, along with his relentless criticis m of Japan's wartime leaders, in which he challenges the behavior of th e Tokyo court and warns against the adoption of postwar Japanese commun ism. Sasakawa instead proposed that Japan pursue friendly relations wit h the West, including the United States. After his release in 1948, he founded what is now the Nippon Foundation, a philanthropic body that be came, under his leadership, Japan's largest charitable organizations.

Through an intimate encounter with Sasakawa's thoughts, struggles, a nd philosophy, this vibrant volume introduces one of the twentieth cent ury's most influential political figures.

Translater: Ken Hijino earned his doctorate in Japanese politics in Japanese politics from the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of C ambridge. --Book Jacket.