Publisher/日本政府/ The Government of Japan

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This book is a photo book "Japan / Japan" presented by the Japanese government to the directors of each country who attended the IMF (International Monetary Fund) Annual Meeting in Tokyo in September 1964. It consists of a total of three books, "Art and Craft," "Land and People," and "Industry." At this meeting, Japan has changed from an IMF "Article 14 country" to an "Article 8 country", and has changed from a member country that can restrict exchanges due to the deficit of the balance of payments to an Article 8 country that cannot do so worldwide. It was an important general meeting in which Japan's economic position was established and it was virtually recognized as a developed country. At that time, Prime Minister Ikeda was also vocally appealing to his home country, which has been successfully reconstructed, grown and developed by making effective use of the funds borrowed from the Japan Foundation, and this book was published to show that fact. It seems that. The art direction is Hiromu Hara, and the credits for the photos are from each newspaper company, as well as Ken Domon, Takeji Iwamiya, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Masaharu Ueda, and many others. As it is a government specification, the binding is also very luxurious.