![]() ![]() Clavell has lived and frequently visited Hong Kong, and ''Tai-Pan,'' his second novel, was also set in that British crown colony. Clavell's name is synonymous with Japan, and it may soon be synonymous with another part of the Orient, Hong Kong, the setting of his current best-seller, ''Noble House.'' Mr. ''In 1945,'' he said, ''I swore I would toss the first brick through the first Japanese Embassy ever erected in London.'' Clavell was an 18-year-old British artillery officer in Java, he was captured by the Japanese and spent three years in two prisoner-of-war camps, including the notorious Changi camp in Singapore. In saying that once he would not have welcomed the Emperor, Mr. ![]() So I wrote him a letter and sent it to the Japanese Embassy, saying I would like to welcome you to my country one time I would not have, but now I do.'' ''It was eerie, and I felt personally very badly. ''The British are usually very hospitable, but when he came there was almost no one in the streets at all,'' Mr. While James Clavell was writing ''Shogun'' in the early 1970's, the Emperor of Japan made his first visit to London. ![]()
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