Henry Scott-Stokes (15 June 1938 â 19 April 2022) was a British journalist who was the Tokyo bureau chief for The Financial Times (1964âÂÂ67), The Times (1967-1970s?), and The New York Times (1978âÂÂ83).
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 alleged to be a revisionist of the Nanjing Massacre (allegedly viewing that it shouldnâÂÂt be described as a âÂÂmassacreâÂÂ).
He was the father of Henry Sugiyama Adrian Folliott Scott-Stokes. He suffered from advanced Parkinson's disease.