Discussion

From the following statements by Mr. Kenji Ohtsuki and Dr. James Clark Moloney the reader will see that a controversy has arisen between the two writers on the character and function of psycho-analysis in Japan. Mr. Kenji Ohtsuki is one of the translators of Freud's works into Japanese and the editor of the Tokyo Journal of Psychoanalysis, now (1954) in its twelfth volume, published by the Tokyo Institute of Psychoanalysis, Nisninasuno, Tochigi, Japan. Mr. Kenji Ohtsuki's name does not appear in the list of members of the Sendai Psychoanalytic Society, given in the 108th Bulletin (1954) of the International Psycho-Analytical Association; there twenty-two members are listed, of whom all but four seem to be medically qualified; Dr. James Clark Moloney is a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and says in his book, cited later, that he visited the Japanese islands twice in the 1940s.

The Editor is glad to give Mr. Kenji Ohtsuki an opportunity to state his objections to some of Dr. Moloney's conclusions, but unfortunately, owing to language and other difficulties, his manuscript could not be published as received. The Editorial Committee have therefore prepared an abridged transcript which they sincerely hope contains the gist of the main arguments which the author wishes to present. In accordance with custom in scientific journals, Dr. James Clark Moloney has been invited to make a final reply (to the original manuscript).

The Editor would like to take this opportunity of reminding members and readers of this Journal that it is the policy of the Editorial Committee to print such controversial discussions only in exceptional circumstances, since they seldom lead to any positive advance in theory or practice. In general, corrections of misstatements, etc., should be made in a Letter to the Editor, e.g. Vol. 32, 1951, p. 338. It should, however, be emphasized that the pages of this Journal will always be open to any serious worker wh