Early Life
His 1998 autobiography was published under the title, Japan and Back, and Places Elsewhere. Cortazzi was educated at Sedbergh School, St Andrews and London universities. He served in the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1947. He began in the RAF as an Aircraftman 2nd Class, and was granted a wartime commission in the rank of Pilot Officer in June 1945. He was promoted to Flying Officer in December 1945, and left the service in 1947, after which he joined the Foreign Office.
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