s ons ▁participated ▁in ▁an ▁international ▁sym pos ium ▁on ▁" New ▁Problem s ▁of ▁Advanced ▁Soci eties ", ▁held ▁in ▁Tokyo , ▁and ▁he ▁wrote ▁short ▁articles ▁written ▁that ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁proceed ings ▁of ▁the ▁sym pos ium . ▁Tom in aga , ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 1 , ▁a ▁leading ▁figure ▁in ▁Japanese ▁soci ology ▁and ▁a ▁professor ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Tokyo , ▁was ▁asked ▁by ▁L id z ▁to ▁contribute ▁to ▁a ▁two - volume ▁collection ▁of ▁ess ays ▁to ▁honor ▁Par s ons . ▁Tom in aga ▁wrote ▁an ▁ess ay ▁on ▁the ▁industrial ▁growth ▁model ▁of ▁Japan ▁and ▁used ▁Par s ons ' ▁AG IL ▁model . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁W ash io ▁Kur ata , ▁the ▁new ▁de an ▁of ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Soci ology ▁of ▁K wan se i ▁G aku in ▁University , ▁wrote ▁to ▁Par s ons ▁and ▁invited ▁him ▁to ▁visit ▁Japan ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 8 – 1 9 7 9 ▁academic ▁year . ▁In ▁early ▁spring , ▁Par s ons ▁accepted ▁the ▁inv itation , ▁and ▁on ▁October ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁Par s ons ▁arrived ▁at ▁the ▁Os aka ▁Airport , ▁accompanied ▁by ▁his ▁wife , ▁and ▁was ▁gre et ed ▁roy ally ▁by ▁a ▁large ▁ent ou rage . ▁ ▁Par s ons ▁began ▁week ly ▁lect ures ▁at ▁K wan se i ' s ▁soci ology ▁department ▁from ▁October ▁