From China, Hodgkin went to Japan for the Ninth International Union of Crystallography Congress at Kyoto. Following the congress she visited Nagoya University, where she lectured on 'The Crystal Structure of Insulin'.

Documentation re the Ninth IUCr Congress is to be found at MS. Eng. c. 5666/13-14.

Correspondence re arrangements for visit to Japan; includes correspondence re Sino-Japanese scientific relations.