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Time Machine: U.S. interest in Japanese baseball coincided with peak of Japan's economic bubble
This story originally appeared in the Japanese magazine Shukan Asahi in February 1989. TOKYO — We are living in the era of Japan: the richest nation in…
Dec 7
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‘The Chrysanthemum and the Bat’ - Chapter 1
By Robert Whiting (1977)
Dec 3
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Holiday Offer: Sign up for a Founding Member subscription and receive autographed copies of 'You Gotta Have Wa’ and ‘Tokyo Junkie’
Robert Whiting’s Japan is extending a special offer to readers who sign up for a Founding Member subscription. With your subscription you will receive…
Dec 2
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November 2023
Time Machine: Taking a look at ‘The Sportsworld of the Hanshin Tigers’
This story originally appeared in the Japanese newspaper Yukan Fuji in 2019. TOKYO — The Hanshin Tigers of Osaka are one of the most watched and talked…
Nov 28
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Short trailer for documentary on Robert Whiting
Nov 26
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Shohei Ohtani's popularity in the U.S. continues to soar
TOKYO — How popular is Shohei Ohtani in the United States? Well, here’s one example. I have a friend, a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times based in Las…
Nov 23
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Time Machine: Nick Zappetti talks about the early years in Japan - Part 2
This interview with Nick Zappetti, the central figure in Tokyo Underworld, focuses on his activities in the years 1945-1956. Second in a two-part…
Nov 21
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Time Machine: Nick Zappetti talks about the early years in Japan - Part 2
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Robert Whiting's Japan Podcast - Nov. 17 (New)
Topics: Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies, Kishida tax cuts, Trump-Biden 2024, Shohei Ohtani MVP/free agency, Yoshinobu Yamamoto posting…
Nov 17
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'U.S.-Japan Baseball Diplomacy Project' examines connection sport helped create
TOKYO — America and Japan are bound together by a common sport. That is the theme of an ambitious year-long study undertaken by William and Mary…
Nov 15
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Time Machine: Nick Zappetti talks about the early years in Japan
This interview with Nick Zappetti, the central figure in Tokyo Underworld, focuses on his activities in the years 1945-1956. First in a two-part series…
Nov 13
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Coming out in Spring 2024 …
Nov 11
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Time Machine: 2009 interview with FCCJ's No. 1 Shimbun
This interview with Robert Whiting was published in a 2009 edition of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan’s No. 1 Shimbun. Q. It's been more than…
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