Robert Whiting’s Japan Podcast - 2016

Steve Parker, husband of Hollywood star, and con man extraordinaire in Japan

TOKYO — Steve Parker was one of the more memorable individuals I interviewed in my long career in journalism in Japan.

Mar 30, 2022 •

Slaughter in Saitama adds to list of foreigners murdered in Japan, shines light on social issue

TOKYO — Tokyo was stunned in late December by the news of the brutal killing of longtime Japan resident William Bishop, a 69-year-old U.S.

Jan 8, 2023 •

Many questions remain to be answered in Mizuhara gambling scandal

TOKYO — I was shocked to read the news that Ippei Mizuhara, the well-known interpreter and constant companion of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani…

Mar 21, 2024 •

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