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https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/bg900273/ “Tokyo Junkie”: Robert Whiting’s Memoir of a Capital Life SocietyCulture Apr 16, 2021 James Singleton [Profile]Writer Robert Whiting’s new memoir Tokyo Junkie is a tale of an American transplant in a booming Asian metropolis. Insightful and humorous, its assorted essays recount the people and events that have shaped Japan’s capital and the author over six decades.https://web.facebook.com/v2.6/plugins/like.php?action=like&app_id=172525162793917&channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Dfae55317f67024%26domain%3Dwww.nippon.com%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.nippon.com%252Ff2fa279f057924%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=0&font=arial&height=25&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nippon.com%2Fen%2Fjapan-topics%2Fbg900273%2F&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&send=false&share=false&show_faces=false&size=large&width=90Google…

PublishedApril 20, 2021 UpdatedApril 20, 2021 Robert Whiting On His First Years in Tokyo, the 1964 Games and More Art & Culture Books & Literature Robert Whiting On His First Years in Tokyo, the 1964 Games and More Whiting’s new memoir, “Tokyo Junkie,” details his six-decade love affair with the city By Matthew Hernon A fresh-faced GI from…

for Common Sense STOP THE GAMES By Robert Whiting Why is  Tokyo still planning to  hold  the  Olympics? That is the question to ask as the city  battles  a coronavirus pandemic, with a  fourth Covid-19 wave now surging in the capital just weeks after wave number three abated and  more contagious  variants from overseas being…

https://www.fccj.or.jp/number-1-shimbun.html The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan ©FCCJ / JULIO SHIIKI 05 | FCCJ | APRIL 2021 COVER STORY KISHA CLUB / BLACKLIST ROBERT WHITING TOKYO JUNKIE EXTRACT The only individuals who could join akisha club were reporters from the daily newspapers and TV/radio organizations. Magazine reporters and freelancers were not allowed. The Japanese tendency…

Review—Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys…and Baseball Skip to content Books on Asia Your guide to finding quality books on Japan and Asia Home Books Podcasts Issues Issue 1 Issue 2 Issue 3 Issue 4 Issue 5 Issue 6 Issue 7 Blog Articles New Writing Reviews About Blog Reviews Review—Tokyo Junkie: 60…

http://www.donmaclaren.com/review_of_tokyo_junkie_and_interview_with_author_robert_whiting.html?r=20210403092633 Home Writings Interviews CV/Resume Contact © 2021 by Don MacLarenFor permission requests, please contact Don MacLaren: info@donmaclaren.com​ ​(For mobile device-friendly version, please click here (and zoom in to easily read text.)​Review of Robert Whiting’s Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys…and Baseball​By Don MacLaren2 April 2021​​In the early 1960s, Japan was a poor country…

X—YUKAN FUJI.2021. IS IT TIME TO CANCEL THE OLYMPICS? A recent column in the Times  (of UK) by Richard Lloyd Parry asked if it was time to cancel the Tokyo Olympics. He noted the recent cancellation of the  50-year-old Glastonbury music festival for the second year in a row (along with the Chelsea Flower Show…

https://www.zakzak.co.jp/spo/news/210303/bas2103030001-n1.html  X—YUKAN FUJI.2021 LOOKING AT 2021 It looks as though the worst of Covid-19 is behind us.  Vaccinations have started around the world and herd immunity appears  to  just a few short months away.  MLB and NPB spring training has begun  and it  looks like both MLB and NPB will be able to play full…

https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Life/BOOKS-Japan-through-the-eyes-of-a-Tokyo-Junkie LIFEBOOKS: Japan through the eyes of a ‘Tokyo Junkie’Robert Whiting traces the changes in a city, and himself, across six decades PETER TASKER, Contributing writerMarch 17, 2021 09:00 JSTTOKYO — “Officials from the police agencies came in and sat alongside yakuza bosses who sat next to CIA agents. At times, one might see Catholic…