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https://archive.is/Hkibb Fukushima: Nightmare in the city of ghosts Memories of the most powerful earthquake ever to hit Japan ROBERT WHITING, Contributing writerMarch 10, 2021 19:00 JST Nikkei Asia Review Excerpted from “Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys… And Baseball” by Robert Whiting. ©2021 Robert Whiting. Used by permission of Stone Bridge…

https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-611-72067-9 BEST BOOKSAUTHORSPUBLISHERS WEEKLY  Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Light and Back Alleys… and Baseball Robert Whiting. Stone Bridge, $19.95 (384p) ISBN 978-1-611-72067-9 https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?app_id=190910504285954&channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Df5cdc2080537b4%26domain%3Dwww.publishersweekly.com%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.publishersweekly.com%252Ff2a6030c20ed3f%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=150&href=http%3A%2F%2Fpublishersweekly.com%2Fpw%2Freviews%2Fsingle%2F978-1-611-72067-9&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&send=true&show_faces=false&width=150 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.6e189c4f2b6d88c453045806323cdcf3.en.html#dnt=false&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publishersweekly.com%2F978-1-611-72067-9&size=m&text=Nonfiction%20Book%20Review%3A%20Tokyo%20Junkie%3A%2060%20Years%20of%20Bright%20Light%20and%20Back%20Alleys…%20and%20Baseball%20by%20Robert%20Whiting.%20Stone%20Bridge%2C%20%2419.95%20(384p)%20ISBN%20978-1-611-72067-9&time=1613425884234&type=share&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publishersweekly.com%2F978-1-611-72067-9&via=publisherswkly Whiting (You Gotta Have Wa) recounts his decades in Tokyo, first as a soldier in 1962 and later as a sportswriter, with a patter that lands like readers have…

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?q=FOREWORD#search/FOREWORD/FMfcgxwLsJtCSLtCfZsWcJNfkpVDFHpj?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1 Foreword Review Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys … and Baseball Robert Whiting Stone Bridge Press (Apr 20, 2021) Softcover $19.95 (384pp) 978-1-61172-067-9 TRAVEL Robert Whiting’s memoir Tokyo Junkie details his long-standing relationship with Japan’s populous, quirky capital. Whiting first arrived in Japan as a US Air Force soldier; he…

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/robert-whiting/tokyo-junkie/ A delightful memoir of the author’s five-decade love affair with a city that “hypnotized” him and never let go.READ REVIEW 60 YEARS OF BRIGHT LIGHTS AND BACK ALLEYS…AND BASEBALL BY ROBERT WHITING ‧ RELEASE DATE: APRIL 20, 2021 A“callow young man…searching for an identity” finds a wondrous metropolis on the other side of the world. Whiting, who…

Kawakami’s players impressed MLB counterparts https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/11/29/baseball/kawakamis-players-impressed-mlb-counterparts/ BY ROBERT WHITING SPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES SHARE Nov 26, 2013 First in a three-part series Most foreign fans of baseball in Japan may not know the name Tetsuharu Kawakami, who passed away recently at the age of 93, but perhaps it’s time they did. He was a huge…

Kawakami’s philosophy as manager never wavered https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/11/27/baseball/japanese-baseball/kawakamis-philosophy-as-manager-never-wavered/ BY ROBERT WHITING SPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES SHARE Nov 27, 2013 Second in a three-part series A famous Tetsuharu Kawakami watchword was wa (harmony). The legendary Yomiuri Giants manager was famous for saying that individualism would destroy a team and that he would rather have a pitching staff of 10-game…

https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Obituaries/Hank-Aaron-US-baseball-legend-and-great-friend-of-Japanese-rival-Sadaharu-Oh OBITUARIES Former slugger will be remembered for beating racism on his race to stardom Hall of Fame baseball star Hank Aaron, among the greatest players in history, died at the age of 86 on Jan. 22. Here he is shown in a portrait at the Polo Grounds in Brooklyn before the start of the 1954 season.   ©…

Ringing in the New Year in Japan https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Life/Ringing-in-the-New-Year-in-Japan LIFE Ringing in the New Year in Japan Unique celebrations mark the year’s most important national holiday A three-day national holiday, the most important of the year, Japanese honor the event with quiet family reunions and visits to the nearest shrine to say prayers for the coming 12…

Search for: Mob rule By Michael PickardNovember 25, 2020 IN FOCUS The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire writer Terence Winter joins producers Sherry Marsh and Chris Albrecht (pictured left to right above) to talk about their upcoming project Tokyo Underworld, based on the true story of an American soldier who becomes a gangland leader in post-Second…

Asia Times POSTED INPACIFIC WAR LEGACIES Inside story of US black ops in post-war Japan Lieutenant Colonel Jack Canon’s spook agency was all about guns, midnight assignations and the third degreeBy ROBERT WHITINGAUGUST 19, 2020 I first came to Japan in 1962, in the US military, assigned to Fuchu Air Station in the Tokyo suburbs. I…