Tag: interview
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If You Still Wanna Have Wa
by Dan Sloan (Jun 2009) — Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan Back in 1977 veteran Club member Bob Whiting crafted a whole new genre of serious Japanese reportage with his seminal book The Chrysanthemum and the Bat, which provided his insights as a fan of Japanese baseball into how that sport reflected Japanese culture. Twelve…
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Personality Profile: Robert Whiting
by Vivienne Kenrick (Nov 12, 2000) — The Japan Times For the last 50 years Japan has come under intense Western scrutiny from many quarters. Scholars, writers, professional men and women in different pursuits have contributed observations and analyses of Japanese thoughts and lifestyles and behavior. Bob Whiting crafted a way of his own to…
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Best-selling author Robert Whiting talks baseball, gangsters, bribes and more
by Mark Schreiber (Apr 4, 2004) — The Japan Times Back in 1972, a 30-year-old New Jersey native who had recently graduated from Tokyo’s Sophia University was in New York City, trying to talk to anyone who would listen about politics and life in Japan. Nobody was interested. “It was only when I started talking…
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Japanese baseball expert explains what awaits Ichiro, Mariners in Japan
by Larry Stone (Mar 17, 2012) — Seattle Times It’s coming fast. While other teams are still rounding into shape, the Mariners are staring down the start of their season, less than two weeks away. The Mariners leave for Japan on Thursday, and will be playing games that count less than a week after that…
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Commissioner Manfred – Yukan Fuji
By Robert Whiting (2017) I recently had the pleasure of moderating a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club for Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, who visited Japan on the occasion of the first and second rounds of the 4th World Baseball Classic, a tournament created by MLB to spur international interest in the…
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DiMuro Debacle was Predictable, Author Says
Jack Gallagher (Jul 10, 1997) For acclaimed baseball author Robert Whiting, a periodic resident of Japan over the past 34 years, last month’s incident triggering the departure of U.S. umpire Mike DiMuro was no surprise. Whiting, who penned such classics as “The Chrysanthemum and The Bat” and “You Gotta Have Wa,” saw the inevitable clash of…
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Japanese Baseball’s ‘Wa’ Factor – International Herald Tribune
July 18 1989 The image below can be expanded by clicking on it
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Tokyo Junkie’s Current Activities and New Book – Interview with the English Journal (EJ) on Tape
1993, issue 6 You can enlarge the images below by clicking on them.
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Author Robert Whiting Tries to Decipher True Meaning of Ichiro – Asahi Weekly
31 October 2004 You can click on the images below to enlarge them.
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Robert Whiting interview: Playing hardball with the Japanese – American Chamber of Commerce in Japan Journal, original magazine scan
April 1990 You can enlarge the images below by clicking on them.
