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Robert Whiting

Robert Whiting is the author of You Gotta Have Wa and is one of the very few Westerners to write a regular column in the Japanese press. He has appeared as a commentator in documentaries about Japan and on such shows as Larry King Live and The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour. He has also written for The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, and Time, among other publications. He lives in Tokyo.
You Gotta Have Wa
Tokyo Underworld

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You Gotta Have Wa
Tokyo Underworld

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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