https://www.scmp.com/rss/509672/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Tokyo Junkieby Robert WhitingStone Bridge Press Westerners have been visiting Japan and recording their observations for more than 150 years, for the most part measuring everything they see by a yardstick configured in their own country. Their books tell us more about the disposition and biases of the authors than the country they are purporting to examine. When Robert Whiting arrived in Japan, aged 19, from the United States, he was, by his own admission, no exception. Tokyo Junkie tells how he... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3130454/tokyo-junkie-robert-whitings-eyewitness-account-how?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3130454/tokyo-junkie-robert-whitings-eyewitness-account-how?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Apr 2021 09:45:07 +0000