Robert Whiting

Robert Whiting is the author of Tokyo Underworld and You Gotta Have Wa, among other books. Along with the former diplomat David Roberts, he is working together with award-winning news anchor Dan Rather and his production company, News and Guts, on a documentary about how the '64 Olympics transformed Tokyo.
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Aerial view of Tokyo city with Tokyo tower and Mount.Fuji, Japan at night.
Aerial view of Tokyo city with Tokyo tower and Mount.Fuji, Japan at night.

Are the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Trouble?
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David Roberts, Robert Whiting
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KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images

Saying UnSorry
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