"You Gotta Have Wa" by Robert Whiting

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"In his book You Gotta Have Wa, journalist Robert Whiting considers the differences between Japan and the United States in terms of how they play baseball, a game originating in the U.S., adopted by Japan, and today a highly popular entertainment in Japan. Americans may know that baseball has become popular in Japan, but most have little idea that the game is played differently there or that there are many American players who have found second careers by playing in Japan, all of which Whiting explains. Whiting develops his discussion against the background of the concept of wa, which is a Japanese reflection of social harmony, and the differences Whiting finds between Japan and the U.S. indicate different values placed on social harmony and different ideas about public, private, group, and individual. The contrasts are developed in the book as Whiting ..."

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