How USA Baseball Became Japan’s Obsession. The host for this show is Stephen Zurcher. The guest is Jim Allen. Jim Allen, a journalist in Japan explains about the history of baseball in Japan and why the sport is played very differently in Japan as compared to the USA. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show […]
Who is Shohei Otani and why he so important (Looking to the East)
The USA gets Otani fever! The host for this episode is Stephen Zurcher. The guests for this episode are Jim Allen and John Gibson. The USA baseball world and in general has discovered the two -way phenomenon Shohei Otani. Who is he and what are his origins here in Japan? We discuss Otani with two […]
Tokyo Olympics: 11 days and counting (Looking to the East)
Fear and Loathing in Japan. The host for this episode is Stephen Zurcher. The guests for this episode are Jim Allen and Jake Adelstein. We look at the current conditions in Japan and specifically the Tokyo area as we draw near to the start of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday July 23. ThinkTech Hawaii streams […]
Two countries divided by a single sport (Looking to the East)
Baseball in Japan and the USA. The host for this episode is Stephen Zurcher. The guest for this episode is Jim Allen. Jim Allen has been following Japanese baseball for decades and is in his words still trying to figure out how the American sport is played in Japan. His love of baseball started in […]