{"product_id":"9781462901944","title":"Foreign Correspondents in Japan","description":"Since its founding in 1945, the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan (FCCJ) has been a haven for working journalists. From its origins at \"No. 1 Shimbun Alley\" in the ruins of Tokyo immediately after World War II, the club quickly took on a life of its own. At times it became like a miniature United Nations, meeting the needs of hundreds of foreign journalists from around the world, who used it as a working press center as well as a social oasis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClub members, who include several Pulitzer Prize winners, have personally witnessed and reported on some of the most momentous events of the last half century-the end of World War II and the occupation of Japan; the revolution in China; the Korean War; Vietnam and the student riots of the 1960s; the height of the Cold War; Japan's economic miracle and the subsequent collapse of the \"bubble\" economy; the death of Emperor Hirohito; and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeign Correspondents in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e gives an intimate and colorful look at these journalists who covered Asia for the rest of the world during five decades of sweeping change, and provides first-person accounts of history as it was being written.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129560285424,"sku":"9781462901944","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462901944_p0.jpg?v=1763679532","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462901944","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}