Gaman (がまん)

Dave Whitney, who has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize three times, has spent seven decades studying the difference and similarities between the cultures and economies of Japan and the United States. Beginning with Pearl Harbor Day followed by a tour with military intelligence in Japan in the 1950s, through an International Press Institute fellowship to study and tour in Japan in 1981, and following a tour of Japanese industry as leader of a Rotary International group in 1993, Dave Whitney has traced the evolution of modern relationships between two of the world's leading economies and most diverse cultures and takes a glimpse at what lies ahead following Japan's historically devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami.