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American’s Star Power Unrivaled in Japan


Image sourced from https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/world/asia/unknown-in-america-david-spector-carves-out-niche-in-japan.html?fbclid=IwAR21EW_WmKnIkWVDmBKapWwxeEqW6AyYby_mw2jkPnX1R9vNE1rV1Ze3hvA

TOKYO — DAVID SPECTOR is a relative unknown in his native Chicago, but here in Japan he is a household name. With his bleach-blond hair, and ability to deliver one-liners in flawless Japanese, Mr. Spector has been a fixture in this nation’s often raucous talk-show world for three decades, making him perhaps the most recognizable American living in Japan.


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