William Chapman (journalist)

William T. Chapman (December 12, 1930 – March 29, 2019) was an American journalist. He began as a reporter in 1956, and joined The Washington Post in 1960. He was assigned by the Post to Tokyo as their bureau chief in 1977, and is the author of Inside the Philippine Revolution (1988) and Inventing Japan: The Making of a Postwar Civilization (1991).

Chapman obtained a BA from DePauw University and an MA in political science from New York University.

Chapman died at his home in Weston, Vermont, on March 29, 2019, at the age of 88.

Notes

  1. ↑ For Chapman being assigned to Tokyo in 1977, see Hess, Stephen. International News and Foreign Correspondents. Brookings Institution Press, 1996, p. 18.
  2. ↑ Hare, Alexander Paul and Blumberg, Herbert H. Nonviolent Direct Action: American cases: Social-psychological Analyses. Corpus Books, 1968, p. 241.
  3. ↑ "William T. Chapman". Rutland Herald. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2026.