William Chapman (born 1930) is 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.
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