Burton Crane (January 23, 1901 - February 3, 1963) was a The New York Times correspondent on economics during the Occupation Period of Japan who also gained popularity as a singer in the same country, and was referred to as Japan's Bing Crosby.
He was a financial writer for The New York Times from 1937 - 1963.
Aside from finance and writing as a foreign correspondent, Crane was a playwright and an instructor in economics.
He was born in Buffalo, New York.
The son of a Presbyterian minister, he graduated from Princeton University in 1922.