Journalists Who Cover Japan Self-Defense Forces

Hugh Bohane

Cairns City, Australia

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Hugh Bohane is an Australian multimedia journalist and producer. Hugh has reported in Asia and elsewhere for over ten years in print, radio and television.

Hugh has covered politics, conflicts, natural disasters, travel, and the arts.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications and ...

Helen Clark

Melbourne, Australia

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Helen Clark is a journalist based in Melbourne, Australia.

Nestor Corrales

Manila, Philippines

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Nestor Corrales is a multimedia journalist based in Manila, Philippines with over a decade of experience writing breaking news, in-depth stories, and producing multimedia content  for the country's leading newspaper and website. He was a former Philippine Daily Inquirer reporter who covered ...

Aidan Foster-Carter

Exeter, United Kingdom

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Aidan Foster-Carter is a journalist based in Exeter, United Kingdom.

Jason Phillip Gutierrez

Manila, Philippines

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Jason Phillip Gutierrez is a veteran journalist based in Manila, Philippines. He has covered major developments in Asia, from the Philippines to Afghanistan. He was formerly a staff correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP) for two decades. After AFP, he was the news chief of BenarNews, an ...

Joseph Hammond

London, United Kingdom

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Joseph Hammond has reported in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. He has written for a number of publications including The Economist, U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Newsweek Middle East Edition, International Business Times, Monocle Magazine, and the Economist. Hammond’s worked as Cairo ...

Ayaz Khan

Karachi, Pakistan

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Having a decade of experience in storytelling, I am a journalist based in Karachi, Pakistan. I cover climate change across the country, especially Sindh and Balochistan provinces in Pakistan. I have been working with Pakistan's premier and reputed Newspaper Daily Dawn. I am a regular Op-ed writer ...

Jeoffrey Maitem

Davao City, Philippines

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Jeoffrey Maitem is a journalist based in Davao City, Philippines.

Ayanangsha Maitra

Kolkata, India

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With over 5 years experience in Print and Digital media, I've been covering issues on/in Indo-Bangladesh border, Drug Smuggling, Border Security etc for media as well as global research organization. 

As the Senior editor of New Delhi based The CEO Magazine ( and the group's other publication), ...

Faustine Ngila

Nairobi, Kenya

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Faustine Ngila is Africa's top tech journalist. He's a renowned global technology editor and reporter based in Nairobi.  
He has reported widely on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, covering emerging technologies and innovations around the world.  
He writes in the US, UK, China and Africa. His ...

Park Pang

Toronto, Canada

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Park Pang (彭栢骏, 박지훈) is an ethnic Korean adopted and raised by Hong Kong SAR Chinese parents in Canada. Pang is currently a Bachelor of Arts (BA) student at Western University (London, ON) double-majoring in Popular Music Studies and Political Science. Following the completion of this degree, Pang ...

Ramesh Pokhrel

Kathmandu, Nepal

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Ramesh Pokhrel is an Investigative journalist, Researcher based in Kathmandu (and also New Delhi). 

Areas of Focus / Coverage

Crime & Justice, Politics, Military affairs, Geopolitics, foreign & global affairs, current affairs across Asia.

Pavan Shamdasani

Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

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Pavan Shamdasani is a freelance travel and lifestyle journalist based in Hong Kong. He's written for TIME, CNN, Tatler, Variety and SCMP, as well as a host of in-flight magazines.

Pavan has traveled to over 45 countries in the past decade, and has interviewed everyone from Red Hot Chili Peppers ...

Priyanka Shankar

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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I'm an independent journalist, based in Amsterdam, with a keen interest in press freedom, human rights and podcasting. With experience in producing, reporting and presenting news for radio, television and online content using software like Avid Media Manager and Adobe Audition, I currently ...

Kirk Spitzer

Shinjuku-ku, Japan

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Tokyo Correspondent for USA Today, and Tokyo-based freelance journalist. Experienced in print, broadcast and online journalism. Specialising in defense, national security, international relations, business and economics. Have traveled widely in Japan and the Asia-Pafic region and have written on a ...

Akio Yaita

Taipei, Taiwan

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Akio Yaita is a Japanese journalist now based in Taiwan. He worked for Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun for more than twenty years. He also writes column regularly for Japanese political magazines SEIRON and WILL published monthly. Throughout his career in the last two decades, as a well-known ...