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Paydesk has 40 journalists in Japan. Our journalists can do broadcast reports, as well as printed media and photography.
Our top journalists in Japan are James Simms and Gavin Blair.
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We have journalists in Bunkyō-ku, Chiyoda-ku, Chofu, Chuo City, Fukuoka, Inagi, Kyoto, Osaka, Ōsaka-shi, Setagaya City, Shibuya City, Shinagawa City, Shinjuku-ku, Suginami City, Tokyo and Yamaguchi-shi.
Journalists in Japan
James Simms
Top Rated
James Simms is a Forbes contributor and freelance journalist in Tokyo, former columnist for The Wall Street Journal and former Scripps Journalism Fellow at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is also a regular commentator on Japanese television and radio and former President of the Foreign ...
English
Japanese
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+9
Business
Finance
Politics
+13
Jobs Completed 20
Job Success Rate 95%
Usually Responds Within a day
Gavin Blair
Top Rated
Experienced Japan-based journalist, work in print, radio and TV. Have reported on a wide range of topics for media around the world.
English
Japanese
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Feature Stories
Corporate Content
+7
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 7
Job Success Rate 100%
Usually Responds Within a day
Chunghsi Tu
I am Chunghsi Tu (杜宗熹). I'm a journalist based in Japan. I was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and now living in Japan. I have been engaged in media-related jobs for the past 10 years, including full-time, part-time and freelance reporting. I also have extensive interviewing experience in Taiwan, Mainland ...
Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
+1
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
News Gathering
Feature Stories
+5
Business
Finance
Politics
+12
Jobs Completed 19
Job Success Rate 95%
Carl Freire
Carl Freire is a writer, translator (J>E), and editor based in Tokyo. He has worked as a trade magazine journalist in Osaka and for the Associated Press in Tokyo. While he is focused primarily on his work as a translator, he has continued to write, with work appearing in the Japan Times and other ...
English
Japanese
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Research
+3
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+6
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a day
Keizo Kay Yamamoto
Keizo Kay Yamamoto (a.k.a. K. K. Yam) is a tranquil rover and deliberate writer, weaving monologues, dialogues, and travelogues into the digital realm. He also serves as an independent English-Japanese [en-US | ja-JP] content editor, interviewer, translator, and subtitler. Since 2006, he has ...
Japanese
English
News Gathering
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+5
Jobs Completed 4
Usually Responds Within a day
Christopher Jue
Christopher Jue is a photo editor/photographer in Tokyo, Japan. 15 years photography experience in corporate photography and photojournalism. Currently freelance for Getty Images, European Pressphoto Agency, Associated Press, and Xinhua News Agency.
English
Photography
Business
Finance
Politics
+12
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Ali Noorani
Ali Noorani is currently a broadcast Specialist at NHKWorld Japan. Before, he was Agence France-Presse’s former correspondent in Tehran, where he covered a wide range of topics on the country. He has appeared on networks like France24 English, DW English, NPR, BBC, Al Jazeera English, etc. ...
English
Persian (Farsi)
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Content Writing
+5
Current Affairs
Technology
Film & Theatre
+4
Usually Responds Within a few minutes
Androniki Christodoulou
Androniki Christodoulou is a photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. With many years experience photographing for international magazines and newspapers such as The Financial Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, etc.. Available for assignments in Greece and Japan. I shoot mainly photos ...
English
Greek
Japanese
Photography
Interview
Business
Finance
Natural Disasters
+2
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Chris Page
Chris Page is a journalist based in Ōsaka-shi, Japan. Writing on a broad range of topics, such as current affairs, culture, society, literature, travel, and film, I have contributed to the BBC World Service, CBC (Canada) TV News 1, The Japan Times, Time Out Kyoto City Guide, The London News Review, ...
English
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
News Gathering
+8
Fact Checking
Usually Responds Within a day
John Matthews
Hey all. I'm a Japanese-English bilingual independent journalist out of Tokyo, Japan. If you're based in America and you're tuned into public radio, you'll often hear my spots from Japan on NPR's newscasts. Aside from that, I hold regular agreements with clients like Reuters for audio and video ...
English
Japanese
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+8
Business
Finance
Politics
+10
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a day
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