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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

Setagaya City, Japan
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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 ...
Languages
English Japanese
Services
Feature Stories Content Writing Corporate Content
+9
Topics
Business Finance Politics
+13
Jobs Completed 20
Job Success Rate 95%
Usually Responds Within a day

Gavin Blair Top Rated

Shinjuku-ku, Japan
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Experienced Japan-based journalist, work in print, radio and TV. Have reported on a wide range of topics for media around the world.
Languages
English Japanese
Services
Interview (Video / Broadcast) Feature Stories Corporate Content
+7
Topics
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 7
Job Success Rate 100%
Usually Responds Within a day

Chunghsi Tu

Chuo City, Japan
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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 ...
Languages
Chinese (Cantonese) Chinese (Mandarin) English
+1
Services
Interview (Video / Broadcast) News Gathering Feature Stories
+5
Topics
Business Finance Politics
+12
Jobs Completed 19
Job Success Rate 95%

Carl Freire

Suginami City, Japan
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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 ...
Languages
English Japanese
Services
Feature Stories Content Writing Research
+3
Topics
Business Politics Current Affairs
+6
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a day

Keizo Kay Yamamoto

Shibuya City, Japan
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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 ...
Languages
Japanese English
Services
News Gathering Feature Stories Content Writing
+5
Jobs Completed 4
Usually Responds Within a day

Christopher Jue

Chuo City, Japan
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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.
Languages
English
Services
Photography
Topics
Business Finance Politics
+12
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a few hours

Ali Noorani

Shinagawa City, Japan
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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. ...
Languages
English Persian (Farsi)
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Content Writing
+5
Topics
Current Affairs Technology Film & Theatre
+4
Usually Responds Within a few minutes

Androniki Christodoulou

Chuo City, Japan
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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 ...
Languages
English Greek Japanese
Services
Photography Interview
Topics
Business Finance Natural Disasters
+2
Usually Responds Within a few hours

Chris Page

Osaka, Japan
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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, ...
Languages
English
Services
Interview (Video / Broadcast) Vox Pop News Gathering
+8
Topics
Fact Checking
Usually Responds Within a day

John Matthews

Bunkyō-ku, Japan
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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 ...
Languages
English Japanese
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+8
Topics
Business Finance Politics
+10
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a day
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