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Paydesk has 38 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.
Use our journalist directory to find a member to work for you.
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
Chunghsi Tu
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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 Read more
Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
+1
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
News Gathering
Feature Stories
+5
Business
Finance
Politics
+12
Keizo Kay Yamamoto
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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 Read more
Japanese
English
News Gathering
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+5
Ali Noorani
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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. Read more
English
Persian (Farsi)
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Content Writing
+5
Current Affairs
Technology
Film & Theatre
+4
Carl Freire
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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 Read more
English
Japanese
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Research
+3
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+6
Christopher Jue
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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.
English
Photography
Business
Finance
Politics
+12
Fred Mery
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I'm a cameraman based in Japan.
If needed, I can also work as a photographer.
My work ranges from corporate gigs to documentary or news pieces. I'm therefore extremely reactive and understand how difficult it might be for you to find the right person to work with in this country.
I own my Read more
English
French
Japanese
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+11
Business
Finance
Politics
+25
Chris Page
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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, Read more
English
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
News Gathering
+8
Fact Checking
John Matthews
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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 Read more
English
Japanese
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+8
Business
Finance
Politics
+10
Irene Herrera
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Irene Herrera, PhD(c) is a Cuban-Venezuelan documentary filmmaker and journalist based in between Tokyo and Miami. Among her non-fiction works are Kodo wa Awaseba (Gran Prix Expo Aichi Film Fest); Gaijin no Honne (2004); You Can Call Me Nikkie (2008); Women in Refugee: Stories from a Border (2009); Read more
English
French
Japanese
+2
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+6
Politics
Current Affairs
Arts & Books
+2
Julia Kim
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Julia Kim is a journalist based in Chuo City, Japan.
Stephen Ross
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Stephen ROSS is a journalist based in Tokyo, Japan.
English
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+5
Technology
Fact Checking
Mayumi Watanabe
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Mayumi Watanabe is a journalist based in Chofu, Japan. She is fully bi-lingual in English and Japanese.
She has 15-years metals commodity coverage as a senior editor at Platts. Her coverage area extends throughout rare to base metals and had addressed their market price trends, fundamentals, Read more
Japanese
Research
Fact Checking
Fact Checking
Nithin Coca
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Nithin Coca is a freelance journalist who focuses on social and economic issues in developing countries, and has specific expertise in Southeast Asia. He is based partly in San Francisco, CA, Kyoto, Japan, and Jakarta, Indonesia.
Coca's feature and news pieces have appeared in global media Read more
English
French
Indonesian
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Research
+3
Politics
Current Affairs
Technology
+7
Paulomi Barman
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Paulomi Barman is a journalist based in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan.
She has been working for the Indian News Media for the past 4 years and has recently shifted to Tokyo ( 2019 ). During her work experience in India, she has worked with emminent journalists like Rajdeep Sardesai, Rahul Kanwal, Read more
Bengali
English
Hindi
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
News Gathering
Content Writing
+4
Politics
Current Affairs
Research
+3
Erin Efrus
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Erin is a journalist based in Tokyo, Japan. She writes in variety of styles an on variety of topics for printed, online and broadcast media worldwide.
She is specializing in setting up and conduction exclusive interviewed with a variety of sought after A-list celebrities, politicians, CEOs and Read more
English
Japanese
Russian
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+13
Business
Finance
Politics
+6
Tim Maughan
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I am a British freelance journalist, National Council of Journalists trained. I was a local reporter, and then a features writer and business editor at Reed Elsevier for nine years. In Japan, my feature specialities are the business, manufacturing, management, maritime, motorcycling, and industrial Read more
English
Feature Stories
Fact Checking
Business
Fact Checking
Marc Prosser
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I am a freelance journalist based in Tokyo, Japan. I contribute articles to a number of international media and companies, including Forbes Asia and Singularity Hub.
My main areas of expertise are science, technology and finance. However, I have spent time working at both local newspapers in Read more
Danish
English
French
+2
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
News Gathering
Feature Stories
+8
Finance
Politics
Current Affairs
+3
Julian Ryall
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Julian Ryall is a journalist based in Tokyo, Japan.
English
Feature Stories
Corporate Content
Research
+2
Fact Checking
Kirk Spitzer
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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 Read more
English
Japanese
News Gathering
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+6
Fact Checking
Androniki Christodoulou
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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 Read more
English
Greek
Japanese
Photography
Interview
Business
Finance
Natural Disasters
+2
Ching Li Tor
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Ching Li is a versatile journalist who has been in the media for over 14-years, working across various mediums from newsprint, newswires, magazine and book publishing, TV broadcast news presenting and current affairs program producing. She has bylines in the Wall Street Asia Journal, Dow Jones Read more
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Japanese
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+8
Business
Finance
Politics
+4
Niclas Ericsson
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Niclas Ericsson is a videographer and editor based in central Tokyo, where he has lives since 2005. He does both video and still photography, but his main focus is filming corporate interviews and conferences; and editing of content for multinational corporate clients. He is used to working alone Read more
English
Japanese
Swedish
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+8
Business
Finance
Politics
+18
Franklin Serrano
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Franklin Serrano is a journalist based in Yamaguchi-shi, Japan.
International Journalist, Television Producer, Movie Director, Radio Host and Television Presenter. A Canadian Filmmaker with an Spanish and Italian background. Has travelled to over 28 countries around the world covering the latest Read more
English
Spanish
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+11
Fact Checking
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