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Japanese Speaking Freelance Journalists
journalist.net has 75 reporters who speak Japanese. Our journalists can do broadcast reports, as well as printed media and photography. Our top correspondents who speak Japanese are James Simms and Guy De Launey. Use our journalist directory to find an Japanese speaking member to work for you.
Journalists Who Speak Japanese
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 & Economy
Finance & Markets
Politics & Government
+11
Jobs Completed 28
Job Success Rate 93%
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Guy has been a broadcast journalist since 1995. Initially based in London, he worked for BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC World Service, BBC World TV and BBC 6 Music in a variety of roles including presenter, reporter and producer. His work took him on assignment to every continent, but since 2004 he has ...
English
French
Japanese
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+11
Fact-Checking & Verification
Jobs Completed 14
Job Success Rate 93%
Usually Responds Within a day
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
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+11
Business & Economy
Finance & Markets
Politics & Government
+17
Jobs Completed 7
Job Success Rate 100%
Usually Responds Within a day
I'm a journalist and filmmaker with more than 15 years of experience producing award-winning stories in more than 30 countries, including Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the West Bank, Kashmir, and Iraq, as well as rebel-held territory in Sri Lanka and Burma. I've reported for Al Jazeera ...
Creole
English
French
+80
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+12
Business & Economy
Politics & Government
International Affairs
+7
Jobs Completed 62
Job Success Rate 100%
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Sekyung Park is a journalist based in Seoul, South Korea. April 1, 2022 - Present: Technical Consultant and Monitoring Agent, Revival Broadcasting System (RBS), a private North Korean broadcasting station in South Korea. July 26, 2020 - Present: Technical Consultant and Monitoring Agent, ...
Japanese
Video Rushes
Technology
Jobs Completed 24
Job Success Rate 92%
Usually Responds Within a day
Yushih Liao is a journalist based in Taipei, Taiwan. Working languages: English, Chinese and Japanese. Education: Phd. Nihon University, College of Arts, Japan Experience: Correspondent, VOA (Current) Chief Research Officer, Christie’s in Taipei. Advisors, Taiwan Brain Trust. Director, ...
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Japanese
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+8
Politics & Government
International Affairs
Arts & Culture
+2
Jobs Completed 90
Job Success Rate 99%
Usually Responds Within a few hours
https://www.midbrainfilms.net/ Salman Idris is a Video Journalist-Producer, Shoot/Edit/Documentary Filmmaker Fixer based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Available for all cities of Pakistan and abroad, he is working as a permanent freelancer since 2015. Associated with electronic media since 1998, he has ...
English
Japanese
Kashmiri
+6
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+11
Business & Economy
Finance & Markets
Politics & Government
+18
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Jiang Yu is a journalist & producer based in Uppsala, Sweden. The podcast program he produced and hosted won a SOPA award (Excellence in Audio Reporting 2024) for ****. He also did live text reports on the death of Queen Elizabeth in London in 2022 and video reports on the Russian-Ukrainian war in ...
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Japanese
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+7
Politics & Government
International Affairs
Sports
+6
Jobs Completed 28
Job Success Rate 85%
Usually Responds Within a day
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 & Economy
Finance & Markets
Politics & Government
+9
Jobs Completed 19
Job Success Rate 95%
Usually Responds Within a day
Currently working as a freelancer, Javier Íñiguez has navigated the Spanish media landscape for the past six years, including roles in relevant newsrooms (El Español, El País Cataluña), PR positions in the public and private sector and even international projects (Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic ...
Catalan
English
Japanese
+1
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
News Gathering
Feature Stories
+7
Politics & Government
International Affairs
Film & Television
+11
Jobs Completed 42
Job Success Rate 93%
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Based in Hanoi, Vietnam. **** Nguyen Anh started out and worked as a photojournalist from 2012 to 2015 for AFP and VnExpress. In 2016, he was awarded a scholarship to the International Center of Photography in New York, where he completed the One-Year Creative Practices. His work has appeared ...
Vietnamese
English
Japanese
Documentaries
News Gathering
Interview (Print / Radio / Podcast)
+4
Politics & Government
International Affairs
Technology
+12
Jobs Completed 2
Usually Responds Within a day
David Bandurski is the Executive Director of the China Media Project, an organization based in the US, with an office in Taipei, that is one of the world's leading authorities on PRC media and politics, as well as global Chinese-language media. He is the author of Dragons in Diamond Village (...
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Japanese
Investigative Journalism
Investigations
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a few hours
I'm a Cameraman and Photographer based in Japan. 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 equipment (Sony FX6, Sony A7RV, ...
English
French
Japanese
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+11
Business & Economy
Finance & Markets
Politics & Government
+18
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a day
Kris Cheng is a journalist based in London, United Kingdom, freelancing for Voice of America. I previously covered politics, Greater China and diplomacy from Hong Kong, mostly with the Hong Kong Free Press. See my Muck Rack profile: ****
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Japanese
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+13
Politics & Government
International Affairs
Services & Production
+4
Jobs Completed 27
Job Success Rate 96%
Usually Responds Within a day
Rajendra Bhatta (Raju Jhallu Prassad) is an award-winning Environmental Journalist, Researcher, and Editor-in-Chief of Tourshala Media Network, with eight years of impactful, data-driven storytelling across Nepal and South Asia. He specializes in Investigative Journalism focused on urgent ...
Nepali
English
Hindi
+1
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Documentaries
News Gathering
+9
Science & Medicine
Services & Production
Investigations
+4
Usually Responds Within a few weeks
Prachi Bari is an Independent journalist based in Prague, Czech Republic. currently am doing a Master's in Media and Communication and has experience in news gathering, research, fixer for news features, documentaries
English
Hindi
Japanese
+1
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Documentaries
News Gathering
+8
Politics & Government
International Affairs
Film & Television
+9
Usually Responds Within a few weeks
I am an independent journalist and multilingual political analyst reporting across Asia, the United States, and Europe. Fluent in Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and Taiwanese, I specialize in cross-cultural and geopolitical reporting with a focus on Taiwan, China, Japan and the broader Indo-Pacific ...
English
Polish
Chinese (Mandarin)
+2
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
News Gathering
Fixing
+5
Politics & Government
International Affairs
Services & Production
+4
Jobs Completed 2
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Galileo Cheng is an award-winning freelance journalist and photojournalist based in London, UK. With a career spanning over a decade, Cheng has developed a diverse portfolio that covers a wide range of topics, from cultural events to political activism. He has a special investigation focus and ...
Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
+1
News Gathering
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+7
Politics & Government
International Affairs
Technology
+7
Usually Responds Within a day
kkyam | Keizo Kay Yamamoto is a tranquil rover and deliberate writer, weaving monologues, dialogues, and travelogues into the digital realm. ::::: He is an independent English-Japanese [en-US | ja-JP] content editor, interviewer, translator (human and neural machine translation editor/proofreader), ...
Japanese
English
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+13
Business & Economy
Politics & Government
International Affairs
+11
Jobs Completed 4
Usually Responds Within a day
Mike Firn is an experienced multi-platform journalist based in Bangkok, Thailand. He has spent more than 30 years writing and editing online and broadcast copy, and presenting live television reports from Hong Kong, Japan. Singapore, Cambodia and Thailand for major international media including ...
English
Japanese
Chinese (Cantonese)
News Gathering
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+3
Business & Economy
Politics & Government
International Affairs
+1
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Miriam Gradel is a climate reporter and multimedia journalist reporting between Europe and Asia. Originally from Denmark, she has lived and worked in both Japan and the UK.
Danish
English
Japanese
+3
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+12
Business & Economy
Politics & Government
International Affairs
+10
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within an hour
Carl Freire is a writer, translator (J>E), and editor based in Tokyo. He has worked as a trade magazine journalist in Osaka and as a general assignment reporter for the Associated Press in Tokyo. While he is focused primarily on his work as a translator, he has continued to write, with work ...
English
Japanese
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Research
+3
Business & Economy
Politics & Government
International Affairs
+7
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a day
DANIEL FUKUNAGA is a journalist based in São Paulo, Brazil. Born in Japan (speaks japanese very well), he lived and studied in Argentina for 10 years. After working at a newspaper and television station in Tokyo/Japan, he went to live in Brazil. He currently works as a journalist, reporter, ...
Japanese
Portuguese
Spanish
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Documentaries
News Gathering
+7
Entertainment & Celebrity
Food & Drink
Services & Production
+7
Kelvin Ng is a journalist based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Japanese
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Documentaries
+8
Business & Economy
Finance & Markets
Politics & Government
+11
Usually Responds Within an hour
Satoshi Takahashi is a Japanese photojournalist. He was born in 1981 in Akita, Japan. A member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society (JPS). He studied photography at Japan University College of Art Department of Photography. Satoshi began his career as a freelance photojournalist in ...
Japanese
English
Khmer
Photography
Politics & Government
International Affairs
Conflict & Security
+2
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