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 Read moreCorrespondents' Club of Japan. In 2021, the University of Pennsylvania Press published the chapter he wrote entitled "The Road to Fukushima: A US-Japan History" in the edited volume "Legacies of Fukushima: 3.11 in Context."

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 content editor, interviewer, translator, and subtitler. Since 2006, he has contributed to Read morenumerous media content production projects in Japan and globally under his digital media sole proprietorship Bluish Media (formerly BLUISH MEDIA OÜ | azure connexion, LLC).

Keizo is a native Japanese speaker and writer fluent in English (TOEIC L&R score Percentile Rank 99.5%), with proficiency in other languages. He pursued studies in Languages, Information Science and Management, and Multimedia Communications at universities and a graduate school in both Japan and the U.S. Before 2006, Keizo accumulated professional experience as an Airport Manager and Marketing Specialist at prominent global airlines based in the U.S. and U.K.

Having lived and worked in Japan, the US, Hong Kong, Thailand, and the EU, Keizo has visited over 600 airports across 85 countries and regions on 5 continents, flying with 100+ different airlines since the late 20th century. Currently based in Tokyo and Sapporo.

A user of XTM, Wordfast, memoQ, and other translation management tools.

Passed the Qualification Test for the Hokkaido Gov-certified Outdoor Nature Guide (2024)

Free to travel.

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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.

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 morebut will hire additional crew when required.

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 morework, both live and pre-recorded/pre-filed. I also appear on Japanese television outlets as a sort of bilingual culture bridge.

I'm available for on-the-ground fixing and news production in any area of Japan. Visiting teams needing a coordinator will get top-notch service before they even get to the airport.
In front or behind the mic/camera, I'm perfectly comfortable (in both Japanese and English).
I'm also equipped with audio and video gear for most any occasion.

One last thing - although I don't cut my labor rates, I am intensely budget-minded and generally know where to find the good areas to cut here in Japan.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

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 moreother professionals, as well as doing war/disaster coverage for newspapers (Tohoku earthquake, for a major Russian-language newspaper called Vesti) and writing witty pieces on traveling, family, fashion, trends, etc. 

She has conducted interviews/written articles and/or acted as a "fixer" for members of the Johnny's Entertainment (a famous boy-band production company, known for their dislike to media outside their own cycle), GACKT (Japan's top rock singer), Saito Takumi (a known actor in Japan),  VITAS (a famous Russian singer), Backstreet Boys, Ne-Yo, Tom Cruise, etc. 

Erin works for printed media, online media and TV/films. She can take professional photographs and videos. 

More of Erin's published works are available upon request.

Yuzuha Oka is a business/tech journalist based in Tokyo. Her current beat is climate and she co-hosts a weekly podcast on climate and business. 

She has contributed to BBC, Reuters, ABC, the Japan Times, Sydney Morning Herald among others. She has professional experience in radio, online, print, Read moreand video. 

She is fluent in English and Japanese. She is passionate about understanding human behavior and especially loves audio storytelling.

Hiromi Tanoue is a freelance video journalist, currently resides in Osaka, Japan. She's capable of producing video package from initial research to filming and editing as one-man band. She's available for any assignments including fixing and news production both inside and outside of Japan. Her Read morereporting published at international media such as Reuters, AFP, Al Jazeera Plus, BBC Radio, and etc. She used to work as a full-time video journalist at AFPBB News, Japanese news website affiliated to AFP. Japanese Native and fluent in English.

Portfolio : www.hiromitanoue.com

Jason Gatewood is a Video & Photo Journalist, Teacher of Media and Multicultural Studies and Japanese speaker based in Tokyo, Japan.

Mark Eite works for www.aflo.com in Tokyo, Japan. Aflo is a digital media agency with inhouse photography and video production capabilities.