Journalists Who Cover Japan PEN Club

Alex Bustos

Moscow, Russia

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I am a Spanish journalist stablished in Moscow. I work in Russia, Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia, covering different topics such as society, politics, sports or culture. I have worked in different media outlets, mostly from Spain.

Ledja Canaj

Brussels, Belgium

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Ledja Canaj is an investigative journalist, civic innovator and policy-oriented practitioner based in Brussels, Belgium, with over 13 years of experience in national television in Albania, including roles as editor and editor-in-chief. Her work has focused on governance, organised crime, and ...

Piero Cingari

Portimão, Portugal

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Financial Journalist & Macro Analyst with over 10 years of experience covering global markets, central bank policy, and cross-asset dynamics.

I am consistently ranked as a top contributor on Journalist.net across the Finance, Federal Reserve, ECB, and Global Economy categories.

Currently, I ...

Andrew Curran

Sydney, Australia

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Andrew Curran is a journalist based in Sydney, Australia. 

Before he moved into journalism, Andrew worked in investment banking.

He now specialises in writing about aviation and aerospace but has published work covering sectors such as mining, politics, defence, current affairs, travel, and ...

William Davies

Oxford, United Kingdom

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I am an award winning, self shooting PD with 25 years experience in current affairs. I specialise in delivering complex films from remote corners of the world. I am HEFAT trained and I've filmed in many war zones.

My credits include PD'ing a 30 minute documentary for Channel 4 on how President ...

Anna Fifield

Seoul, South Korea

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I am the Tokyo Bureau Chief for The Washington Post, covering Japan and the Koreas. 

My special interest in North Korea -- I have been there a dozen times and follow news from North Korea very closely -- but I am available to talk about all news in Japan, South Korea and North Korea. 

I ...

Heba Habib

Stockholm, Sweden

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Heba Habib is an experienced multimedia journalist ,TV producer & fixer hailing from Cairo and has recently relocated to Stockholm. She has covered Middle Eastern affairs for numerous international publications including The Washington Post , The Global Post , Vice, Time and The New Yorker. She is ...

John Haigh

Lima, Peru

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John Haigh is a journalist based in Lima, Peru.

Based in Lima Peru since 2012, covering South American trade and commerce for a Hong Kong business portal, and South American travel and lifestyle features. Interested in environment, culture, crime, climate change, power and politics.

Chris Johnstone

Prague, Czech Republic

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chris johnstone is a journalist based in Prague working for Radio Prague.

Kapil Kajal

Delhi, India

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I have pursued my post-graduation from the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media in "Broadcast Journalism" with "Documentary" as my subject of specialization.

When it comes to news, I try to bring out unexplored angles. I always aspired to be a part of the intellectual and creative team.
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Luciana Leitao

Macao, Macau

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Luciana Leitao, 34 years old, is a Portuguese journalist based in Macao, Macau, since 2007.

After finishing a bachelor degree in Law,  she pursued a vocational training in Journalism, in CENJOR (Lisbon), that was completed with an internship in the Portuguese national daily newspaper Diário de ...

Coco Liu

Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

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Coco is an award-winning journalist, writing primarily about energy and climate change for a global audience. She has reported from across Asia, particularly in China, on topics ranging from carbon trading to sustainable logging. Her work appears on the New York Times website and in Scientific ...

Lu Liu

Beijing, China

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Lu Liu is a award-winning freelance video journalist based in Beijing, China. I work as one-man-band VJ for WashingtonPost, Al Jazeera+, AP, France 2, etc. I do news, feature stories, documentaries and corporate shooting. Has won silver at New York festival for tv documentaries because of a story ...

Ayanangsha Maitra

Kolkata, India

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With over 5 years experience in Print and Digital media, I've been covering issues on/in Indo-Bangladesh border, Drug Smuggling, Border Security etc for media as well as global research organization. 

As the Senior editor of New Delhi based The CEO Magazine ( and the group's other publication), ...

Lilian Martínez

San Salvador, El Salvador

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Lilian Martínez is an independent journalist with 28 year of expirience. Firts at El Faro and after that at El Diario de Hoy, where in the last years she was data journalist and editor. She have written about enviroment, human right, migration and security. From 2023, she is cofunder of La Astilla, ...

Faten Omar

Salmiya, Kuwait

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Faten Omar is a freelance journalist, works for several Arabic and English news agencies.Currently, she works for Xinhua, Chinese news agency. Previously she was a reporter at Kuwait-based daily English newspaper Kuwait Times, daily Arabic newspaper Al-Kuwaityah, senior editor at Al-Mustagbal ...

Park Pang

Toronto, Canada

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Park Pang (彭栢骏, 박지훈) is an ethnic Korean adopted and raised by Hong Kong SAR Chinese parents in Canada. Pang is currently a Bachelor of Arts (BA) student at Western University (London, ON) double-majoring in Popular Music Studies and Political Science. Following the completion of this degree, Pang ...

Olalekan Raji

Banjul, Gambia

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Olalekan Raji is a World Journalism Institute graduate based in Banjul, Gambia. A proficient feature story and news writer with extensive experience in long-form writing and in-depth reporting, Olalekan prioritizes integrity and a commitment to accuracy in informing the public. Olalekan is ...

David Rennie

Washington, United States of America

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David Rennie is a journalist based in Washington, United States of America.

Saqib Saeed

Islamabad, Pakistan

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Saqib Saeed is a journalist based in Islamabad, Pakistan, specializing in politics, militancy, security, and governance.
He has been covering Parliament, political parties, militancy, and governance for Abb Takk News for the past three years. Prior to this, he worked with Neo News (2018–2023), ...

Ramananda Sengupta

Bengaluru, India

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I'm a journalist. editor and marketing communications professional based in Bengaluru, India. Over the past quarter century, I've written extensively on diverse subjects ranging from air shows to defence expos, parenting to politics, rock stars to religion, and reviewed cars, books and gadgets. But ...

Kayes Sohel

Dhaka, Bangladesh

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I am a freelance journalist with 20  years of experience. Great storytelling and exceptional communication skills and a nose for the truth as well as an excellent track record as a reporter in both print and digital media. Seeking to leverage skills and experience to contribute to high quality ...

Asad Zia

Peshawar, Pakistan

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I'm Asad Zia, a freelance journalist based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. With a master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, I have honed my skills and knowledge in the field of media.

With over 13 years of experience, I have had the privilege of working on various journalistic ...