Commentator, Analyst, Presenter

Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)

2-2-1 Jinnan
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0041

TEL: (03) 5455-3848
FAX: (03) 3465-4420

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  government bureaucracy; international organizations; international trade
• COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION AND MEDIA
  mass media; media and politics
• HISTORY
  history of US-Japan relations
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  foreign policy and international relations
• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  internationalization; Japanese perceptions of the US; Japanese perceptions of the world

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

General Correspondent (Yokohama), Political Correspondent, Foreign Correspondent (Washington), News Editor, Foreign News Division, Geneva Bureau Chief, News Presenter, Senior Commentator, European Bureau General Manager, Executive Producer, Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), 1965-present. Professor, Gakushuin Women's College.

IN US: 1975-77 - business; 1963-64 - study; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Life is Uncontrollable, So - (Kodansha, 1995); Neko-ban is No.1 (Kadokawa Shoten, 1991); Television News (Shufunotomosha, 1989); Learn English, Chant Sutra (TBS Britannica, 1985); Story of English (1999).