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Japanese Speaking Freelance Journalists

paydesk has 59 reporters who speak Japanese. Our journalists can do broadcast reports, as well as printed media and photography. Our top correspondents who speak Japanese are Yu Jiang and James Simms. Use our journalist directory to find an Japanese speaking member to work for you.

Journalists Who Speak Japanese



Yu Jiang

Uppsala, Sweden
Jiang Yu is a journalist based in Uppsala, Sweden.
Languages
English Japanese Chinese (Mandarin)
Services
Feature Stories Content Writing Corporate Content
+7
Skills
Risk Analysis Politics Sports
+5

James Simms

Setagaya City, Japan
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."
Languages
English Japanese
Services
Feature Stories Content Writing Corporate Content
+9
Skills
Cultural Business Technology
+13

Yushih Liao

Taipei, Taiwan
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, Read moreDPP’s National Youth Campaign Headquarters.
Research Fellow, DPP China Affairs.
Head of International Affairs. Association for Permanent Peace Partnership.
International Outreach Executive, Japan Society for the Science of Design.

On Air:
News RTI Radio Taiwan.
Super FM98.5.
Fushin Broadcasting.
Golden TV.
Interview with Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the President of CTA.
Interview for the Thank You Australia Event at Parliament House, Canberra
(As the special guest of CTA).
Languages
English Japanese Chinese (Mandarin)
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+8
Skills
Fact Checking Arts & Books Breaking News
+2

Sekyung Park

Seoul, South Korea
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, Read moreVoice of the Wilderness, Cornerstone Ministries International.

April 1, 2009 - Present: Technical Consultant and Monitoring Agent, National Unity Radio (UMG).

December 24, 2007 - Present: Technical Consultant and Monitoring Agent, North Korea Reform Radio (NKRR).

December 6, 2005 - Present: Technical Consultant and Monitoring Agent, Free North Korea Radio (FNK).

December 5, 2005: Founded Northeast Asian Broadcasting Institute (NEABI),currently serving as the Chief Director.

July 1, 2000 - Present: Monitoring Agent, Korean Service, Radio Taiwan International (RTI).

October 25, 1999: Founded Korea Shortwave Club (KSWC) and served as the inaugural President. Currently serving as a board member.

October 1, 1999 - February 29, 2008: Freelance Reporter, Korean Service, Voice of America (VOA).

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- August 1, 1990: Joined Christian Broadcasting System (CBS) as a Radio Engineer.
- August 1, 2005: Transitioned to CBS TV as a Master Control Room Engineer.
- 2017: Transferred to Assistant Master Control Room Engineer at CBS TV.
- November 30, 2021: Departed from CBS after completion of employment.
Languages
Japanese
Services
Video Rushes
Skills
Technology

Kris Cheng

London, United Kingdom
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: https://muckrack.com/kris-cheng-1
Languages
English Japanese Chinese (Mandarin)
Services
Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast) Vox Pop
+13
Skills
Social Research Current Affairs
+6

Salman Idris

Islamabad, Pakistan
https://midbrainfilms.net/

Salman Idris is a Video Journalist-Producer ,Shoot/Edit/Documentary Filmmaker 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 worked Read morewith several national and international media organisations like VOA, CRI, AJ+,TRT World,NowThis,5ws,Channel News Asia,BBC,CNN,Sky News Arabia,DFID,NHK,Fuji Tv m,Geo Tv,CNBC and others capable of producing documentaries, feature reports,Electronic News gatherings and Electronic field productions.
He has also travelled through several countries regarding News gatherings and documentaries.
Official Foreign Visits:
Pre Jirga meetings in Afghanistan 2007; two exclusive interviews of President Hamid Karzai in three years, Documentary on Pak-Afghan trade relations 2011. Trilateral summit on Afghanistan in (Istanbul) Turkey 2011. Bonn Conference in Germany 2011, Worked at NATO headquarters and European parliament.
Also covered the US Elections in Florida (Miami) and New-York  City in Nov 2012.
Visited Iran regarding Pak Iran Gas Pipe line mega project Inaugural Session March 2013. Visited Afghanistan regarding President Karzai’s Interview and Program Jirga documentary shoot on Punjsher Valley (North Afghanistan) June 2013. Training on Human trafficking organized by European Union  Azarbijan Baku Dec 2017.
His work samples can be seen at his pages given below.
https://storyhunter.com/Salman-Idris-Qazi
Languages
English Persian (Farsi) Japanese
+6
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast) Vox Pop
+11
Skills
Politics Food & Drink Investigative Reporting
+24

Galileo Cheng

Vancouver, Canada
I am an award-winning freelance journalist and photojournalist currently living in Vancouver. Over the past decade, I have covered major events and breaking news in Hong Kong. My passion for storytelling led me to Vancouver where I am pursuing a Master of Journalism at the University of British Read moreColumbia.
Languages
English Japanese Chinese (Mandarin)
Services
News Gathering Feature Stories Content Writing
+7
Skills
Cultural Politics Fact Checking
+6

Daniel Fukunaga

São Paulo, Brazil
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, Read moreresearcher, cameraman, photographer and production coordinator in South America. He has covered important events such as 3 World Cups (Germany, South Africa, Brazil), Rio 2016 Olympic Games and also the rescue operation of 33 miners in Copiapó/Chile, great earthquake in Chile and many other reports and documentaries in more than 18 countries.
Languages
Spanish Japanese Portuguese
Services
Interview (Video / Broadcast) Documentaries News Gathering
+7
Skills
Natural Disasters Breaking News Entertainment & Celebrity
+6

Keizo Kay Yamamoto

Shibuya City, Japan
K. K. Yam (Keizo Kay Yamamoto) is a tranquil rover and slow writer, who marks monologues, dialogues, and travelogues in the cloud.

He is also an independent English-Japanese content editor, interviewer, translator, subtitler, and video editor. He has been working for many media content Read moreproduction projects in Japan and other parts of the world since 2006, at his own digital media sole proprietorship Bluish Media. Before 2006, he worked for three US and UK headquartered global airlines in the airport and marketing offices.

A native of Japanese with a command of English and other languages, who studied Video Journalism, Information Science, and Management at universities and a graduate school in the U.S. and Japan.

Having lived and worked in Japan, the U.S., and Thailand (plus the U.K. and Hong Kong briefly), he has set foot at more than 600 airports in over 85 countries on 5 continents by flying 100+ different airlines since the late 20th century. Currently multi-based in Tokyo and Sapporo.

An English/Japanese filming/interviewing fixer across Japan.

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

A Vimeo Expert as a cinematographer.

Free to travel.

Business website and profile: 
https://bluishmedia.com
https://bluishmedia.com/editor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keizo-yamamoto-990132210/
Languages
English Japanese
Services
News Gathering Feature Stories Content Writing
+5

Alemayehu Sori

Minneapolis, United States of America
ALEMAYEHU SORI is a journalist based in Minneapolis, United States of America.
Languages
Avestan Amharic Aragonese
+113
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+5
Skills
Current Affairs Fact Checking

Hama Kato

Fukuoka, Japan
Hama Kato is a journalist based in Fukuoka, Japan.
Languages
Arabic English Japanese
Services
Journalism
Skills
Current Affairs Breaking News Politics
+3

Vansanaphon Vongxaynha

Vientiane, Laos
Vansanaphon VONGXAYNHA or Maxie, a graduated student in management from Vientiane capital, Lao P.D.R. After graduating from high school, His friends and him have founded "Langkorng" (Lao for “Behind the camera”), a Lao photographers club, which is the biggest photography community in Laos at the Read morepresent. The main purpose of "Langkorng" is to create local charity through photography and arts. Since 2010, Maxie has being served as the Managing Director for "Langkorng" and succeeded cooperation with numerous organizations and companies including the Lao Journalist Association, French Institute or Lao-Singapore Friendship Club. His team have organized many  workshops for Lao youth photographers, photo exhibitions, and projects for supporting the society in both in Vientiane and rural areas in Laos.

The latter brought "Langkorng" accreditation and support by the U.S. Embassy to organize workshop and exhibitions for Lao journalists from twelve newspapers around Laos. And has been supported by the Canada Fund to organize awareness raising project about human-trafficking for 10,000 children through photography, arts and activities, in 2015 to 2016.

Besides working with "Langkorng" and working as a photographer for TripAdvisor in Japan since 2016, Maxie has also done many volunteering activities such as being a volunteer for Lao Red Cross, 22nd SEAGAMES, Charity events, etc. Back in May 2012, He had founded his own production team, named "UNBORDER" .With the purpose of giving inspiration, empower people and society in Laos, Maxie and his team had been travelling and filming documentary-traveling video proram in Asia.
Languages
English Japanese Lao
+2
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+16
Skills
Travel Sports Music
+18

Gavin Blair

Shinjuku-ku, Japan
Experienced Japan-based journalist, work in print, radio and TV. Have reported on a wide range of topics for media around the world.
Languages
English Japanese
Services
Interview (Video / Broadcast) Feature Stories Corporate Content
+7
Skills
Fact Checking

Carl Freire

Suginami City, Japan
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 moreoutlets. His book translations include Koizumi and Japanese Politics (Routledge/University of Tokyo, 2010), One Hundred Fifty Years of Japanese Foreign Relations (JPIC, 2022), and International Politics and the Search for Peace (JPIC, 2023), among others.
Languages
English Japanese
Services
Feature Stories Content Writing Research
+3
Skills
Research Music Current Affairs
+6

Irene Herrera

Bunkyō-ku, Japan
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 moreCrossing Hispaniola (2010); Spirits to Enlightenment (2012-HotDocs) and Cracked Foundations a 28-minute documentary broadcasted on NHK World this year.  Irene has also been an active producer and director for the Lebanon and Japan chapters of the Global Lives Project. In 2008 she was a fellow at the Flaherty Film Seminar and in 2009 a Resident Professional at the Knight Center for International Media.  Her journalistic work has been published by The Japan Times, AFP, Al Jazeera Plus, CNNE, Globovision, MSNBC.com, Discovery Digital, NHK World, LinkTV, Center for Investigative Reporting and PBS Newshour. She has traveled to over 60 countries and gets by in 5 languages.

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Languages
English Spanish French
+2
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+6
Skills
Arts & Books Film & Theatre Politics
+2

Martin Trabalík

Prague, Czech Republic
Martin Trabalik is a Czech documentarist based in Prague. In his work, he focuses on social and humanitarian issues. In January 2016 he volunteered during the European refugee crisis in Greece becoming interested in photography in the process. Since then he has worked on several projects in Nagorno-Read moreKarabakh, Donbash, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and other areas. In the year 2018, he was awarded UNGRC and Czech Press Photo prize in the category Problems of our age for covering the Rohingya's expulsion from Myanmar.
In 2021 he directed and produced documentary movie Incendios about forest fires in Bolivia which was awarded Best Documentary Feature at the International Film Festival in La Paz.
Languages
Czech English Spanish
+3
Services
Documentaries News Gathering Feature Stories
+2
Skills
Current Affairs Natural Disasters Investigative Reporting
+2

Niclas Ericsson

Chuo City, Japan
Niclas Ericsson is a journalist based in central Tokyo, Japan. He has lived in Japan since 2005 and worked with both still photography and video for over two decades and has filmed numerous interviews and stories all over Japan. He also offers support to foreign visiting crews, organizing Read moretransportation and local crew recruitment.
Languages
English Japanese Swedish
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+8
Skills
Film & Theatre Travel Research
+18

Jeyup "Jay" Kwaak

Seoul, South Korea
Jay is a Seoul- and Tokyo-based reporter with 10+ years of experience covering everything from North Korea and corporate whistleblowers to contemporary art and a sit-down interview with BTS. His works have appeared in some of the best-respected outlets like the Wall Street Journal, the New York Read moreTimes, Al Jazeera English and NBC News. He is also the Seoul correspondent for Monocle magazine.
Languages
English French Italian
+2
Services
Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast) Vox Pop
+11
Skills
Politics Current Affairs Fact Checking
+8

James Carstensen

Sydney, Australia
Law graduate (Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Commercial Law) with six years in geopolitics and legal journalism and seven years of legal research and paralegal experience, and more recently practical legal experience in international human rights law (including submissions to the Read moreUN) and international commercial law (particularly maritime). 

Formerly based in Germany for seven years, and maintain a network of contacts in E.U. organisations, universities, law firms and think tanks in law and politics.

Wrote mainly about West European & E.U. policy and international law, transatlantic relations, Russia, Turkey, and Iran, including international conventions such as the JCPOA.
Languages
German English Japanese
+1
Services
Feature Stories Content Writing Corporate Content
+7
Skills
Business Film & Theatre Risk Analysis
+10

Ching Li Tor

Bunkyō-ku, Japan
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 moreNewswires, Barron's, online travel site CNN Travel, NHK World, the Straits Times Singapore and Channel NewsAsia, covering everything from business, politics to lifestyle and travel features.
Languages
English Japanese Chinese (Mandarin)
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast) Vox Pop
+8
Skills
Politics Current Affairs Fact Checking
+4

Androniki Christodoulou

Chuo City, Japan
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 morebut I can also shoot video (with mirrorless camera, gimbal, drone, etc.). My work varies from documentary style and photojournalism to environmental or studio portraits. My portfolio plus full CV can be viewed at www.androniki.com
Languages
Greek English Japanese
Services
Photography Interview
Skills
Business Finance Cultural
+2

Sophie Knight

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sophie Knight is a journalist from the UK based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

She worked for Reuters as a tech reporter and the major Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo. She's written about technology, architecture, culture, design, art, the Fukushima nuclear accident, Bolivian bonds, bitcoin Read moreand whisky. Her work has been published in The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Telegraph, The Atlantic, The Japan Times, and more. 

She speaks fluent Japanese and Dutch.
Languages
English Japanese Dutch
Services
Feature Stories Content Writing Corporate Content
+5
Skills
Current Affairs Health & Fitness Fact Checking
+9

Miyu N.S

Taipei, Taiwan
I am a freelance journalist and a video editor from Japan. Currently based in Taipei. 
I've worked as a journalist since 2013, covered conflicts in middle east countries, refugee issues in Japan, protests in Hong Kong and stories of Rohingya/Myanmmar.

I take photographs, videos and drone Read morefootages. I have skills on editing those too. 
I learned photographing and filming at Sony Music and by myself. I have worked for several news companies in Japan and abroad. My reports have been published in magazines, newspaper, web media and TV.

http://miyusuzuki.com/
Languages
Arabic English Japanese
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast) Documentaries
+9
Skills
Travel War Reporter Current Affairs
+2

Deby Sucha

Shinjuku-ku, Japan
I am an independent female documentary photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. Remotely work between my home country Indonesia and Japan. Accepting assignments worldwide.

My focus is human rights, gender issue, ethnic and culture.

Currently working as a contract photographer / videographer for Read morevarious leading medias and brands.

Portfolio : www.suchadeby.com
Languages
English Indonesian Japanese
Services
Photography
Skills
Arts & Books Cultural Current Affairs
+4

Alessia Cerantola

Roma, Italy
Alessia Cerantola is a journalist working in Italy and in Japan.
Languages
English Italian Japanese
Services
Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast) Vox Pop
+8
Skills
Investigative Reporting Fact Checking Research
+3
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