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."

Experienced Japan-based journalist, work in print, radio and TV. Have reported on a wide range of topics for media around the world.

Chris Page is a journalist based in Ōsaka-shi, Japan. Writing on a broad range of topics, such as current affairs, culture, society, literature, travel, and film, I have contributed to the BBC World Service, CBC (Canada) TV News 1, The Japan Times, Time Out Kyoto City Guide, The London News Review, Read moreKansai Scene, Tokyo Scene, The Gloucester Citizen, Kansai Time Out and various independent publications and websites. I have written commercial copy for many clients, including Sony and Thai Airways.
I am an experience editor and sub, with basic skills in graphics, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and illustration.
I have also published four books of fiction.

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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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.

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.

Stephen ROSS is a journalist based in Tokyo, Japan.

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!

Nithin Coca is a freelance journalist who focuses on social and economic issues in developing countries, and has specific expertise in Southeast Asia. He is based partly in San Francisco, CA, Kyoto, Japan, and Jakarta, Indonesia.

Coca's feature and news pieces have appeared in global media Read moreoutlets including Al Jazeera, Quartz, Forbes Asia, SciDev.Net, Southeast Asia Globe, The Diplomat, Vice and numerous regional publications in Asia and the United States. Coca is actively looking for new opportunities

Julian Ryall is a journalist based in Tokyo, Japan.