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Japanese Speaking Freelance Journalists
paydesk has 68 reporters who speak Japanese. Our journalists can do broadcast reports, as well as printed media and photography. Our top correspondents who speak Japanese are James Simms and Gavin Blair. Use our journalist directory to find an Japanese speaking member to work for you.
Journalists Who Speak Japanese
James Simms
Top Rated
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
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English
Japanese
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+9
Business
Finance
Politics
+13
Gavin Blair
Top Rated
Experienced Japan-based journalist, work in print, radio and TV. Have reported on a wide range of topics for media around the world.
English
Japanese
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Feature Stories
Corporate Content
+7
Fact Checking
Guy De Launey
Top Rated
Guy has been a broadcast journalist since 1995. Initially based in London, he worked for BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC World Service, BBC World TV and BBC 6 Music in a variety of roles including presenter, reporter and producer.
His work took him on assignment to every continent, but since 2004 he has
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English
French
Japanese
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+11
Fact Checking
Zack Baddorf
Top Rated
I'm a journalist and filmmaker with more than 15 years of experience producing award-winning stories in more than 30 countries, including Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the West Bank, Kashmir, and Iraq, as well as rebel-held territory in Sri Lanka and Burma.
I've reported for Al Jazeera
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Creole
English
French
+80
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+12
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+7
Sekyung Park
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,
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Japanese
Video Rushes
Technology
Yu Jiang
Jiang Yu is a journalist & producer based in Uppsala, Sweden. The podcast program he produced and hosted won a SOPA award (Excellence in Audio Reporting 2024) for ****. He also did live text reports on the death of Queen Elizabeth in London in 2022 and video reports on the Russian-Ukrainian war in
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Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Japanese
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+7
Politics
Current Affairs
Sports
+5
Kris Cheng
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: ****
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Japanese
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+13
Politics
Current Affairs
Media Training
+6
Yushih Liao
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,
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Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Japanese
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+8
Politics
Current Affairs
Arts & Books
+2
Nguyen Anh Mai
Based in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Nguyen Anh started out and worked as a photojournalist from 2012 to 2015 for AFP and VnExpress. In 2016, he was awarded a scholarship to the International Center of Photography in New York, where he completed the One-Year Creative Practices. His work has appeared
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Vietnamese
English
Japanese
Documentaries
News Gathering
Interview (Print / Radio / Podcast)
+4
Current Affairs
Technology
Science & Environment
+12
Rajendra Bhatta Raju Jhallu Prassad
I am a seasoned Nepali journalist and climate change advocate with over eight years of experience reporting on critical issues such as biodiversity, climate change, forest fires, wildlife, geohazards, environmental challenges, and eco-tourism. As the Chief Editor of Tourshala and Tour News Magazine,
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Nepali
English
Hindi
+1
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Documentaries
News Gathering
+9
Science & Environment
Natural Disasters
Media Training
+6
Chunghsi Tu
I am Chunghsi Tu (杜宗熹). I'm a journalist based in Japan. I was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and now living in Japan. I have been engaged in media-related jobs for the past 10 years, including full-time, part-time and freelance reporting. I also have extensive interviewing experience in Taiwan, Mainland
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Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
+1
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
News Gathering
Feature Stories
+5
Business
Finance
Politics
+12
Salman Idris
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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 with several national
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English
Japanese
Kashmiri
+6
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+11
Business
Finance
Politics
+24
Javier Íñiguez
Currently working as a freelancer, Javier Íñiguez has navigated the Spanish media landscape for the past six years, including roles in relevant newsrooms (El Español, El País Cataluña), PR positions in the public and private sector and even international projects (Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic
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Catalan
English
Japanese
+1
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
News Gathering
Feature Stories
+7
Politics
Current Affairs
Science & Environment
+12
Galileo Cheng
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
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Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Japanese
News Gathering
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+7
Politics
Current Affairs
Technology
+6
Anne Chan
Anne Chan is a Hong Kong-based reporter and fixer. She freelances for CNN, DW News, and Radio Sweden as a fixer, covering stories in Hong Kong, such as the democrats and Jimmy Lai court trials. She is also a freelance journalist to Fair Planet, RTHK, and Hong Kong Feature, focusing on news
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Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
+1
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+13
Business
Finance
Politics
+12
Carl Freire
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
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English
Japanese
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Research
+3
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+6
Keizo Kay Yamamoto
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 [en-US | ja-JP] content editor, interviewer, translator, and subtitler. Since 2006, he has
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Japanese
English
News Gathering
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+5
Androniki Christodoulou
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
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English
Greek
Japanese
Photography
Interview
Business
Finance
Natural Disasters
+2
Stefan De Vries
Stefan de Vries is a sharp-eyed, multi-platform European affairs journalist with a knack for making complex issues compelling. Based in Amsterdam and Brussels, he delivers live analysis, in-depth features, podcasts, and interviews for top international media, including Euronews, RTL Netherlands,
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Dutch
English
French
+4
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+11
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+9
John Matthews
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
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English
Japanese
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+8
Business
Finance
Politics
+10
Vansanaphon Vongxaynha
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
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English
Japanese
Lao
+2
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+16
Business
Technology
Science & Environment
+18
Xiaofei Xu
I have been a field producer for CNN in Paris for the past three and a half years. I have all the skills you need if you are looking for a local producer in Paris to help you with writing a piece or producing a TV package.
Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
+2
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+3
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+5
Genie Harrison
I am a freelance journalist based in London, writing about travel, literature and Japanese culture. I have written for publications such as The Times, The Telegraph, Wonderland Magazine and Nikkei Asia.
Previously based in Tokyo, I wrote for TokyoWeekender, the biggest English-language magazine
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Japanese
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Research
+3
Arts & Books
Food & Drink
Music
+2
Miyu N.S
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
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Arabic
English
Japanese
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Documentaries
+9
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+12
Alessia Cerantola
Alessia Cerantola is a journalist working in Italy and in Japan.
English
Italian
Japanese
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+8
Finance
Natural Disasters
Media Training
+3
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