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Japanese Speaking Freelance Journalists

paydesk has 51 reporters who speak Japanese. Our journalists can do broadcast reports, as well as printed media and photography. Our top correspondents who speak Japanese are Guy De Launey and Zack Baddorf. Use our journalist directory to find an Japanese speaking member to work for you.

Journalists Who Speak Japanese


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Guy De Launey

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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....

Belgrade, Serbia

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Zack Baddorf

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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...

New York, United States of America

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James Simms

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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...

Setagaya City, Japan

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Ching Li Tor

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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...

* Bunkyō-ku, Japan

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Gavin Blair

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

Tokyo, Japan

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Kirk Spitzer

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Tokyo Correspondent for USA Today, and Tokyo-based freelance journalist. Experienced in print, broadcast and online journalism. Specialising in defense, national security, international relations, business and economics....

Tokyo, Japan

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Hayat Norimine

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I'm a multimedia journalist based in Seattle, Wash., working for Seattle Met magazine. While I'm primarily a writer interested in covering in-depth features, I also have experience with audio reporting, video production...

Seattle, United States of America

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Loren Couse

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I am a journalist based in Shenzhen, China, located in close proximity to both Hong Kong and Guangzhou. I have over 3 years experience.

Tainan City, Taiwan

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Irene Herrera

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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);...

* Bunkyō-ku, Japan

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James Carstensen

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Graduate law student (Juris Doctors) with four years of geopolitics and legal journalism and case reporting experience, and seven years of legal research and paralegal experience, with a network of contacts in E.U....

Cologne, Germany

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Shinichi Murata

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Shinichi Murata is a journalist and photographer, writer based in Kashiwa, japan. It is just outside of tokyo.He was War Photographer nearly two decades and was covering nuclear disaster in Fukushima.

Kashiwa-shi, Japan

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John Matthews

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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...

* Bunkyō-ku, Japan

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Keizo Kay Yamamoto

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K. K. Yam (Keizo Kay Yamamoto) is a quiet traveler and slow writer, who leaves monologues, dialogues, and travelogues in the cloud. He is also an independent English-Japanese content editor, interviewer, translator,...

Shibuya City, Japan

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Stefan de Vries

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Stefan de Vries is a sharp-eyed multi-platform European current affairs journalist based in Amsterdam and Brussels, working for many international media like Euronews, RTL The Netherlands, France Télévision, BBC Radio,...

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Yuzuha Oka

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Yuzuha Oka is a business/tech journalist based in Tokyo. She has contributed to BBC, Reuters, ABC, the Japan Times, Sydney Morning Herald among others. She has professional experience in radio, online, print, and video....

* Bunkyō-ku, Japan

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Deby Sucha

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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...

Shinjuku-ku, Japan

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Abraham Salazar

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Freelance Journalist based in Caracas, Venezuela. Covering breaking news, health, education, arts & entertainment and several areas.

Caracas, Venezuela

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Alessia Cerantola

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Alessia Cerantola is a journalist working in Italy and in Japan.

Roma, Italy

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Zayed Abu Snaineh

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Zayed Abu Snaineh is a journalist based in Amman, Amman Governorate, Jordan.

Amman, Jordan

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Salman Idris

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www.salmanidrisqazi.com 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...

Islamabad, Pakistan

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Rajan Sami

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Rajan Sami is a print journalist and communications specialist for sustainable development in the Pacific Islands region. He divides his time between Suva, Fiji and Athens, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Greece.

Athina, Greece

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Hiromi Tanoue

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Hiromi Tanoue is a freelance video journalist, currently resides in Osaka, Japan. She's capable of producing video package from initial research to filming and editing as one-man band. She's available for any assignments...

Chuo City, Japan

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Martin Trabalík

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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...

Prague, Czech Republic

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Jason Gatewood

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Jason Gatewood is a Video & Photo Journalist, Teacher of Media and Multicultural Studies and Japanese speaker based in Tokyo, Japan.

Inagi, Japan

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