PROFILE

B.A. in International Relations and Economics Brown University
1989－1993　Anchor for Nightly News, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)Satellite TV Channel
1993-2016 Host of Close-Up Gendai, a daily current affairs program on NHK-TV General Service.　Anchored many Special programs on NHK-TV
Independent Journalist, focusing on coverage of the Sustainable Development Goals and gender issues.

Member of the Board of Trustees to the Tokyo University of the Arts
Project Professor at Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance
FAO National Goodwill Ambassador for Japan
Board Member, Renewable Energy Institute

Awarded 　Broadcasting Women Award (1998), the 50th Kan KIKUCHI Award (2002), The Japan National Press Club Award (2011), and the Galaxy Award Special Prize (2016).