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REGULAR MEMBER
TOSHIHIKO KASAHARA is a senior staff writer and member of the Article Review Committee at the Mainichi Shimbun. He was born in Fukui Prefecture, and studied Indonesian affairs at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. After graduation, he began his career as a journalist at the Mainichi. After 10 years at a few local bureaus he was assigned to the Foreign News Department at the Tokyo head office. He was assigned to London twice and once to Washington D.C. In London, he covered UK politics, diplomacy and more, as well as the wars in Kosovo and Afghanistan. His book, titled Fushigina Igirisu (“Mysterious UK”), was published by Kodansha last May. He returned to Tokyo in 2012 and worked as op-ed editor for two years prior to his present assignment. His favorite pastime is playing golf.
PROFESSIONAL/JOURNALIST ASSOCIATE MEMBER
Kathryn Wortley, Custom Media K.K.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Norikiyo Imanishi, Fuji Incorporated
Shohei Kawasaki, Fujifilm Corporation
Toko Koyanagi, HABA Laboratories
Hideki Tanaka, Dow Jones Japan
Hiroyuki Miyoshi, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Kumiko Yazaki, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
