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TIM HORNYAK is the Tokyo correspondent for IDG News. Hornyak first came to Japan in 1999, joining Kyodo News’ copy desk while freelancing for publications such as Scientific American. He later worked at NHK News and continued to write about technology and travel, co-authoring guidebooks to Japan and Tokyo for Lonely Planet. He is the author of Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots, which was the subject of an FCCJ book break. While living in Canada from 2009 to 2013, Hornyak wrote for CNET News’ high-profile technology and culture blog Crave before joining IDG News for another stint in Japan. Hornyak was raised in Montreal and enjoys skiing, hiking and onsen.
MAHA MATSUMURA is a reporter for Al Jazeera Network (Doha). Although one of her parents is from Syria and the other from Japan, she decided to settle in Tokyo for the last decade. In 2010, she joined the world of media as a correspondent for Dubai’s MBC channel. Time has allowed Matsumura to successfully forge trustworthy and dependable relationships across various fields.
STEPHEN C. ROSS reports, produces, shoots and edits video news for broadcast and online media organizations. Ross is a 1986 graduate of Columbia University and from 1994 to 1997 a “JET” (Japan Exchange & Teaching Program Fellow). He previously reported for CBS affiliate station KOLN-TV in Nebraska's capital city, for Turkish-owned Ebru News in New York City, and other stations. Ross was a Donald T. Sheehan International Fellow to the 2011 Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, and recipient of the Gold Award in the 2013 Stanford University US-Asia Technology Management Center's “Untold Story in Innovation” journalism award competition.
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ASGER R. CHRISTENSEN is correspondent for Orientering and contributor of news and analysis to a broad range of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) platforms and other Danish and Scandinavian news media. He was an active member of the FCCJ from 1989 until 1995 as correspondent for the Danish daily Politiken and other Scandinavian media. After returning to Denmark in 1995, he was foreign editor of daily Aktuelt, and the leading Danish news agency, Ritzau. Until last year he was employed by DR, as well as working as chief editor of the radio news background program Orientering and Online frontpage editor of the DR website. He is a senior fellow at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
PROFESSIONAL/JOURNALIST ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Deborah Ann Desnoo, Plug In, Inc.
Roger Sherrin, Roger Sherrin Global Professional Coach
Ewerthon Tobace, BBC Brazil
Saori Tanaka, MID Academic Promotions Inc.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Casey Wahl, Wahl & Case K.K.
Romen Barua, Wahl & Case K.K.
Jarrod Stenhouse, Destination Asia
Kazuyuki Suzuki, Mitsubishi Corporation
Motohide Takeda, Mitsubishi Corporation
Akiko Kudo, NTT Communications Corporation
Keiji Ushiyama, GENEQ Corporation
Takakazu Ikeda, Tokai Bussan Co., Ltd.
Kenji Omoto, Sankyo Corporation
Yoshikazu Nakajima, Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co., Ltd.
Kazuhide Matsui, MARS Company
Takikazu Shibazaki, Kawasaki Flora Auction Market Co., Ltd.
Takeshi Masuda, Nomura Co., Ltd.
Masahiro Nakagawa, Nomura Co., Ltd.
Masakazu Ota, Model Language Studio
Satoshi Takahata, Saga Forest Carriers Intl. Tokyo Inc.
Kazuo Ohmori, Sumitomo Corporation
Yoshihiro Nishihara, Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
Eriko Hishinuma, Hishinuma Associate
Toshichika Zaima, Universal Communication Design Association
Sonoko Suzuki, Kyoto University of Art and Design
Yutaka Shimazaki, Marubeni Corporation
Norio Hirokawa, Hiro Co., Ltd.
REINSTATEMENT (ASSOCIATE)
Isao Saito, U & IHR Consulting
