| EMPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS: |
| | THE SANKEI SHIMBUN | 1987 - Present |
| | | Editor-at-Large, Washington DC | 01/2001-Present |
| | | China Bureau Chief | 10/1/98 - 12/2000 |
| | | Editor-at-Large | 07/1994 - Present |
| | | Washington Bureau Chief | 05/1989 - 7/1994 |
| | | London Bureau Chief | 1987 - 5/1989
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| | THE MAINICHI SHIMBUN | 1964 - 1987 |
| | | Senior Political Correspondent | 1983 - 1987 |
| | | Washington Correspondent | 1976 - 1980; 1982 - 1983 |
| | | Saigon Correspondent / Bureau Chief | 1972 - 9/1975 |
| | | Political Correspondent | 1968 - 1972 |
| | | General Assignment Reporter | 1964 - 1968
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| | CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE |
| | | Senior Associate |
1981
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| PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS |
| | | Japan National Press Club Award | 1993 |
| | | The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association Award
For Best Reporting of the Year | 1981 |
| | | Kodansha Non Fiction (Book) Prize | 1978 |
| | | U.P.I. Vaughn Prize for International Reporting | 1976 |
| | | Woodrow Wilson National Visiting Fellow | 1991 - 1996
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| EDUCATION |
| | | Keio University (Tokyo), B.A. in Economics | 1963 |
| | | University of Washington, Graduate Study in Journalism | 1963 - 1964
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| BOOKS AND PERIODICALS: Highlights |
He has authored over 30 books, including:
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| | Japan’s ODA Reconsidered | 12/2002 (PHP Publishing Co.) |
| | Japan: Demise by Diplomacy | 07/2002 (Shogakkan Publishing Co) |
| | Japan and China :Illusion of Friendship | 01/2002 (Shogakkan Publishing Co) |
| | Japan-China Relationship Reconsidered | 2001 (Sankei / Fusosha Publishing) |
| | Analysis of Japan: Perspectives of Young American Scholars | 1999 (Bungei Shunju Publishing Co.) |
| | Shadow Forces in America | 1996 (PHP Publishing Co.) |
| | Looking at Japan: American Viewpoint | 1995 (The Japan Times) |
| | Vietnam Memories: War, Revolution and People | 1995 (PHP Publishing Co.) |
| | Mother, Why Did You Die at University Hospital? | 1995 (Chuo-Koron Publishing Co.) |
| | In Transition - Japan and America | 1994 (Bungei Shunju Publishing Co.) |
| | Is Japan Inherently Different? | 1993 (Kodansha) |
| | Washington Dossier | 1993 (Shinchosha) |
| | The World Changes | 1991 (Bungei Shunju Publishing Co.) |
| | The London Courier | 1989 (Bungei Shunju Publishing Co.) |
| | The Japanese Afar: Stories of Japanese Americans | 1985 (Mainichi Shimbun Publishing Co) |
| | Have Nuclear Weapons Been Introduced? | 1982 (Bungei Shunju Publishing Co.) |
| | Structures of U.S.-Japanese Distrust | 1981 (Kodansha) |
| | Japan Lobby | 1980 (Yale Publishing Co.) |
| | Vietnam Coverage, 1,300 Days: The Demise of a State | 1978 (Chikuma Shobo Publishing Co.) |