journalist

INTERVIEWS

What people eat or what people drink is a window onto the culture.

2010-04-12

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Melinda Joe (USA) Sake/food journalist （She’s been in Japan for several years）   Do you like sake, a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice? If so, how much do you love it? We met an American woman who really loves it enough to work for that. Melinda Joe, a sake/food journalist. She is the drinks editor for Bento.com (a website which provides you information of restaurants and bars in Japan) and a frequent contributor to publications such as CNNGo and Japan Times (One of Japan’s English newspapers). Also she writes articles

INTERVIEWS

I felt I was not accepted by either Japanese society or by mainstream American society.

2007-04-30

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Yuri Kageyama Tokyo Correspondent for The Associated Press (Born in Japan and educated in the U.S.) Today’s interviewee is very, very experienced journalist. Ms. Yuri Kageyama is a Tokyo correspondent for The Associated Press, or AP, a world-famous news agency. She has grown up in a bicultural environment, Japan and the U.S. She’s been transmitting what’s happening in Japan to rest of the world for a long time. *Interview in Kichijoji *Photos by Mari Sakamoto 日本語   “You’re not an assistant. You’re a reporter.” I have been with The AP