Journalist, News Translator
2016: “Dear Mom, I Hate You: Things I Learn By Fighting With My Dying Mom,” (in Japanese) was published by Makino Shuppan.2012: Documentary about the wives of those detained in the East Japan Immigration Center. Published in the Japan Times 2011: Reported the death of a Ghanaian man during deportation. Published in the Japan Times 2007: Published “Goodbye Madame Butterfly: Sex, Marriage and the Modern Japanese Woman” (Chin Music Press, Seattle)2004: Co-authored “Kuhaku: Other Account from Japan” ( Chin Music Press, Seattle)2003: A freelance writer/translator for various media organizations, including Japan’s public broadcaster NHK.2001-2003: Senior Editor at an English-language monthly J@pan Inc 2000- 1998: Wrote for an American news wire service, Market News International.1990: Published Secrets of Newspapers for JICC Publication Inc.1988-1990: Worked for Knight-Ridder Financial News.April 1987- November 1988: Reporter for the Mainichi Shimbun, a Japanese daily.