Discover Top On-Air Reporters / Hosts in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Journalist in Japan. I'm able to provide live news hits on topics related to breaking news in Japan and frequently have done so for the BBC, ABC, NHK, and other major international outlets. With a background of experience working with international media outlets such as VICE News and Japan's public broadcaster, NHK, I have the technical skill and networks here in Japan to produce documentary video packages from anywhere in Japan and the surrounding area. I speak fluent Japanese and am ready to work whenever the news breaks.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Drone Operator
• Production Company
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Field Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer

Born in America, Ian Thomas Ash earned an MA in Film and Television Production at the University of Bristol, UK, in 2005. His first feature documentary, ‘the ballad of vicki and jake’ (2006), received the Prix du Canton Vaud prize at the 2006 Visions du Reél International Documentary Film Festival in Nyon, Switzerland. Ian’s two feature documentaries about children living in areas of Fukushima contaminated by the 2011 nuclear meltdown, ‘In the Grey Zone‘ (2012) and ‘A2-B-C‘ (2013), have been screened at festivals around the world where they have also received multiple awards. The World Premier of ‘-1287‘ (2014), Ian’s latest documentary, took place in the 2014 Raindance Film Festival in London. Ian has lived in Japan for a total of 12 years and lives in Tokyo. He is currently in production for two feature documentaries, one about a little told niche in the Japanese sex industry and the other the third installment in his series about Fukushima.

• Fixer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Translator
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary

Hikaru is a self-shooting Director/Editor based in London and Osaka working in broadcast, viral and independent documentaries as well as branded content, producing long and short format films for BBC, NHK, the Guardian, Tate gallery, and international brands such as Casio, Sony, Dove and Yamaha. Currently producing and directing a feature length documentary 'Lawyers' about the first openly gay couple who started their own law firm in Japan. The film is supported by BBC and NHK (Japanese public broadcaster) and have won the Best Pitch award at the 2014 Tokyo Docs forum. Also initiated and co-directed an award winning film 'Love Hotel' (2014, UK/France/Japan) about a love hotel in Osaka for BBC4 Storyville/France 2, which premiered at Hot Docs International Film Festival 2014, receiving warm reception from both critics and audience.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
• Fixer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial