I'm a writer now, but have been a jack of all trades when it comes to publishing, including designer, editor, and creative director. I was at The Japan Times newspaper for 10 years, which I rebranded and redesigned in 2017. Since leaving the JT, I've been studying wine and I am currently doing the WSET Diploma. The main focus of my writing these days is the wine of Japan.
We love Japan, and we hope we can help you find something you can love about it, too! We're always looking for something fun, weird, exciting or intriguing to highlight just how fascinating this place can be.
Jennifer Pastore has been an enthusiastic chronicler of Japanese art and culture since around 2013. An Indiana-born, Tokyo-based journalist and translator, she writes for a variety of Japanese and international publications while assisting with the AIR 3331 artists' residency program.
Northern Ireland-born, Tokyo-based Kathryn writes for a range of print and online publications in the Asia Pacific, UK and US, covering travel and tourism, business and innovation, science and the environment, and culture and lifestyle.
I'm a writer — mostly print and online media, but also for TV documentaries and even some news — originally from the UK but based longtime in Kamakura.
My restaurant column, Tokyo Food File, has run in The Japan Times since 1998.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/int-robbie_swinnerton/
Azby Brown is a native of New Orleans, and has lived in Japan since 1985. He is a leading authority on Japanese architecture, design, and environmentalism, and the author of several influential books including The Very Small Home (2005), Just Enough: Lessons in living green from traditional Japan (2010), and The Genius of Japanese Carpentry (2014). Since the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster in March 2011, Azby has been lead researcher for Safecast.
