About

Education

2002 - 2003         Columbia University's J-School and SIPA     New York

Dual Degree:  Master of Science in Journalism and Master of International Affairs

§   Concentration: Print Journalism, East Asian studies (Korean Peninsula affairs). Graduation Date: Dec. 2003

§   Rotary Club International Ambassadorial Scholar

1988 - 1993                     Keio University                                      Tokyo
Bachelor of Arts in Economics

§   A member of the seminar of Prof. Haruo Shimada, a special adviser to the Cabinet Office, majoring in international political economy.

Professional Experience

May 2004 - present           Asia Times Online                                 Tokyo
Senior Writer

§   Covering a broad range of Asian affairs such as on Sino-Japanese relations and Korean Peninsula issues.

January 2009 - present      Jane's Defence Weekly                       Tokyo
Correspondent

§   Covering news on Japan's defense.

March 2009 - present        Nikkei CNBC Japan                              Tokyo
TV Commentator

§   Commenting on financial markets. I use my pen name Kosuke Goto at Nikkei CNBC Japan.

January 2009 - present      Institutional Investor Magazine         Tokyo
Freelancer

§   Interviewing Japanese business leaders and professionals.

July 2005 - Sept 2008       Bloomberg News                                     Tokyo
Staff Writer

§   Covered the foreign exchange markets, primarily dollar, euro and yen trading by writing real-time updates, breaking news and feature stories. I used my pen name Kosuke Goto at Bloomberg.

Feb 2004 - May 2005       RIM Intelligence Co                               Tokyo
Staff Writer

§   Covered oil products markets in Singapore, China, Taiwan and Japan by writing short real-time updates and daily comments on those markets.

May- July, 2002              The New York Times                              Tokyo
Intern

§   Worked closely with the Tokyo Bureau’s three reporters. The duties included general background research; conducting interviews, both jointly with the reporters, and on my own; participation in story conferences.

2000 - 2001                     Dow Jones Japan                                  Tokyo

Copy Editor

§   Engaged in Japanese-language news services mainly on the US stock stories, editing about 20 stories per day and translating English-language articles of the Wall Street Journal, the Asian Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires into Japanese.

1993 - 1999                     The Asahi Shimbun                 Toyama & Hokkaido
Staff Writer

§   Only pool reporter to cover the conference between Chinese President Jiang Zemin and the Governor of Hokkaido when Jiang visited Hokkaido in November 1998.

§   Visited the Northern Territories, the problem lands between Russia and Japan, and reported on the situations of those islands.

§   Covered a broad range of topics including economics, sports and crime.

1988                Baltimore Economic Development Corporation

Exchange Trainee                                                　       Baltimore, Maryland

§   Selected as an exchange trainee to a sister city program of Kawasaki City, and researched trade issues between the United States and Japan.

§   Awarded an Honorary Citizenship of Baltimore for my work.

Special Skills

§   Japanese(native), English(fluent), Korean (advanced), Chinese(basic)

§   Proficient in Bloomberg terminal, Windows XP, MS Word and Excel.

Extracurricular Activities

§   Representative to The Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP) '92 sponsored by the Japanese government.

§   Two-time representative to the Business Tomorrow International Conference organized by Princeton University's Foundation for Student Communication, Inc. (FSC).