Nobu
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | a freelance writer |
| Location | Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan |
| Introduction | I am a freelance journalist living near Tokyo. I studied English Literature at Japanese and British universities, then worked from 1981 to 1992 as a researcher for the Tokyo Bureau of American Broadcasting Company News. During the 1993-1994 academic year, I studied political science at Cambridge University in England. In 2001, I joined the English language newspaper Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo as a researcher, covering financial news. I also wrote articles on such popular musicians as Chinese pianist Lang Lang for the English Asahi. As a freelance writer, I followed the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra to Shanghai and then to South Korean cities in 2005, filing reports on their Asian tour. I have also written the previews of operas and concerts for the English language web magazines. In 2012, I was a line producer of the feature film "Lives Interrupted." Directed by Bruce Schwartz, the film reflects on the 1994 killing of two Japanese students in California. In 2014, I worked as a translator for the public relations of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. (This was a part-time and home-based job). |
| Interests | I am keen on singing opera arias, and also reading reviews of western classical music performances as well as articles on neuroscience. |
| Favorite Movies | My favorite movies include "L'Avventura" by Michelangelo Antonioni and "The Lady Vanishes " by Alfred Hitchcock |
| Favorite Music | I am fond of the opera of Mozart, Puccini, Wagner and Tchaikovsky. I like also the symphony of Beethoven and Gustav Mahler and the ballet music of Igor Stravinsky |
| Favorite Books | My favorite books include "Where I'm Calling From" by Raymond Carver, "Kafka" by Pietro Citati, "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "Midnight Mass" by Paul Bowls and "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett. |
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