REPORTER AT WORK PORTRAITS Photos by my colleagues over the years that are evidence I do my best as a reporter.
Photo during my interview of Japanese prosecutors for My AP Story March 8, 2023.
Photo during my interview of Yayoi Kusama for My AP Story Aug. 7, 2012.
Photo during my interview of Akio Toyoda for My AP Story March 6, 2013.
My AP Story Sept. 23, 2016, when I spoke with a rock legend, who kindly called me “AP’s journalist of conscience.”
Here goes with My AP Stories in 2022. My AP Stories for 2021 and more links there for the previous years. My AP Stories for 2023.
I’m a Contributor to this AP Story and My AP Photos Dec. 31, 2022 on New Year’s around the world.
I filed the Japan reaction for this AP Story Dec. 31, 2022 on Pope Emeritus Benedict’s death.
My AP Story Dec. 31, 2022 on a landslide in northern Japan.
I’m a Contributor to this AP Story Dec. 31, 2022 on North Korea’s missile firings.
My AP Story Nov. 28, 2022 on Toru Kubota, who was freed from a Myanmar prison.
My AP Story Nov. 25, 2022 on the widening investigation into Olympic corruption.
My AP Story Nov. 22, 2022 in which I interview Takashi Murakami on his collaboration with Post Malone.
My AP Story Nov. 17, 2022 on Japan’s trade data showing record high imports and exports.
My AP Story Nov. 16, 2022 on the new Toyota Prius.
My AP Story Nov. 15, 2022 on Japan’s economy.
My AP Story Nov. 11, 2022 on four of Japan’s biggest rock stars forming a band.
My AP Story Nov. 11, 2022 about Japan vying for “last chance” as major chips producer.
My AP Story Nov. 8, 2022 on the Americans convicted in Ghosn escape returning home.
My AP Story Nov. 9, 2022 on how Nintendo is counting on a new movie, theme parks and merchandising to keep growth going.
My AP Story Nov. 8, 2022 on Nintendo’s earnings for the fiscal first half.
My AP Story Oct. 22, 2022 on the husband of a former princess passing the NY bar.
My AP Story Oct. 25, 2022 about the push for My Number digital cards.
My AP Story Oct. 27, 2022 explaining the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy.
MY COVERAGE OF OLYMPIC CORRUPTION
My AP Story Oct. 19, 2022 on the widening Olympic bribery scandal.
My AP Story Oct. 4, 2022 on a publishing executive getting charged in the Olympic scandal.
My AP Story Aug. 17, 2022 on prosecutors making arrests on suspicion of bribery related to the Olympics.
My AP Story Sept. 6, 2022 on the scandal widening with more arrests, Takahashi formally charged.
MY STORIES FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EARLIER THIS YEAR
My AP Story Oct. 21, 2022 on the new German CEO at Japan’s Olympus.
My AP Story Oct. 13, 2022 on the new EV company bringing together Sony and Honda.
My AP Story Oct. 8, 2022, an Obit for Toshi Ichiyanagi.
My AP Story Sept. 30, 2020 where I chat online with Digital Minister Taro Kono.
My AP Story and My AP Photos Oct. 10, 2020 about tourists from abroad returning.
My AP Story Oct. 5, 2022 on a U.S.-Japan workshop on bioethanol in Tokyo.
My AP Story Sept. 29, 2022 on the NBA in Japan and My AP Photos.
My AP Story Sept. 25, 2022 when Floyd Mayweather Jr. wins in a exhibition fight in Japan.
My AP Story Sept. 24, 2022 on his comments ahead of the exhibition.
My AP Story Sept. 3, 2022 on rescued dolphins swimming free from a sanctuary in Indonesia.
My joint byline AP Story Sept. 28, 2022 on Vice President Harris in town.
My AP Story and My AP Photos Sept. 23, 2022 about the protest against Shinzo Abe’s state funeral.
My AP Story Aug. 26, 2022 with My AP Photos and My AP Video on Japanese salarymen becoming TikTok superstars.
My AP Story Sept. 24, 2022 on another storm hitting Japan.
My AP Story Sept. 19, 2022 on the storm hitting southwestern Japan and traveling northward to Tokyo.
My AP Story and My AP Photos Sept. 1, 2022 on a robot that stocks shelves at a convenience store.
My AP Obit Aug. 18, 2022 on fashion designer Hanae Mori.
My AP Obit Aug. 9, 2022 on Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake.
My AP Obit Aug. 30, 2022 on Kazuo Inamori, founder of Kyocera.
My AP Story Aug. 3, 2022 about Japanese journalist Toru Kubota’s friends demanding his release from detention in Myanmar.
My AP Story Sept. 2, 2022 on Nissan eager to leverage U.S. tax breaks on electric vehicles.
My AP Story Aug. 31, 2022 on Toyota investing in battery production in the U.S. and Japan.
My AP Story Aug. 29, 2022 about Honda and LG setting up a battery JV in the U.S.
My AP Story Aug. 2, 2022 on Hino falsifying emissions and mileage data for 20 years.
My AP Story July 27, 2022 about monkeys attacking a Japan city.
My AP Story July 18, 2022 on South Korean and Japanese foreign ministers talking to mend ties.
My AP Story and My AP Photos July 8, 2022 on a Japanese company stopping production of matchbooks. (I also did AP Video.)
My AP Story July 8, 2022 on how the attack on an ex-prime minister stuns Japan reputed for gun control.
My AP Story July 10, 2022 on how a homemade gun was used in the assassination.
My AP Story July 11, 2022 on how the Unification Church distanced itself from the assassination.
My AP Story July 29, 2022 on Sony’s profits rising despite waning interest in video games.
My AP Story July 28, 2022 on Nissan’s profits plunging on lockdown, chips shortage.
My AP Story July 8, 2022 on the death of Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of “Yu-Gi-Oh!”
My AP Story July 15, 2022 on how Toyota’s Japan flagship Crown is debuting on global markets.
My AP Story June 28, 2022 about Japan bracing for a return of tourists from abroad.
My AP Story and My AP Photos June 23, 2022 on a Japanese high court rejecting paternity harassment claims.
My AP Interview and AP Photos June 17, 2022 with Naomi Kawase about her Olympic films.
My AP Photos and AP Story June 19, 2022 on Juneteenth abroad to which I’m a Contributor.
My AP Story June 28, 2022 on Toshiba shareholders approving 13 nominations to the board.
My AP Story and My AP Photos June 12, 2022 on protests in Sapporo and Tokyo against bidding for the 2030 Winter Olympics.
My AP Story June 8, 2022 on boxing champion Naoya Inoue. My AP Interview from 2021.
My AP Story June 8, 2022 on Japan’s economy contracting, but at smaller rate than thought.
My AP Story June 7, 2022 an obit on former Sony chief Nobuyuki Idei.
My AP Story June 2, 2022, in which I interview poet Shuntaro Tanikawa.
My AP Video and My AP Story May 25, 2022 on how the declining yen is a blessing for some, burden to others.
My AP Story May 27, 2022 on a Kisho Kurokawa’s capsules coming down.
My AP Story May 30, 2022 on a territorial dispute between South Korea and Japan.
My AP Co-Byline Story today on the official Tokyo Olympics film on the athletes completed.
My AP Story May 13, 2022 on Nissan mulling a third auto plant in the U.S.
My AP Story May 11, 2022 about Wim Wenders making a film about fancy public restrooms in Japan.
My AP Story May 6, 2022 on musicians coming together in a video collaboration for Ukraine.
My AP Story April 27, 2022 on a Japan railway powered entirely by renewable energy.
My AP Story April 21, 2022 about U.S. drone company Zipline starting to deliver medicine in Japan.
My AP Story April 20, 2022 on an Ukrainian opera singer praying for peace through song.
My AP Story April 8, 2022 about “Tokyo Vice.”
My co-byline AP Story May 10, 2022 about an All Japan committee promoting the Sapporo Olympic bid.
My AP Story April 7, 2022 about famed directors denouncing sexual abuse in Japanese filmmaking.
My AP Story April 16, 2022 on American lawmakers meeting with Japan’s prime minister.
My AP Story April 12, 2022 on Honda’s electrification strategy.
My AP Story April 8, 2022 on Nissan developing a “game changing” battery for electric cars.
My AP Story June 3, 2022 on Toshiba considering going private as an option.
My AP Story March 24, 2022 on Toshiba shareholders voting down the latest restructuring plan.
My AP Story March 3, 2022 on the verdict for Greg Kelly, cleared on all counts except for charges in one of the eight contested years. He gets to go home because his sentence was suspended. The defense is appealing, asserting complete innocence.
My AP Story March 16, 2022 on the Tokyo prosecutors also appealing the verdict for Greg Kelly.
My AP EXPLAINER Story March 1, 2022 on the verdict for Greg Kelly, an American on trial in the Carlos Ghosn scandal.
My AP Story March 10, 2022 on the U.S. government seeking the two Americans in prison in Carlos Ghosn’s escape be allowed to serve the rest of their time in the U.S.
My AP Story Feb. 24, 2022 on how a Japanese woman influenced Jamaican music.
My AP Story March 24, 2022 about a widening scandal at top brokerage SMBC Nikko Securities.
My co-bylined AP Story March 16, 2022 on Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Olympics.
My AP Story Feb. 28, 2022 on how Japanese manga has gone global.
My AP Story March 4, 2022 on Japan’s Honda, Sony joining forces on new electric vehicle.
My AP Story March 1, 2022 on Toshiba’s CEO stepping down amid restructuring efforts.
My AP Story Feb. 16, 2022 on Kirin selling its China venture to an investment fund.
My AP Story Feb. 8, 2022 on SoftBank turning to IPO for its stake in Arm.
My AP Story Jan. 24, 2022, our obit on French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler.
My AP Story Jan. 28, 2022 on Toyota going to the moon.
My AP Story Jan. 7, 2022 on Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa speaking about his recent trip to outer space.
My AP Story Feb. 15, 2022 on the economy growing on the back of improved consumer spending and exports.
My AP Story Feb. 1, 2022 on Toyota apologizing for employee’s suicide after overwork and power harassment.
My AP Story Jan. 28, 2022 on a high-profile departure at SoftBank.
My AP Story Jan. 27, 2022 on the Renault-Nissan alliance investing in electric vehicles.
I’m a Contributor to this AP Story Jan. 25, 2022 on Japanese skateboarders.
I worked on this AP Story Jan. 22, 2022 on the Tonga volcanic eruption.
My AP Story Jan. 21, 2022 on the shortage of parts caused by the coronavirus pandemic further denting production at Toyota.
My AP Story Jan. 20, 2022 on Japan’s imports and exports reaching record highs.
My AP Story Jan. 18, 2022 on Japan expanding COVID measures.
My AP Story Jan 12, 2022 on Japanese Minister Daishiro Yamagiwa confident about balancing COVID controls with economic growth.
My AP Story Jan. 9, 2022 on the Japanese prime minister saying a deal has been reached on the U.S. military to stop COVID’s spread.
My AP Story Jan. 7, 2022 about Japan kicking in restrictions to curb COVID infections in Okinawa, Yamaguchi and Hiroshima.
My AP Story Jan. 6, 2022 on Japan asking U.S. forces to stay on bases as COVID cases jump.
I’m a Contributor to this AP Story Jan. 5, 2022 on North Korea firing a suspected missile.
My AP Story Jan. 4, 2021 on Japan’s Prime Minister promising coronavirus boosters and new measures against the omicron.
My AP Story Jan. 1, 2022 on the emperor’s message for the New Year.
Joe Oyama in an Online California Archives photo, as he stands in the New York headquarters of the Common Council for American Unity. Joe was assistant editor of the Japanese American daily in Los Angeles before he was interned, in Santa Anita Assembly Center and Jerome Relocation Center, where both he and his wife Sami worked as journalists. After moving to New York in 1944, he was editor of the News Letter of the Japanese American Committee for Democracy. He and his wife were also both actors. They moved to Berkeley in their later years. I got to know him and Sami and their two children, who are also great artists. Joe was always supportive of my poetry: “Like champagne,” he said once. This poem is for Joe and all the other great journalists. May the legacy live on.
A Poem for Journalism
By Yuri Kageyama
A Tree, a Story, a Drum
Circles carved times over,
Coded rhythms of continents
Animal skin stretched, carefully nailed,
So our heartbeat is not lost _
The snare, congas, kpanlogo, tabla, taiko,
Talking drums speaking faraway tongues _
Stories killed, stories buried,
Stories denied, stories untold,
Perhaps we were just not stopped before
When our stories were not dangerous
But the Reporter is still here.
Hear the words
And see what they have seen:
Robert and Dori Maynard
Woodward and Bernstein
Margaret Bourke-White
Howard Imazeki
Gary Webb
Robert Capa
Anja Niedringhaus
Gerald Vizenor
Gwen Ifill
Joe Oyama
Gordon Parks
Hear that Music in the Skin,
Feel that Story in the Tree,
Banned by slave owners,
The Drum holds the Message,
The Pow Wow stirs in starlit nights
The Slap-Tone conviction that comes to us
The Dance cannot be silenced; listen:
Printers rumble, digital pages scroll, newspapers turn,
Borders fade into illusory walls,
Starving children, covered up documents, the ravages of war
The Voice through the centuries
Asking Questions
Even if no one cares to hear the Answers,
Accurate, objective, fast, ethical
No matter what they say,
I am deranged but I am not deranged
I am fake but I am not fake
I am afraid but I am not afraid
I am the Drum, the Tree, the Story.
a poem for Kenji Goto, a journalist, Feb. 1, 2015
by Yuri Kageyama
i have already written about you
another journalist
your story as a hostage
somewhere far away
in a wind-blowing desert
your story about
how it all ended
today
i do not know you
but i have to write something
else for you
this poem
it just doesn’t seem right
unless i do
people say you cared
you were great to work with
you will live on in our hearts
you laugh in your own videos
“No matter what happens to me,”
you say before you leave,
“I will always love the people of Syria.”
you are calm
you look straight into the camera
you are gentle in your death
you are brave in your death
i just have to write this
in even that video
you are beautiful