Speaker
SAKAGUCHI Hirohiko
Affliation
The Mainichi Newspapers Seoul Bureau
Title
Bureau Chief
Session
Korea and its Indo-Pacific Strategy Viewed from the Perspective of Foreign Journalists in Korea

Biography

Seoul Bureau Chief (April2021~)
Deputy Editor of Foreign News Department (April2020-March2021)
Japan-Korea Cultural Foundation Fellowship(October2019-March2020)
Deputy Editor of Political News Department (October 2018-September2019)
Deputy Editor of Foreign News Department (April2018-September2018)
Senior staff of Osaka Head office (April2016-March2018)
Vienna Bureau Chief (April2014-March2016); covers Europe area
Staff Writer, Foreign News Department (April 2013 – March2014); covers United States, EU and East Asia, UN
Staff Writer, Political News Department (October 2005-March 2013); covers prime minister’s office, governing Liberal Democratic party and New Komei party, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of foreign affairs etc.
Staff Writer, Hanshin bureau Osaka city news department (May2003-September2005); covers local politics/ elections, local incidents/accidents, sports, disasters etc.
Staff Writer, Yamaguchi Bureau (April 1998-April 2003); covers local politics/ elections, local incidents/accidents, sports, disasters etc.

He published 「Reportage Refugee Crisis from the Balkan Peninsula route」 (Iwanami Shoten) in 2016\"