About Rob
Thanks for visiting my website. I'm a British journalist based in Tokyo, where I've been living since 1999. I focus mainly on travel, lifestyle and Japan-related features, although I also cover financial services recruitment in Japan and am available to report and comment on current affairs.
My writing has appeared in media ranging from international consumer magazines and newspapers, to in-flight magazines, well-known guidebooks, the Web, and even Japanese language publications.
If you would like to get in touch to discuss a project or rates, please feel free to send me an e-mail (here). I'm always happy to hear ideas.
Current Positions Held
- eFinancialCareers, Japan Correspondent (covering financial services employment in Japan)
Magazines
- TIME
- Continental
- Lexus Magazine
- Morning Calm (Korean Air)
- Changi Class (Singapore Airport magazine)
- Today Tomorrow (Toyota)
- Open Skies (Emirates)
- Eurobiz Japan
- Oryx (Qatar Airways)
- Silkroad (Dragonair)
- Voyageur (Carlson Radisson Hotels Worldwide)
- PATA Compass
- The Big Issue
- Beyond (Thai Airways/Amex Platinum)
- J-Select
- iNTOUCH (Tokyo American Club)
- Tokyo Journal
- Japan Close-Up
- The Weekender
Newspapers
- The National (UAE)
- South China Morning Post
- The Hokkaido Shimbun (copy-editor)
Guide books / guides
- Rough Guide to Japan, 5th ed (Contributor; due out 2011/2)
- Northstar Travel MTokyo Intelliguide 2007 (Editor/Contributor)
- Insight Guides' Asia's Best Hotels & Resorts (Tokyo chapter)
- Trip Sketch Narita Airport Guide 2008 (Sole writer)
- Trip Sketch Kyoto Guide 2009 (Sole writer)
- Hobsons Guides 'Careers in Asia 2006' (Chapter on Japan)
Books on Japan
- 'Sento - The Japanese Public Bath' by Elizabeth Ishiyama (Editor)
Online
- eFinancialCareers.com
- TIME.com
- Nikkei Net Interactive
- Star Service Online
- EA-Tokyo.com
- TripSketch.com
- Gazetteers.com
I specialize in the following areas
- Travel and lifestyle
- Japan-related features
- Financial services recruitment and employment
- Coverage of events and current affairs in Japan
- Editing/Editorial management (magazines/books)
Education
- Post-Graduate Diploma, Journalism, 2003-2005, University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Graduated with a GPA of 6.38 / 7.00.
- Trinity TESOL Certificate, 1998, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
- BA (hons) Historical Studies, 1995-1998, University of Sunderland, UK.
Associations and Societies
- TravelWriters UK