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Ethnicity
  
Japanese American

Role
  
Journalist

Name
  
Fred Katayama


Spouse(s)
  
Kaoriko Kuge (m. 1998)

Occupation
  
Journalist

Parents
  
Hideo Katayama

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Full Name
  
Frederick Hiroshi Katayama

Born
  
February 18, 1960 (age 64) (
1960-02-18
)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Alma mater
  
Maryknoll School Loyola High School Columbia College (B.A.) Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (M.S.)

Employer
  
Associated Press (1984-1985) Fortune Magazine (1985-1990) NHK (1990-1994) KIRO-TV (1995) CNN (1995-2004) Reuters Television (2005-present)

Website
  
www.facebook.com/fred.katayama

Education
  
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Residence
  
New York City, New York, United States

People also search for
  
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Frederick Hiroshi Katayama (born February 18, 1960) is a Japanese American television journalist, currently working as a news anchor for Reuters Television. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Japan Society and the U.S.-Japan Council.

He graduated from Columbia College in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian studies, earning magna cum laude distinctions. He went on to the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and earned a Master of Science degree with a concentration in business reporting.

He has won numerous awards for his work in print, television and video journalism. He has won the National Journalism Award several times from the Asian American Journalists Association: in 2013 for his report on the science behind the knuckleball, in 1993 for his humorous report on a family of executives competing in the food industry, and in 1997, an honorable mention for his special report on the Asian American campaign financing scandal. He also was decorated with AAJA's ELP Outstanding Award for Leadership in 2004. In 2007, the show he anchored, Reuters Technology Week, was a Webby Award honoree. He received an honorable mention in 1997 from the Asian American Journalists Association for his special report on the Asian American campaign financing scandal. In April 2000, Katayama's report on broadband technology was cited when Moneyline won a Maxwell Media Award.

Katayama was one of five writers including former Senate Majority Leader and U.S. Ambassador Mike Mansfield who penned the book, Japan: A Living Portrait, published in 1994.

Personal life

On May 3, 1998, Katayama married Kaoriko Kuge, a Japanese news journalist, at the St. Paul's Chapel (Columbia University).

Katayama was born in Los Angeles and raised in Monterey Park, California to parents Hideo, owner of Pasadena's Jensen Printing Company, and June C. Katayama, a Japanese calligraphy teacher.

References

Fred Katayama Wikipedia