I was asked to participate in an NHK World program (broadcast outside of Japan a…

I was asked to participate in an NHK World program (broadcast outside of Japan and on the internet) reflecting on the passage of six months since the earthquakes first struck. I was invited to appear on the show to talk about this Facebook page and how our team of editors tried to get information out in English.

My section of the program is toward the end. Earlier on in the program, there’s a section about Franck Limoges’ work with Michi No Eki Aso.

I found appearing on live TV to be a little nerve racking. I was on a live RKK program more than a decade ago but we had a lot more time on that program and we didn’t have to plan everything out in advance. Here, the questions were worked out before hand (which, in a way, made it easier) but I had to get my pre-arranged answers out within very clear time limits – something I’m not very good at.

Being a rather self-centered person, I’ve written mostly about my own part in the program but I think it would be worth watching even if I weren’t on it. ;) Take a look!

– Kirk

P.S. The web page has a detailed text summary of the main parts of the program. Some of you may prefer to scan the text before committing to watching the whole thing.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/newsroomtokyo/aired/20161014.html