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Julian Ryall

Japan and Korea correspondent for London’s Daily Telegraph. Completed a postgraduate course at the University of Central Lancashire. First arrived in Japan in 1992 and currently resides in Yokohama.

LATEST
Japanese Aid Boosting Education, Health, and More in Chuuk, MicronesiaINSIGHT | Jul 10, 2026
Mapping a Wartime Past in Paradise: Interactive Chart Shows Japanese Relics on Tonoas, ChuukCULTURE | Jun 13, 2026
Keeping the Sea Clean: Japanese Efforts to Recover Oil from Wartime Wrecks in Chuuk, MicronesiaINSIGHT | Jul 9, 2025
Laughter Is Life: The Award-Winning Japanese Clown Duo Rone and GigiCULTURE | Feb 7, 2025
Palau: After Tasting War, South Pacific Paradise Committed to PeaceINSIGHT | Oct 15, 2024
A Talk with the Author of “‘Cherry’ Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan’s Blossoms”CULTURE | Mar 14, 2023
Giants Roam Fukui at Prefectural Dinosaur MuseumCULTURE | Feb 23, 2018
A North Korean Spy Ship in Yokohama: The Japan Coast Guard MuseumCULTURE | Jan 19, 2018
Money Through the Ages: A Walk Through Japan’s Currency MuseumCULTURE | Nov 22, 2017
Parasites on Parade: A Tokyo Museum Showcases Our Repulsive CompanionsCULTURE | Nov 2, 2017
Mikimoto Kōkichi: The Pearl King and His MuseumCULTURE | Jul 17, 2017
A Peek into the Pearl Culture of Mie PrefectureINSIGHT | Jul 11, 2017
Keeping the “Ama” Tradition Alive in the Seas of MieINSIGHT | Jun 27, 2017
Tochigi’s Strawberries: Red Jewels for the Crown of Japanese AgricultureINSIGHT | May 15, 2017
Behind the Scenes of Obama’s Hiroshima VisitINSIGHT | Dec 6, 2016
The Japanese Historian Honoring Hiroshima’s American DeadINSIGHT | May 20, 2016
Woman Arborist Heals Trees, Parks, SoulsINSIGHT | May 9, 2016