Fuse Hiroshi

Mainichi Shimbun editorial writer. Born in Niigata Prefecture in 1953. Joined the newspaper after graduating from Kyoto University in 1978. Covered the 1991 Gulf War as a correspondent for the Cairo bureau. Served as Washington DC correspondent, North America bureau chief, and assistant chief editorial writer before assuming his present post. Also editor of Kikan Arabu (Arab Quarterly), the periodical of the Japan-Arab Association. Author of Arabu no onnen (The Arab Grudge), published in 2001, and several other books.