Philip Brasor and Masako Tsubuku

Philip Brasor grew up in New York and moved to San Francisco where he graduated from San Francisco State University. He has been living and working in Japan as a freelance writer and translator since 1985. He was editor of the now defunct Japan International Journal. Currently, he writes a media column for The Japan Times

Masako Tsubuku was born in Japan. She has lived in San Francisco and studied at San Francisco City College. She is currently a freelance translator/interpreter.

Tsubuku and Brasor have collaborated on articles about housing, bureaucracy, and women's issues for Tokyo Journal, and Japan International Journal.

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