Hiroko Kuniya | |
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国谷 裕子 | |
Born | Hiroko Kuniya February 3, 1957 |
Alma mater | Brown University |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1981—present |
Television |
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Spouse |
Shiro Kuniya (m. 1985) |
Relatives | Masajirō Tazuke (great-grandfather)[1] |
Awards | See Awards Received |
Hiroko Kuniya (国谷裕子, Kuniya Hiroko) (born February 3, 1957) is a Japanese news presenter and journalist. Kuniya was born in Osaka Prefecture and graduated from International School of the Sacred Heart in 1975 and then Brown University with majors in international relations and international economics. In 1981, she began to work as a news caster and writer for the English-language broadcasts of NHK television's Seven O'clock News. Starting in 1986, she served as a researcher in the United States for NHK Special. Later assignments included satellite and ground network news shows, including Asia Now (1990), which was picked up in the U.S. by Public Broadcasting Service.