Frederick Hiroshi Katayama (born February 18, 1960) is a

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television

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, currently working as a news anchor for

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. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Japan Society and the U.S.-Japan Council. He graduated from Columbia College in 1982 with a

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degree in

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, earning ''

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'' distinctions. He went on to the

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and earned a

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degree with a concentration in business reporting. He has won numerous awards for his work in print, television and video journalism. He has won the

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several times from the

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: in 2013 for his report on the science behind the knuckleball, in 1993 for his humorous report on a family of executives competing in the food industry, and in 1997, an honorable mention for his special report on the Asian American campaign financing scandal. He also was decorated with AAJA's ELP Outstanding Award for Leadership in 2004. In 2007, the show he anchored, ''

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Technology Week'', was a

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honoree. He received an honorable mention in 1997 from the Asian American Journalists Association for his special report on the Asian American campaign financing scandal. In April 2000, Katayama's report on broadband technology was cited when '' Moneyline'' won a Maxwell Media Award. In spring 2016, he along with Senator

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and U.S.-Japan Council president

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was featured in the Japanese Overseas Migration Museum's exhibition on successful people worldwide with roots in Japan's Fukuoka prefecture. Katayama was one of five writers including former Senate Majority Leader and U.S. Ambassador

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who penned the book, ''Japan: A Living Portrait'', published in 1994.

Personal life

On May 3, 1998, Katayama married Kaoriko Kuge, a Japanese news journalist, at the

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. Katayama was born in Los Angeles and raised in

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to parents Hideo, owner of Pasadena's Jensen Printing Company, and June C. Katayama, a

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teacher.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Katayama, Fred 1960 births Living people Journalists from California Journalists from New York City American male journalists American journalists of Asian descent American television journalists American writers of Japanese descent People from Montebello, California Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni Reuters people Columbia College (New York) alumni