is a Japanese TV presenter and
news anchor
A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...
. She has headed
Fuji Television
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's ''Super News'' evening news programme alongside
Tetsuo Suda since April 2000.
Career
As a newscaster, Ando has presented the following Fuji TV evening news programmes since 1987.
* ''FNN Super Time'' (October 1987 – March 1994)
* ''News Japan'' (April 1994 – March 2000)
* ''Super News'' (April 2000 – )
During her career, she has interviewed many heads of state, including Philippine President
Corazon Aquino, US President
Bill Clinton
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, Philippine President
Ferdinand Marcos, British Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
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, and Polish President
Lech Walesa
Lech may refer to:
People
* Lech (name), a name of Polish origin
* Lech, the legendary founder of Poland
* Lech (Bohemian prince)
Products and organizations
* Lech (beer), Polish beer produced by Kompania Piwowarska, in Poznań
* Lech Pozna ...
.
Personal life
Ando first married in December 1989, to an advertising agency employee, but divorced in March 1993.
She remarried on 26 December 2006, to , a Fuji TV producer with whom she had been in a relationship since 1996.
See also
*
Tarō Kimura (journalist)
is a Japanese veteran journalist who provides commentary and analysis with Yūko Andō on Japan's Fuji Television ''Super News''.Japantoday.com"Veteran journalist Taro Kimura keeps one step ahead of the news", (13 October 2005) Retrieved 23 No ...
, ''Super News'' commentator
References
External links
Fuji Television newscaster profile
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1958 births
Living people
Fuji News Network personalities
Japanese television personalities
People from Ichikawa, Chiba