
Over the
years, from
Steven has also reported from the Asia-Pacific region for AP Radio, BBC Radio, CBS News, Deutsche Welle
and Radio New Zealand. From 1996 to 2000, he was the senior executive in
Steven's
articles, columns, opinion pieces and reviews have been published in numerous
newspapers and magazines, including the ACCJ Journal, Asahi Evening News, Asahi
Journal, Far Eastern Economic Review, J@pan Inc.,
Japan Quarterly, Japan Times, Popular Communications, Proceedings (U.S. Naval Institute), Radio
World, Skyward, Shukan
Bunshun, Shukan Gendai, South China Morning Post and the Wall Street Journal.
His byline
has also appeared over the years in such leading U.S. newspapers as The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Los Angeles Times, The Miami Herald, The Philadelphia Inquirer
and The Washington Post.
Steven was
elected for five consecutive years (1998-2002) to serve as Chairman of The Foreign
Press in Japan (FPIJ) after completing a one-year term as President of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ).
For the 2005-6 term, he was again on the FCCJ Board of
Directors. For 2006-7 Steven was the radio representative on the FPIJ Executive
Committee and co-chair of the FCCJ's Membership
Committee.
Steven also
has been President of the Japan-America Society of The American University and the
Steven was
a print and broadcast reporter and editor with the Associated
Press in West Virginia and Washington, D.C. before returning to


Steven has also had his share of media attention,
being profiled or interviewed by Akahata, Asahi Pasocon, Asahi Shimbun,
CQ Ham Radio, Daily Tohoku, Daily
Yomiuri, Japan Times, Kochi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, New Media, The New
York Times, Kahoku Shimpo, Metropolis, Multimedia & Business, Nihon
Kogyo Shimbun, Time
(Asia edition), Tokyo
Weekender and USA Today.
He has also appeared in several TV documentaries as a subject expert on
Japanese organized crime, including A&E's Red Light
Districts and National Geographic's Taboo
series.
Memberships
Steven holds a B.A. in Communications from Thomas Edison State College, a
post-graduate certificate in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University and has also engaged
in studies, including post-graduate coursework and research, in such diverse
fields as business management, criminal justice, Japanese language, media law
and unconventional warfare at The School
of International Service at The American University, AMU/ The American Public University System,
Harvard University, National University, The New School
for Social Research, Nova Southeastern
University and UNLV. He served on the Advisory
Board of the Waseda
Marketing Forum, associated with the Business School of
Waseda
University in
Steven was granted a 1st Class Radiotelephone License by the
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Selected News Stories by Steven |
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Atomic
Time (Marketplace Radio) |
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Burning Memories |
Documentary: History of America's Secret Casinos
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Green Tea
(VOA Dateline Report) |
Famous Encounters
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Loud Diplomacy |
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Panawave (Deutsche Welle Newslink) |
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Taxi Wars |
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Tea with the Emperor |
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