Lisa Katayama

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; border-collapse: separate; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Lisa Katayama is a journalist living in San Francisco and a leading expert on Japanese contemporary culture. She's written articles for Wired, Popular Science, and the New York Times Magazine and produces radio segments for American Public Media, Public Radio International, and WNYC. She was also a Correspondent at Boing Boing and a Senior Fellow at Creative Commons. Her book, Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan, won the STEP Design Award in 2009, and her blog, TokyoMango.com, was the runner-up for The Weblog Awards' Best Asian Blog that same year. Her story about men with body pillow girlfriends inspired an episode of 30 Rock featuring James Franco. She is also a rock climber and triathlete, and generally a great connector of people.</span>

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