She has 22 years of experience in news reporting for print and broadcast media. She started her career as a field reporter for the Manila bureau of Kyodo News, a Japanese news wire service. Prior to NHK, where she has worked for 15 years, she wrote for local newspapers, covering the diplomatic beat for the Manila Times; and the defense/military and police beats for the Philippine Journal/People’s Journal. Since 1998, she has covered summit meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in all 10-member countries. She was part of the first news team to complete a coverage-tour of all the nine islands claimed by the Philippines in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Twitter: @nhkcharm