Journalist, Line Producer & Filmmaker based in Japan

Sonja Blaschke (Journalist, Line Producer & Filmmaker based in Japan)

Sonja Blaschke is a multilingual freelance journalist, magazine editor, news desk editor, author and line producer from Germany based in Japan. She moved to Tokyo in July 2005 and speaks Japanese fluently. She reports mostly about social issues, politics and current events like natural disasters in East Asia, especially Japan and Taiwan. In 2013, she lived several months in Taiwan, from 2016 to 2018 she also spent many months in Australia & New Zealand. After many years working as a line producer, she directed her first TV documentary „Rice Fields Instead of Tokyo“ in 2022 about young people moving from Tokyo to a remote mountain village to take up rice farming. In her spare time, you are most likely to find her at rock & metal gigs all over the world. In a year, Sonja will attend about 70 concerts and festivals, about which she writes online.

Writing Writing in German and English for
print, online and corporate publishing media

Freelance journalist based in Japan. Reporting on current affairs, politics, social issues, natural disasters, and culture in East Asia and Oceania. Editor-in-chief of Japan business magazine. Overnight newsdesk editor and newsletter writer for news media in Europe. Japan & Tokyo guidebook author.

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Unearthing compelling visual stories. Amplifying voices. Advising on contents and intercultural differences. Finding protagonists and locations. Liaising with local partners. Organizing schedules and logistics. Getting permissions. Interpreting and interviews. Problem-solving on all fronts.

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Clients

My clients include daily newspapers, magazines, online media, TV stations and publishing houses – mainly from German, but also from English-speaking countries. Some are interested in my expertise in the East Asia & Oceania region, others need a reliable journalist who also has many years of online and TV experience and speaks several languages fluently.
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Light installation at teamlab’s „Borderless“ exhibition in Tokyo © Sonja BlaschkeLight installation at teamlab's "Borderless" exhibition
Modern life between ones and zeros – teamlab „Borderless“ exhibition in Tokyo © Sonja BlaschkeInterview mit Taiwans Digitalministerin Audrey Tang (2020)
Blick auf die Hochhäuser im Tokioter Stadtteil Shiodome, im Hintergrund der Fuji © Sonja BlaschkeDas immer gleiche Aufzugtheater (2014)
She left office life behind for good – Tamami during rice harvest in Ishidani in September 2022 © NZZ Format„Rice Fields Instead of Tokyo: Young Women in the Japanese Countryside“ (2022)
„Hüpfen verboten!“ – Schild an einer Konzerthalle in Osaka vor einem Metal-Gig © Sonja BlaschkeMusk, Metal und ein Marketingdisaster (2023)
One of the center pieces at the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum © Sonja BlaschkeZDF “heute journal” premiere: Bonsai trees and the Tokyo Olympics (2021)
Sightseeing flight over the Abrolhos Islands in Western Australia © Sonja BlaschkeSightseeing flight over the Abrolhos Islands in Western Australia
Zerstörte Straßen in Wajima am 5. Januar 2024, gleich neben dem abgebrannten Morgenmarkt © Sonja BlaschkeNoto: Überlebende kämpfen mit Kälte, Angst und Nachbeben (2024)
Jeden Tag sind ein Dutzend Gärtner in Hobbiton am Werk © Sonja BlaschkeZu Besuch in Hobbiton (2017)
Flussidylle unter roten Papierschirmen in Yamashiro Onsen © Sonja BlaschkeNational Geographic x Rimowa: „Unbekannte Schöne“ (2017)
Endured a 14-hour time difference to see Imminence in Canada twice, flying over from Tokyo – my longest trip for metal so far © Imminence / Sonja BlaschkeConcert diary on Instagram: I Travel For Metal (2023)
Der buddhistische Priester Kusunoki überlebte vor 70 Jahren die Atombombe von Nagasaki. © Sonja BlaschkeAtombombe von Nagasaki: Die Lektion nicht gelernt (2015)

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Sonja Blaschke Freelance East Asia and Oceania correspondent

Sonja Blaschke is a multilingual freelance journalist, magazine editor, news desk editor, author and line producer from Germany based in Japan. She moved to Tokyo in July 2005 and speaks Japanese fluently. She reports mostly about social issues, politics and current events like natural disasters in East Asia, especially Japan and Taiwan. In 2013, she lived several months in Taiwan, from 2016 to 2018 she also spent many months in Australia & New Zealand. After many years working as a line producer, she directed her first TV documentary „Rice Fields Instead of Tokyo“ in 2022 about young people moving from Tokyo to a remote mountain village to take up rice farming. In her spare time, you are most likely to find her at rock & metal gigs all over the world. Sonja will attend about 70 concerts and festivals a year, about which she writes online.

E-mail info@sonjablaschke.com
Phone Japan +81-90-1103-8299