Kaori Kohyama is a Japanese journalist, researcher and storyteller based in Berlin, focusing on gender, environment, collective memory and postcolonial issues in the East and West. Her work has appeared in outlets such as Bloomberg, BBC Future, Newsweek and Are We Europe. She is an awardee of the 2021 FCCJ Pen Award and has been publicly advocating for women’s rights since 2018, drawing from personal experiences of gender-based violence in the beauty industry. Kaori is also the co-founder of The Leads Asia, an NGO dedicated to fostering open dialogue and constructive communication in Asia-Pacific. With a background in constructive journalism and East Asian studies, she brings a cross-cultural and intersectional lens to her reporting.
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