Justin Randall

Born in America.

After graduating from Austin Peay State University Justin moved to Japan in 2019.

He has lived in East Hokkaido for five years teaching as a JET program participant.

He has featured in the Japan Times, Tokyo Weekender, Japanese government serials and other publications.

He currently works with the Kitami City Hall as a foreign language PR specialist under the Regional Revitalization Program.

Reporting Interests:

Hokkaido, Economics, Politics, Human Stories, Religion, Ainu Culture, Depopulation, and the Environment.

The Japan Times

・”Fear the impending heat? Escape to Kushiro, the land of no summer.”

・”Miyuki Kawase: ‘Experience, whether happy, sad or painful, makes you grow’”

・”A pastime in frozen Hokkaido: Rubber boots ice hockey"

・“Hokkaido hunters say more firepower means more humane kills”

・"The Faces of the North" - Longform

・“Craft beer’s hoppy road to the deep north”

・“Yujiro Nakajimaya: ‘Overcoming adversity is an art’”

・“Rev. Stephen Keiichi Uchida: 'Your life has value’”

Tokyo Weekender

・48 Hours in Kushiro

CLAIR

・私の長ぐつ　(My Rubber Boots)

The All State (APSU)

・ "Explaining the OVC merger”

・ "A Look Into Greek Life at Austin Peay"

・“The Divine Nine Unite”