Fred Katayama Biography
Fred Katayama is a Japanese American television journalist who works as a news anchor for Reuters Television. He currently serves on the boards of directors for the Japan Society and the US-Japan Council.
Fred Katayama Age
Fred was born Frederick Hiroshi Katayama on 18 February 1960, in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. He is 64 years old as of February 2024.
Fred Katayama Education
He received magna cum laude honors for his Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian studies from Columbia College in 1982. He later attended Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he obtained a Master of Science degree with an emphasis in business reporting.
Fred Katayama Parents
Katayama was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Monterey Park, California by his parents, Hideo, the proprietor of Pasadena’s Jensen Printing Company, and June C. Katayama, a Japanese calligraphy teacher.
Fred Katayama Partner- Spouse
Katayama has been married to Kaoriko Kuge, a Japanese news journalist, since May 3, 1998.
Fred Katayama Career
He has received multiple honors for his efforts in print, broadcast, and video journalism. He has received the Asian American Journalists Association’s National Journalism Award several times: in 2013 for his report on the science behind the knuckleball, in 1993 for his humorous report on a family of food industry executives, and in 1997 with an honorable mention for his special report on the Asian American campaign financing scandal. He also received the AAJA’s ELP Outstanding Leadership Award in 2004. In 2007, the show he hosted, Reuters Technology Week, received a Webby Award. In 1997, the Asian American Journalists Association recognized him with an honorable mention for his special report on the Asian American political finance crisis.
Moneyline received a Maxwell Media Award in April 2000, and Katayama’s story on broadband technology was acknowledged. In the spring of 2016, he, Senator Daniel Inouye, and U.S.-Japan Council president Irene Hirano were highlighted in the Japanese Overseas Migration Museum’s exhibition on successful people from Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture. Katayama was one of five writers, including former Senate Majority Leader and US Ambassador Mike Mansfield, who wrote the book, Japan: A Living Portrait, released in 1994.
Fred Katayama Net Worth
Fred has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.