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• Maiko Sawada

Hello and welcome to my website.

I am a journalist, a photographer, and the Director of ebicompany Inc.

My work is dedicated to documenting and interpreting culture at the intersection of Japan and Europe. For years, I have operated at the heart of international cultural exchange. From the halls of the Louvre and UNESCO to high-level global summits, I have served as a linguistic specialist bridging Japanese, English, and French. Today, I have evolved that expertise into a multifaceted creative practice: I write and photograph the stories that define our cultural landscape. As a journalist, I explore the nuances of travel and the representation of the other in our society. As a photographer, I use my lens to capture the unspoken elements of cultural spaces, providing a visual narrative that complements my writing.

Through ebicompany, I provide specialized museum services, helping institutions and municipalities craft their international narratives and reach a global audience. Currently, alongside my work as a lecturer at Kanazawa University, I am a Ph.D. candidate in Media Studies at the University of Kent. In a past life, I was a dedicated language instructor and a consecutive interpreter. While I still navigate the world through three languages, those roles now serve as the ears and eyes for my journalism; they allowed me to spend decades listening to the world’s most influential voices before I began to find my own.

I hold a B.A. in Liberal Arts from International Christian University (ICU) and a Master of International Affairs from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva. When I’m not at a museum or in a cafe, I’m likely playing the viola or walking the streets of Paris and Kanazawa, looking for the perfect light.