Bruce Roscoe was educated at the universities of Canterbury (Christchurch, NZ) and Sophia (Tokyo), and at the Japanese Language School of the International Students’ Institute, Tokyo. He holds a bachelor degree in political science and Asian area studies. He lived in Japan for 22 years as student, journalist and corporate researcher and has written widely on Japanese business, politics, and society for the Far Eastern Economic Review and Chicago Sun-Times, among other newspapers. He divides his time between Auckland and Tokyo.