Executive Director
Content Production Development Center
NHK Educational Corporation (NED)

Mika has been committed to the public media for over thirty years as TV producer. She constantly searches for talent, innovative program ideas, and co-production opportunities. She has been the driving force behind deals brokered with numerous international partners of NHK.

Mika's burgeoning interest in technology, art, and design led to a year in Boston in 2016-17 as a visiting scientist at MIT Media Lab, where she worked closely with the Center for Civic Media. As well as conducting presentations at MIP and Ars Electronica, she has promoted the NHK brand at SXSW and other major conferences. 

Currently based in Tokyo, she works as the executive director of NHK Educational Corporation (NED).