Yozo Hasegawa was born in 1943. After graduating from Keio University’s economics department in 1967, he joined Nikkei Inc. as a journalist in the business and foreign-news departments, and was posted as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief in Warsaw and Vienna between 1982 and 1985. He returned to Japan as senior staff writer until his retirement in 2007. During his many years as a business journalist covering primarily the automotive industry, he has met frequently with global management luminaries such as GM CEO Richard Wagoner, Nissan Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn, Honda President, Takeo Fukui, Toyota Presidents Fujio Cho and Katsuaki Watanabe, and former GE CEO Jack Welch. Hasegawa is now a full-time lecturer at Teikyo University and adjunct professor at Gakushuin University in Tokyo, and is also a regular commentator on television and radio.

Tony Kimm is a freelance translator, writer and movie subtitler who makes his home in Tokyo, Japan. He has worked for a major Japanese publishing company and has translated articles and publications for the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the Asahi Shimbun and various Japanese government agencies. Tony, a Minneapolis native, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.