Akira Ikegami

Akira Ikegami (池上彰 Ikegami Akira, born 9 August 1950) is a Japanese journalist.

Ikegami Akira in January 2015, visiting Moscow

Ikegami was born in Matsumoto, Japan. He worked for NHK from 1973 to 2005, ultimately serving as the host of the network's news program for children, before resigning to work on a freelance basis.^[1]

He was voted an "ideal boss" in a 2012 Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company survey, with respondents citing his knowledge of current affairs and the ease with which he explains them.^[2]

The Liberal Democratic Party included Ikegami as a potential candidate in a poll to determine potential candidates for the Tokyo gubernatorial election, 2014, but Ikegami told the Nikkan Sports tabloid that he had no interest in running and that he had already agreed to cover the election for the Tokyo MX television station.^[3]

References

1. "Akira Ikegami". Mitsubishi Public Affairs Committee. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
2. "Journalist Ikegami, actress Amami voted ideal bosses". Japan Today. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
3. "池上彰氏「あり得ない」打診すでに断る". 日刊スポーツ. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.