Teaching Consultant
kajimoto@hku.hk

Masato Kajimoto came to Hong Kong in 2001 to work as an online reporter and “Specials” editor (web producer) for CNN before beginning a career in teaching and research. Born and raised in Nagoya, Japan, he earned his bachelor’s degree in English and American literature at Chuo University in Tokyo. He holds a master’s in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia in the U.S.

As a professional journalist, Masato has written news articles, features and columns in English and in Japanese. As a journalism educator, he has supervised many multi-media projects integrating broadcast and internet technologies.

His current research interest is in the social construction of stereotypes about Japan and the Japanese in Hong Kong. He is studying where stereotypical images historically come from; how they are being cognized, modified, shared, personalized, acculturated, utilized, marketed and negotiated; and the ways the stereotypical images affect human communication and patterns of behaviors in different social settings.