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A street shooting project with 4 Slovakian photographers and a British producer
It's been a while since the last update.For about a month in May and June, I was involved in a filming project, neither TV nor movie, that I can't disclose the details of yet.Together with a British producer and four Slovakian cinematographers, we traveled from Tokyo to Osaka and Kyoto, filming in a variety of […]
CueRio helped the production of a story of CNA about Inflation in Japan
We helped with the feature story of a Singaporean TV network, CNA (Channel News Asia) Money Mind, about Inflation in Japan and it was aire last week. We firstly interviewed Ms. Shirai, Advisor for Sustainable Policies of Asian Development Bank Instutute and her opinion on the outlook of Japan's economy. We also interview Mr. Ohama, […]
CueRio helped the coverage of Straits Times about Ishikawa Eathquakes
CueRio's member Rio Mimaki accompanied Mr Walter Sim, correspondent of the Straits Times, a Singaporean newspaper, into the area to report on the earthquake that struck Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on 1 January. Rio participated as the Fixer and Videographer this time. By today, the video and article of this Trip have been published and we […]
CueRio helped the production of a story of The Straits Times about Yubari
An article and video from The Straits Times, which CueRio helped produce in June this year, was uploaded last week. I, Rio accompanied their Japan correspondent Mr Walter Sim as a fixer and videographer to Yubari City in Hokkaido, Japan.Here you can see the video on YouTube. Yubari is famous for the world's most expensive […]
Filming in Niseko, Hokkaido, for Channel NewsAsia
I would like to share with you a programme for which I was involved in the filming as a fixer in Japan last December. We covered the real estate boom in Niseko, a luxury ski resort in Hokkaido, Japan, for “Money Mind”, a financial TV programme by Channel NewsAsia, a Singaporean TV Network.We teamed up […]
CueRio helped the production of a story of The Straits Times
Last summer, Rio had an opportunity to accompany Straits Times reporter, Walter Sim, to Mie Prefecture for his story. The article featured "Amas" or professional divers there and was published in the 14 January issue. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/from-mermaids-to-mermen-japan-s-ama-divers-evolve-with-the-times Rio was there as a videographer, and although his camerawork may not have been perfect, with some unfamiliar challenges […]
CueRio helped a filming in Mie Prefecture
In 2022, CueRio was involved in various film shoots. As we were told that we can share the news, we would like to write about the memorable coverage we were involved in this summer. At the end of July, we went to Mie Prefecture for three days for this project. A foreign newspaper was covering […]
Interview with Ms. Romana Romanyshyn and Mr. Andriy Lesiv
Last week we assisted with Nippon TV's interview with Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv, the authors of the picture book, "How War Changed Rondo". This book was created after the August 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The three main characters are portrayed as fragile objects such as glass, balloon, and paper, to depict how fragile […]
Interview with Mr. Dan Kitchener
About two weeks ago we had a chance to interview Mr. Dan Kitchener, a British mural artist, for Nippon TV. He is famous for drawing rainy sceneries in Tokyo on walls. So it is vital for him to visit Japan to fuel his inspiration, and finally he will be able to get back to Japan […]
Vehicle transportation service with CueRio
Japan has a very well-developed public transportation system, including the Shinkansen bullet train. For example, traveling from Tokyo to Osaka can take quite a long time, so we recommend you to use the train system. However, in the case of filming, it is often more convenient to use a vehicle because of the need to […]