Jeffrey S. Irish, a longterm resident of Kagoshima, is a translator and author of books in both English and Japanese ( The Forgotten Japanese: Encounters with Rural Life and Folklore, by Tsuneichi Miyamoto; Doctor Stories from the Island: Journals of the Legendary Dr Koto, by Kenjiro Setoue; My Nuclear Nightmare: Leading Japan through the Fukushima Disaster to a Nuclear-free Future, by Naoto Kan; 幸せに暮らす集落、鹿児島土喰集落の人々と共に；ライフ・トーク、学生たちと歩いて聞いた坂之上の35名), now venturing into TV documentary-making; he’s also an old friend of KJ. He was a major contributor to a special KJ bookzine, Inaka: The Japanese Countryside (KJ 37), which remains available as a back issue.
