Hiroko Kasai is a Japan-based geopolitical analyst, independent journalist, and author who publishes under the pen name Hannah Klein. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Indo-Pacific Dispatch and holds a master’s degree in Political Science. Her writing covers diplomacy, international security, sovereignty, and relations between the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East.
She hosts Hannah Klein’s Time: Indo-Pacific Dispatch, featuring conversations with diplomats, scholars, and public figures. Her interests include Jewish history, Zionism, antisemitism, and cultural diplomacy. A Christian Zionist, she is committed to strengthening understanding between Japan and Israel.
Her books include The Man Who Made Wonder: Masaaki Hiroi, Craftsman and Artist, an expanded memoir of Japan’s master of wooden tops, and a book exploring Zionist courage and sacrifice during the Holocaust. The original edition of her Hiroi memoir was an Eric Hoffer Book Award finalist in 2014. She also donated her collection of Hiroi’s wooden artworks to the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art in Haifa, Israel.
