DALTON TANONAKA

DALTON TANONAKA

Dalton Tanonaka is the co-anchor of Metro TV's weekly English-language news program 'Indonesia Now', the network's first internationally-distributed program. He joined Metro TV in June 2006.

Tanonaka has had an extensive news career in Asia. He was the anchor of CNN International's 'BizAsia' and 'TalkAsia' programs based in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he anchored programs for CNBC Asia and NBC Asia in Hong Kong, and NHK in Tokyo. He was a candidate for public office in his home U.S. state of Hawaii in 2002 and 2004.

Tanonaka has won numerous awards for his work, including being named 'Best News Anchor/Presenter' at the Asian Television Awards in 1997. He was named 'Best Newspaper Columnist' in Hawaii in 2000.

Born in Hawaii, Tanonaka graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from Northern Illinois University in the U.S. He is a member of the Asian-American Journalists Association. He also writes a monthly column for the Jakarta Globe Newspaper.

Tanonaka speaks English and conversational Japanese.


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