Richard Halloran writes a weekly column, “The Rising East,” about Asia and U.S. relations with Asia, especially in security, for publications in America and Asia. His journalistic career can be divided into thirds: writing about Asia, reporting on national security, and covering economics, energy, or doing investigative reporting.

Halloran was with The New York Times for 20 years, mostly as a foreign correspondent in Asia and military correspondent in Washington, D.C. Earlier, he worked for the Washington Post and Business Week in the U.S. and Asia. Later, he was Director of the Program on Communications and Journalism at the East-West Center in Hawaii and was editorial director of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

He has written six books, including Japan: Images and Realities and To Arm a Nation: Rebuilding America’s Endangered Defenses. He graduated from Dartmouth College, earned an M.A. in East Asian studies at the University of Michigan, and held a Ford Foundation Fellowship at Columbia’s East Asian Institute. He enlisted in the Army during the Korean War, was commissioned a lieutenant in the infantry, and was a paratrooper in the 82^nd Airborne Division. Overseas, he served in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

Halloran has won the George Polk Award for National Reporting and the Gerald R. Ford prize for national defense reporting. He has been awarded Japan’s Order of the Sacred Treasure, the U.S. Army’s Medal for Outstanding Civilian Service, and a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council. He was named a Fellow of the Pacific by Hawaii Pacific University and is an honorary member of the 100^th Infantry Battalion Veterans Association.

Last updated: 09/25/2008